Edelmann was born and raised in St Louis, lived in Brentwood from age three and attended Frazier Elementary School from kindergarten through sixth grade. She attended Brentwood Junior High and High School, graduating in 1962 with a class of 125 students. Edelmann absolutely loved the high school years-- teachers (mostly), classmates, being a cheerleader, and elected Student Council President. She attended Southeast Missouri State and received a BS in Education, a Masters in Guidance and Counseling and certification as Psychological Examiner. Eventually Betty received licensure as a Professional Counselor and worked as a counselor and guidance director in the Northwest R-1 School District as well as doing evaluations for the state Public Defender’s office and testifying. After retirement, she taught at Lindenwood University and Missouri Baptist University and did special education consulting for the charter schools. Betty’s volunteer opportunities included diagnostics and family interventions for physician referrals to social services, aiding at a senior center and doing odd jobs at the Center for Foster and Adoptive Children.

Dee is a dynamic civic minded performer, educator and philanthropist. She has performed under the stage name “Delyla” throughout the U.S. and internationally. For 25 years she shared her expertise in piano, voice, and guitar as a high school vocal director and accompanist in the St. Louis area. She also served as an arranger and keyboardist with the St. Louis Invera’an Pipe Band and Drum Corps, and as a ocalist/guitarist/keyboardist for the Celtic rock group “Greyfriar’s Bobby” who headlined for Highland games in St. Louis, Chicago and Kansas City as well as “Focal Point” and other folk venues in St. Louis. Dee received a BM from the UMSL, and a MS in MIDI-Music Ed from the University of IL-Urbana. She retired from the Pattonville School District and relocated to Southwest Missouri, yet she continues to teach, accompany and perform. Most recently, Dee has worked with students at the College of the Ozarks, Reed’s Spring School District, and with a variety of performing ensembles at the Branson Regional Arts Council. Dee was recently awarded the MSU (Missouri State University-Springfield) “Bear of Distinction Award” and along with her husband Rick, were the inaugural recipients of the Rick and Dee Uebel Award for outstanding support of the MSU Choral Arts Program. Dee and Rick have raised thousands of dollars to support the Branson Regional Arts Council and Neighbors and Friends of Table Rock Lake through their Villa Vista concert series hosted in their Lampe, Mo home. Dee attributes much of her success to the strong educational foundation she received in the Brentwood School District, and is honored to be inducted into the Brentwood Alumni Hall of Fame.

Ivory was known as “the fastest man in the world” in 1974 after setting a world record of 9.0 seconds in the 100 yard dash. Since track records are now kept by meters, he still holds that record. Ivory attended Brentwood schools for many years, transferring to Webster Groves after his sophomore year at BHS. Though he didn’t graduate from Brentwood, he is remembered fondly by classmates and staff along with other members of the Brentwood community; Ivory has good memories of life in Brentwood. “We never had any racial issues of any kind at Brentwood. We were like a family.” That feeling extended to his community, the Evans Place neighborhood, which was located where the Promenade is now. Ivory attended the Evans and Howard Place reunion gathering in February of 2019 as part of the Brentwood Centennial celebration. His love for Brentwood was obvious from his remarks. While at Brentwood High, Ivory was a member of the junior high (2023 translation: “middle school”) basketball team as a 7th and 8th grader. Since back in those days, freshmen couldn’t play on varsity teams, Ivory had to wait till his sophomore year to make an impact on Eagle teams…and that he did. He was part of the undefeated Little 9 Championship football team and also wrestled. That Spring, he was a key member of the Eagles State Championship Track Team and held the trophy, a young man who would soon be known around the nation and world for his track achievements. After high school, Ivory attended Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (“a school big enough to do what I wanted to do”) and competed at top level meets, once defeating Olympian John Carlos in the National AAU Championships. He was twice the USA champion in the 100-yard sprints. The city of Webster Groves recognized his achievements by naming a park in his honor, Ivory Crockett Park, at Bell and Thornton Avenues. Ivory has given back to the Webster community with his annual RUN4Webster, held this year in October. Though a Webster graduate, Ivory still recognizes the positive impact on his life by the Brentwood schools and individuals. Ivory has always given BHS football Coach John Titus credit for helping him through a rough time in his life when his parents split up. “Coach had continued to be in touch with me and we stayed close ever since. I owe my life to him. He and Coach Burgoyne and wrestling Coach Long meant a lot to me, too. And my English teacher, Mrs. Calderwood, worked so hard to help me read and write better.” Ivory, Coach, and fellow BHS athlete Russ Lake ’67 smiled and laughed as they shared football and track stories. Ivory’s older brother, Curtis ‘66, was also quite an athlete and runner. Ivory swears that the only time Curtis beat him was because “Curtis jumped the gun! I was yelling at him all the way down the track but Coach Sadler let him get away with it.” He still laughs about it (sorta). Ivory is still close to his brother and “loves how bright my grandchildren are.” One of his highlights in high school, Ivory says, was at the top of a cheerleader pyramid in front of the whole school. Ivory’s life path has taken him to 50 states and numerous countries. He went from college to careers at IBM, Anheuser-Busch and Coors (in marketing) and in recent years, he has been a leader in the healthcare industry, supporting independent wellness centers, Forest Park, and St. Alexius hospital in the St. Louis area. As in his athletic endeavors, Ivory has always seemed to be several steps ahead of people in his professional pursuits. When asked what advice he’d give to current BHS students, Ivory said that BHS “was the foundation for my life. When I started at Brentwood, I wasn’t well-liked, but I kept at it and by the time I left, they were my family. Stick with it. Work hard. That whole school, from teachers to the cafeteria workers, did not give up on me and I’ve had a good life because of it.” Brentwood is proud to claim Ivory Crockett as one of its own and proud of where the race in life has taken him over the years.

