Top Students of '59
These were the top Students of our class in 1959.
With the help of Don Lahr, our class president,
you will be able to see how the gold and silver
alpha's were given the evening of graduation.
Gold Alpha's
NAME GPA CLASS RANK
Charlene Bonner 4.000 1
John Bosnak 4.000 1
Ann Bryan 4.000 1
Donald Gubser 4.000 1
Dennis Milford 4.000 1
Nancy Jackson 3.952 6
Phyllis Schlobohm 3.944 7
Donald Lowery 3.933 8
Sondra Veilands 3.894 9
Toni Gould 3.885 10
Roger Potter 3.878 11
Edith Young 3.864 12
Don Lahr 3.857 13
Martha Phelps 3.857 13
Spencer Gibbins 3.846 15
Malcolm McLain 3.837 16
Melborne Giberson 3.833 17
Linda Edwards 3.810 18
Wayne Schoeffel 3.815 19
Sandra Fansler 3.812 20
Judy Wieneke 3.805 21
Rose Marie Sacchi (D) 3.771 22
Nina Eastman 3.764 23
Janet Hiller 3.764 23
Carolyn Wheeler 3.764 23
Tom Butler 3.750 26
Bruce Lyon 3.727 27
James Tyson (D) 3.722 28
Janis Wasson (D) 3.705 29
Darlene Northcutt 3.687 30
Eddie Pierce 3.666 31
Susan Seeley 3.656 32
Carolyn Harris 3.628 33
Joseph Moeller 3.606 34
End of Gold Alpha's 3.6+
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Silver Alpha's Begin
Name GPA Class Rank
Carole Kober (D) 3.593 35
Sandra Alsobrook (D) 3.575 36
Tim Graul 3.564 37
Dana Ball 3.562 38
Edward Bohn 3.542 39
Mary Kay Hill 3.526 40
Scott Hendrickson (D) 3.515 41
James Hull 3.514 42
Charlene Meyers 3.500 43
James Seago 3.459 44
Lucy Zimmerman 3.454 45
Preston Monroe (D) 3.444 46
Bernard Slaughter (D) 3.428 47
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The students above were all in the top 10% of our class.
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Continued Silver Alpha's.
Virgina Frye 3.411 48
Jerry Medler 3.411 48
Roger Miller 3.411 48
Charlene Schlueter 3.411 48
Kay Richardson 3.393 52
Joseph Brewer 3.375 53
Richard O'Neal 3.375 53
Dorothy Ull 3.352 55
Sam Schmidt 3.351 56
Judith Green 3.343 57
Nancy Hensley 3.343 58
Dolores Shockley 3.342 59
Nancy Gillard 3.333 60
Arla Roller 3.333 60
Caarol Meyer 3.324 62
Faye Bemis 3.315 63
Ronald Leavell (D) 3.314 64
Tamara Hoagland 3.312 65
Judith Long 3.312 65
David Schaefer 3.294 67
Janet Westbrook 3.294 67
Penny Ruhe 3.289 69
Norma Tate 3.285 70
Beverly Miller 3.250 71
Lonna Lynn 3.242 72
Richard Musgrove 3.242 72
Ted Mauger 3.216 74
George Lammers 3.205 75
Janet Hagerman 3.194 76
Carol Jaeger 3.194 76
Lynn Davis 3.181 78
Dianne Bowker 3.156 79
Judy List 3.156 79
Donald Trowbridge 3.156 79
Tom Harley 3.151 82
Sharon Freeland 3.142 83
Lynn Schaefer 3.135 84
Edward Martin 3.125 85
Judith Pyle 3.121 86
Darrell Jenkins 3.111 87
Glenna Graham 3.093 88
Donna Rice 3.093 88
Isabel Walters 3.093 88
Ann Bockstruck 3.090 91
Mary Sue Keith (D) 3.090 91
Darrell Rich 3.088 93
Robert Richardson 3.088 93
Sandra Bryden 3.062 95
Steve Jackson 3.062 95
David Heckman 3.060 97
Jane Harris 3.057 98
Barbara Bohannon 3.031 99
Sharon Hickey 3.031 99
Linda Astroth 3.000 101
Donna Browning 3.000 101
Tom Corwin 3.000 101
Della Hardwick 3.000 101
Frances Lingenfelter 3.000 101
Marjorie Miller 3.000 101
Helen Poindexter 3.000 101
Martha Rulon 3.000 101
Judy Callender 2.970 109
Judy Pea 2.969 110
Sally Rowan 2.969 110
Joy Harder 2.968 112
Terry Jensen 2.968 112
Curt Meyenburg (D) 2.948 114
Ronald Dooley (D) 2.941 115
Mike McKelvey 2.941 115
Carolyn Smith (D) 2.939 117
Janice Anglin 2.937 118
Judy Miller 2.937 119
Ruth Ann Donelson 2.916 120
Esther Harris 2.911 121
Bertha Ullrich 2.911 121
Albert Oleson 2.911 121
Audrey Mason 2.906 124
Steve Olson 2.906 124
Jackie Reed 2.906 124
Linda Fors 2.875 127
Patricia Groves 2.843 128
Charles Lewis 2.843 128
Stephen Voss (D) 2.843 128
Kathryn Hunter 2.837 131
Ronda Quinn 2.818 132
Grady Robinson 2.818 132
Charles Garner 2.812 134
David Gustine 2.812 134
Madeline Marti 2.812 134
Peggy Michael 2.812 134
Nancy Russell 2.812 134
Judith Smith (D) 2.812 134
Silver Alpha's were 2.8+
There were 34 Gold Alpha's and 105 Silver Alpha's = 139 total
Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, June 4, 1959
Total of 472 students graduated out of approximately 540 classmates.