Lake Park High School
Distinguished Alumni Wall of Fame
K. Scott Abrams ‘71 --
Dedicated volunteer. Chief
Financial Officer for
Beaver
Dam
Community
Hospital
,
Treasurer, Crime Stoppers USA, Treasurer, Green
Valley Enterprises, a non-profit developmentally disabled workshop and adult day care center.
Health Care Financial Management Association Medal of
Honor, 1996
Theresa Amato ’82 –
Law, Public Service and Advocacy.
New York
University
School
of Law. Editor, Harvard Political
Review; President, Citizens Advocacy Center, Elmhurst; Public Citizens Litigation Group; attorney
and director of Citizens’ Freedom of Information Clearinghouse
Wayne Beach ’75 –
Screenwriter. 1981 Silver Prize
Houston International Film Festival for the screenplay “Murder at 1600,” released in 1997
James J. Blystone ‘60 –
Foreign Service.
DePaul
University
. Foreign service officer, U.S.
Department of the State; Acting Chief and Counselor for Administrative Affairs
in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Cairo Egypt. Deputy
Director for the bureau of North Eastern and South Asian Affairs in
Washington
,
D.C.
Candice A. Bowen '91 - Law. Director for the Office of
Discrimination and Harassement and the Office of Labor Relations for the University of
Colorado. She is an exprt in the field of sexual harassment and civil rights compliance,
violence in the workplace and effective managment practices. Juris Doctor degree from DePaul
University and a bachelor's degree from University of Iowa.
Holly Clayson ’64
—
Education.
Author and Professor of Art History, Northwestern
University. Distinguished Teaching Award,
College
of
Arts
and Sciences, Northwestern
University. Charles Deering McCormick professorship of teaching excellence,
Northwestern
University
Dr. Kenneth Cull ’64
-- Education. Superintendent,
Itasca School District 10 Chairman, Board of Directors, The Center for Teaching and Learning;;
Member of the Governor’s Commission to Revise Illinois School Code. Member of the Illinois Senate
Sub-Committee on Substitute Teaching; outstanding graduate student, department of Leadership and
Policy,
Northern
Illinois
University
Sal J. Dimiceli, Sr. ‘69 -
- Entrepreneur, philanthropist.
Founder of
The Time is Now Foundation, a non-profit organization
for children and the elderly. Donated more than $1.5 million to people of Pembroke Twp., IL. Works
with newspaper to give $1,000 per week to a needy family or individual. Land developer,
telecommunications equipment manufacturer and concert promoter
Brian Elliott ‘72 --
Educator, Coach,
Mentor
. Leads Automotive Technology
Program at
Willowbrook
High School
. His students regularly win state
and national awards. Football and baseball coach. 1989 Automotive Teacher of the Year by Vavoline
Motor Oil Co.
1999 Most Inspirational Teacher,
Western
Illinois
University
. 2003
Willowbrook
High School
Evidence of Great Teaching Award
Richard Frain '69 - Entrepreneur. Started Frain & Associates and has
built it into the largest dealer of used packaging and processing equipment in North America.
Southern Illinois University.
Kathryn (Frank) Krasnewich '91 - Accounting. Vice President of mergers and
acquisitions for Brunswick Corporation. She was named to
Crain's Chicago Business "40 Under 40" list and
Boating Industry Movers and Shakers. Bachelor's degree in accountancy from
University of Illinois.
Mark Gorski ‘78 –
Olympic Gold Medalist. Gold medal
for cycling in the 1984 Olympic Games. Five-time national cyclist champion. Silver medal in the
1987 Pan American Games. Member of the 1980 Olympic team. Director of Corporate Development,U.S.
Cycling Federation
Diane Hannes (Mikulecky) '83 - Marketing. Vice president of creative
services for WMAQ-TV, NBC5, Chicago. Leads an award-winning team of writers, producers,
editors, graphic artists, and scenic designers to market the station. Bachelors degree from
Benedictine University.
Robert Hendry ’85 –
Business/computer science.