Mark entered the Marine Corps in February 1981 and attended Officer Candidate School and the Basic School. He received orders to Naval Air Station Pensacola and began flight school. After completing Aviation Indoctrination and primary flight school, he was transferred to Naval Air Station Meridian for Intermediate and Advance Jets, flying the T-2 and A-4 and carrier qualified landing on the USS Lexington. Upon receiving his Wings in September, 1983, he was given orders to Marine Observation Squadron One at Marine Corps Air Station New River to fly the OV-10 Bronco. In the next 10 years, Mark attended the Aviation Safety Officer Course at the Naval Post-Graduate School, the Amphibious Warfare School and the Weapons and Tactics School (the Marine Corps equivalent of Top Gun). He also went on numerous deployments in the desert Southwest, Okinawa, Korea and the Philippines. He flew in support of the Vice-President’s War on drugs flying out of South Florida, Key West and Puerto Rico. In January, 1991, Schulte’s squadron deployed to Saudi Arabia in support of Desert Shield/Desert Storm. He flew 18 combat missions and 63.6 combat hours, for which he received the Air Medal. For a mission in which he directed the air battle against an Iraqi tank battalion and Marine forces, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Combat “V” for valor. Mark left active duty as a Captain in October, 1993 and joined the Marine Corps Reserve. During the next 10 years, Mark was promoted to Major and Lieutenant Colonel in the Reserves. As a civilian, Mark was a consultant to some of the leaders in industry, Chevron USA, Frito-Lay, Applied Materials, and Lockheed-Martin. In January, 2003, Mark was recalled to active duty to support the rear-detachments of units being deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom. In October, 2004, Mark was promoted to Colonel and assigned as the Director of Safety and Standardization to the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing and was given the task to improve the safety record of the Wing. Mark teamed up with Dr. Tony Kern to implement an innovative safety program titled the “Global War on Error.” The program was accepted throughout Marine Corps Aviation and as a result, the Secretary of the Navy awarded Mark the General James L. Jones Excellence in Safety Award. Because of his success as the Director of Safety, he was awarded the Legion of Merit Medal. In April, 2008, Mark was given orders to Multi-National Force-Iraq in Bagdad to take command of the Armed Contractor Oversight Division working in General Patreus’ Strategic Operations Center. Mark’s team provided the necessary guidance and oversight to reduce incidents among the private security contractors and Iraqi citizens. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. Mark retired from active duty in March, 2010. He is currently an account manager for a small software firm. He is married to his wife, Debbie, for 46 years and has four children, Greg, Scott, Catherine, and John and nine grandchildren.

After leaving BHS, Julia graduated summa cum laude from the University of Missouri – St. Louis with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with emphasis areas in Finance and Management and Organizational Behavior. A few years later, as a single parent working full-time and raising two daughters on her own, she completed her MBA from the University of Denver. Julia’s career has taken her into some of the most dynamic, high-pressure boardrooms in the country. During the early years of her career, she worked as an international consultant in the field of employee benefits for Mercer, Inc. She obtained her first CEO position of a $450M organization less than two years after completing her MBA. Serving as a C-Suite executive in large organizations for over 17 years, she went on to become the first female CEO of the Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans, a $12B company in Hollywood serving the entertainment industry. Not yet ready to retire, Julia recently decided to leave the C-Suite and “rewire” her career. Based on her own experiences of overcoming and thriving through many harrowing obstacles, challenges, setbacks, and failures, she wrote an award-winning book, “Move Forward Stronger TM: A Dynamic Framework to Process Change, Loss, and Grief” to help others thrive through the rough stuff they encounter in their life. Julia is a TEDx speaker, giving the talk “The Way We Think About Loss and Grief is Dead Wrong.” She is also a board governance expert, consultant, university business school adjunct professor, and sought-after speaker. With her speeches, “The Power ParadoxTM” and “Master Your PowerTM”, she gives conference and meeting attendees tools and actionable strategies to build confidence, courage, and resilience. Julia is passionate about making a positive difference in the lives of others by helping them transform obstacles, setbacks, and loss, into advantage, self-confidence, and resilience. Outside Julia’s professional life, her greatest joy comes from spending time with her family and friends. She also enjoys traveling, wine tasting, and meeting new people. She is an avid golfer, aspiring home chef, and passionate Denver Broncos fan!

Tim is a proud second generation BHS graduate and has lived in the Brentwood/Webster area since graduation. He and his wife, Debbie, have four children, four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Ice Hockey has been a favorite pastime with Tim, who started playing with his two older brothers and neighborhood friends at a young age. Brentwood High School had a Hockey Club team with a small, but mighty roster. After his BHS graduation, he continued with the BHS Club team as their Coach. This was just the beginning of his life-long coaching career. Next up was the Webster Wings during the 1984/85 season. He shares that as much as he loved the game, he really enjoyed helping the young players develop their love for the game as well. His involvement with youth hockey was also where he met his wife, Debbie. Deimeke noted he coached various youth hockey teams with the Webster youth program for 12 years through 1996. His passion and talent as a coach was noted by the Webster Groves High School hockey program leaders. He was recruited to be an assistant coach for the Webster Groves High School hockey team. His next role in 1998/99 was the head coach for their Junior Varsity team as well as the assistant coach for their Varsity team. In 2017, he took over as head varsity coach and served in that role until 2020. Parallel to the Webster coaching positions, sometime in the early 2000’s, Tim could be found on the ice helping the Gateway Locomotive Special Needs Hockey program, where their youngest daughter, Jessica, played. In 2017 the St Louis Blues adopted the program, and the Locomotives were renamed and is now known as Blues Special Hockey. Tim and Debbie took over coaching and managing the program in 2018. He, Debbie, and Jessica can all be found most Sundays from October through April on the ice at Centene. Under Tim’s leadership, the Blues Special Hockey program has grown from 25 to 60 athletes, both male and female ranging from 7 to 50 years of age. With his life-long love for the game, both he and his wife have many hockey contacts in the St. Louis community. Their dedication to helping others is infectious and their teams can often be seen on the ice competing against some of the high school and youth programs. The program hosts an annual fundraiser for the organization. Funds raised are used to support the team’s travel to other cities in the US to play in an all-weekend tournament against other Special Needs teams. This trip is a highlight of the year for many of the athletes and their families! The St. Louis Blues organization has been a supporter of the team and Tim’s efforts to provide each team member with a rewarding experience on and off the ice. Specifically, new game jerseys and sticks the Blues have given to the team are quite helpful. Throughout the Blues season, they often host Tim and many team members as their guests at a Blues game at the Enterprise Center! When Deimeke is not on the ice, his career path started at Ranken Technical College, where he earned his certificate in collision repair. This was his steppingstone to his membership in the District 9 Machinist Lodge 777. He worked in collision repair for a few years before a move to working for auto dealerships; at, both McMahon Ford and Dave Sinclair Lincoln, he served as a service advisor, union shop steward, and service advisor manager. After 31 years of service, Tim took early retirement only to return to the City of Webster Groves. He worked part time for many years at the ice rink. When the position of Supervisor of the Recreation Complex Maintenance Division became available, he felt it was the perfect opportunity to be close to what he loves. When not working or on the ice, camping trips to Florida and their second home in Mountain Home, AR, Tim spends countless hours on the lake with family and friends! He has strong roots in Brentwood and when interviewed, noted he is quite humbled and honored to be recognized by his high school peers. He looks back and has fond memories of his time at BHS and the friends that were made during that time of his life. Being a team member of that very small club hockey team at BHS was the beginning of his commitment to giving back to so many who still look to him as COACH!!