Aurora
University
. Entrepreneur — developed Envision
Software, computer language author, lecturer, corporate trainer, assistant professor, Illinois
Institute of Technology
David Hodgin ’73 –
Screenwriter. 1981 Silver Prize
Houston International film Festival for the screenplay “Murder at 1600,” released in 1997
Glenn Kotche ’89
-- Musician. Professional performer
and percussion instructor; adjunct percussion teacher at dozens of high schools; performer on over
50 recordings; Recipient of the Gold Record from RIAA
for Wilco’s “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” in 2004; grammy
winner for the 2005 Wilco album “A Ghost is Born.” Recipient of Wired Magazine Rave Award,
2002.Bachelor’s degree in music performance,
University
of
Kentucky
Christian Lachel '91 - Creative Design. Leader of the Creative Development
Team at BRC Imagination Arts. He has led design teams for the Museum of Science and Industry,
NASA, Empire State Building Visitor Center and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in
Springfield. Bachelor's degree of fine arts in illustration and experience design from the
Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
Fred Maier ’74 -- Naturalist, educator. Director of Spring Brook Nature Sanctuary, Itasca; DAR Convservation Medal Award, 2001; Peacock Middle School Wall of Fame, 2000; Woodfield Citizen of the Year Award finalist, 1986; Knight of the Year, Knights of Columbus Pope John Council, 1982, 1983 University of Illinois-Urbana
Dr. Sherry Mueller ’61 –
International Affairs. The
Fletcher
School
of Law and Diplomacy –
Tufts
University
. Director, professional exchange
programs,
Institute
of
International Education
in
Washington
. Consultant, U.S. Institute of
Peace.
Graduate
School
of International Studies,
The
Fletcher
School
of Law and Diplomacy
Dr. Sharon Boehm Murphy ’61 –<
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Hematology and Oncology.
University
of
Wisconsin
and
Harvard
University
. Division Chief of Hematology and
Oncology, Children’s
Memorial
Hospital
. Professor of Pediatrics,
Northwestern University
Dr. Douglas Olsen ’71 –
M.D.
F.A.C.S.
Rush
Medical
College
. Pioneer in laparoscopic
cholecystectomy. Developed Olsen choloangiogram clamp. Clinical professor of surgery,
Vanderbilt
University
Dan Rivkin ’80 –
Theater.
Chicago
Off Loop Theater Producer.
Joseph Jefferson Award, 1991 for acting. As am actor,
brought
Lake
Park
High School
its first IHSA state championship
Dr. James J. Schlesselman ’63 –<
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Biostatics and Epidemiology.Princeton
University
. Professor and Chief of Division
of Biostatics, Department of Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, University of Pittsburg,
School of Medicine. Consultant, World Health Organization,
U.S.
Food and Drug Administration,
Center for Disease Control, and Agency for International Development
Bob Shallcross ’76 –
Writer and Director. Grand
Award,
New York
Festivals. Best of Show,
London
International Advertising Awards.
Two Gold Lions for directing, Cannes Film Festival. Partner in Shallcross James Films, Kick the Can
Productions
Rodney A. Smolla ‘71—
Constitutional Law.
Yale
University
.
Duke
Law
School
, first in class. Arthur B. Hanson
professor of law. Director of the
Institute
of
Bill of Rights
Law,
College
of
William
and Mary. Marshall Wythe School of
Law Senior Fellow. Annenberg
Washington
program in community policy
studies,
Northwestern
University
Sandra Tenuto ’91
-- Photograph. Team photographer
with NBA Phoenix Suns, NHL Phoenix Coyotes, MLB Arizona Diamondbacks, AFL Arizona Rattles, and WNBA
Phoenix Mercury. Free-lance photographer for Sports Illustrated, NFL/Wireimage. Founder and
Executive Director of FairPlay Foundation, published “
America
’s Athletes” in 2003. Bachelor of
fine arts degree,
University
of
Arizona
Bruce H. Thomas ’61 –
Artist, Motivational Speaker,
Teacher, Sculptor. Coachella Valley Watercolor Society Painter of the year 1997. Director of Aerie
Art Garden,
Palm
Desert
, CA. Author “Desert Landscape
Gardening Secrets.”
Colin Turner '85 - Restaurateur, Chef. Partner for Tin Fish restaurants in
Tinley Park and Oak Brook Terrace, which was named by Chicago Magazine as one of the top 20 new
restaurants to open in 2002. School of French Gastronomie ritz-Escoffier, Hotel Ritz, Paris,
France; Diplome ritz-Escoffier.
Eric Udd ‘70 --
Engineer/Scientist/Author. Founded
and developed Blue Road Research, a fiber sensor company. McDonnell Douglas Fellow, Senior Staff
Manager, enginner/scientist. Author of two books and over 140 articles and presentations. Holder of
39 patents. SPIE International Society for Optical Engineering fellow
David Urbanek ’77
—
Journalism.
University
of
Illinois
.
Sangamon
State
University
, public affairs reporting. Daily
Herald reporter, columnist and state government editor. Press secretary, Secretary of State George
Ryan. Press Secretary, Governor George Ryan
Dr. Susan K.B. Urbas ’68 —
Attorney. Co-founder Friends of the
Chicago River
. Chairwoman of the Women’s Olympic
Rowing Team Committee. World record holder in double sculling at the World Marathon Rowing
Championships, 1992
Colonel Fred Wall ‘70 – University of Illinois . Chief Operations Assignments, Division of the United States Air Force. Air medal for flights flown in Iraq