At Brentwood High, Clarence played Football, Basketball, and Baseball and was Captain of the Football Team. His grades were excellent despite working nights and weekends at his father’s service station, which he had done since the age of twelve. Clarence went on to attend Washington University and St. Louis University, majoring in Mathematics before taking a job with the Aetna Insurance Company as an underwriter. He married Jacqueline Welsch and began raising a family. While they were expecting their second child, he was transferred to Des Moines, Iowa and was given a promotion. They learned after a few short years that their many friends and family members in St. Louis were hard to leave behind. Clarence accepted a Regional Position for Continental Oil Company which allowed them to move back home. Jackie and Clarence had two more children and all four graduated from Brentwood High School. Life had other career plans for Clarence however, because it soon became apparent with his father getting on in years and his brother away in the Korean War, that he was needed at Sutterer’s Service Station; so he resigned and joined his father. With his automotive knowledge, adept people skills, drive and charisma he shepherded Sutterer’s successfully for 40 years and made lifelong friends along the way. He was always willing to help someone in need and he even made house calls. Clarence gave up the glory of climbing the corporate ladder, but his success in serving the Brentwood community was something he cherished and never regretted!

After working for the City of Brentwood Parks Department for nine years, Jeffrey’s police career of 25 years began in 1992 at the Clayton Police Department and continued with the Brentwood Police Department, where he was promoted to Sergeant in 2003. He accumulated numerous commendation awards for various achievements, and retired in 2018. Also, Jeffrey coached for Brentwood Middle School football, and from 2002 to the present is a coach at Brentwood High football. Upon graduating from the St Louis County Police Academy in 1991, Jeff’s education continued at St. Louis Community College-Forest Park, and in 1991 Jeff received a Bachelor’s Degree in Administration of Justice from University of Missouri-St.Louis. Jeff says his biggest accomplishment was mentoring many of the young people he met through both coaching and police work. His family history in Brentwood goes back to the early 1900’s. His wife, Cindy, also graduated from BHS in 1984. He is honored to be considered for the BHS Hall of Fame and is indebted to the wonderful families and students of the Brentwood community he met throughout the years.

Regina obtained her BS in Sociology in 1993 from Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville and obtained her MA in Criminology and Criminal Justice in 2011 from the University of Missouri - St. Louis. She was a member of Junior Achievement (1991-1992),as well as “Who’s Who Among American Universities and Colleges” (1992) and is an initiated member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (1993.) Regina was a team leader for American Cancer Relay for Life (2015-2018) as well as Walk to End Lupus (2018.) As Founder of Fun Without Guns, Inc., a non-profit organization that works with children that have lost a parent to violence (2016), she has received Phenomenal Woman Award (2017) and Voice of the Voiceless Community Achiever’s Award (2019.) Regina is the team organizer for MODOT’s Adopt a Highway (2016 - Present). She is the CEO of On Point Promotions and On Point Travel and a certified travel consultant with many years’ experience. She is a trained child and adult care professional with 15 plus years of experience in behavioral development. Regina is a very proud mother of 2 daughters, Allyson and Asyra, and grandmother of 3, Cally, Jasyr, and Calia.

Dr. Smith obtained his BS in Biology in 1999 from Truman State Temple University School of Medicine in 2006. He completed his internal medicine residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital – Washington University in 2009, and completed his general cardiology and heart failure-transplant fellowships at Ohio State. He also completed a research fellowship and Masters in Public Health from Ohio State in 2014. Dr. Smith was awarded the James V. Warren Fellowship Research Award in 2014, and in 2017 he received the Denman Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor award. In 2019 he was the Landacre Research Honor Society Distinguished Researcher of the Year. Dr. Smith has established his independent research lab via funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Faculty Development Grant in 2015, a NIH K08 Grant in 2017, and a NIH R01 Grant in 2019. His research program spans basic cardiovascular research to population health, diversity, and health outcomes. He has an MPH in clinical and translational research, with a courtesy appointment in the College of Public Health at Ohio State. Dr. Smith is currently the Associate Program Director for the cardiovascular medicine fellowship program, Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Department of Internal Medicine, and the Chief Diversity Officer for the Heart and Vascular Institute. In March of 2022 he was named the Bob Frick Research Chair in Heart Failure and Arrhythmia. He resides in Gahanna (Columbus), Ohio.

Mr. Holt attended K-8th grade at LOuverture, from 1945-1954. He was the first student in his neighborhood to complete K-12 in the Brentwood School District. He earned an associate degree at Forest Park, and a Bachelor of Arts from St. Louis University, majoring in Urban Affairs and Community Service. He also took a grad subject in Counseling Theory and Practice at SLU.

Mr. Holt and his wife, Barbara, share five children,two of which, Wendy 84 and Candice 90 were also graduates of Brentwood High School. He has 10 grand and two great-grandchildren. He was a Brentwood resident for 55 years and served as a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier for 31 years, mostly in Brentwood.

He was a member of the Planning & Zoning Commission from 1969-1972 and was President of the Evans Place Improvement Association in his neighborhood from 1979-1996. Through his leadership, a playground was established on Central Avenue, and the neighborhood always remained safe and crime-free. As President of the association, he was instrumental in deterring 170 from extending through the neighborhood once in 1979 and again in 1989. He also was instrumental in selling the neighborhood commercially, rather than losing out to the highway extension. As a result, we have the Brentwood Promenade and other nearby commercial developments which have increased revenue and quality of life in Brentwood. In 1996 he was cited by the Brentwood Chamber of Commerce for outstanding service to the community. Mr. Holt is an ordained Baptist minister and served as an associate pastor of the Christ Southern Mission Baptist Church, for 20 years. He is a 33rd degree Mason and a 20-year member of the St. Louis Celebrity Seniors which provides financing, volunteers, and a platform for local nonprofit organizations, helping others do good and providing community service.

After graduating from Webster College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education, Peggy met and married her husband, Steve, who was in graduate school at Washington University. She taught music in the St. Louis area for a year. In New York in the late sixties, Peggy worked on Wall Street as a textiles analyst for E.I. DuPont Brokerage Company. Peggy and Steve eventually settled in Chicago, where she worked for First Chicago Bank in portfolio management and retired there as a Vice President.

Peggy's husband became a famous aviation adventurer who set more than 115 new world records in five sports and died in a tragic plane crash in 2007. The Peggy and Steve Fossett Foundation has generously contributed to the BHS Scholarship Fund. Peggy passed away October 17, 2017.

Mr. Harper has more than forty years of business experience, primarily in the areas of real estate sales and management, development, rail transportation, and tourism. In 1984 he was principally employed as Chairman, President, and as a principal Shareholder of First Reserve, Inc., the holding company for Esslinger Wooten Maxwell, Inc., a residential and commercial real estate brokerage and management firm based in Coral Gables, Florida. First Reserve also owned Embassy Financial Services, Inc., a mortgage company, and Columbia Title, Inc. In 2003, the company was sold to Home Services, Inc., an affiliate company of the well-known Warren Buffet organization, Berkshire Hathaway. Mr. Harper remains as Chairman Emeritus of Esslinger Wooten Maxwell Realtors and is an active broker of commercial investment properties.

From 1989-2005 he served as a Director on the Tri-County Rail Authority, a Florida state-owned commuter railroad, and was Chairman of the Board for three terms. Tri-Rail was incorporated into the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, and Mr. Harper was elected its Chairman. He also served, for 12 years, as a Director of Florida East Coast Industries, Inc., a railroad and real estate company based in St. Augustine, Florida. In May, 2001, Mr. Harper was appointed by Governor Bush, a second time, to serve on the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority Board (MDX.) He also was Chairman of Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.

In 1992, Mr. Harper became actively involved in the tourism industry. He and his wife, Carol, through their holding company, American Heritage Railway, currently own three of the nations most historic, scenic tourist-oriented railroads: The Durango Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in Colorado, The Great Smokey Mountains Railroad in North Carolina, and The Mt. Rainier Railroad in Washington state. The Harpers own a hotel called the Grand Imperial in Silverton, Colorado.

Mrs. Ricks received an athletic scholarship and attended Covenant College playing varsity volleyball for four years, while pursuing a Physical Education degree. For two years, she taught PE at Chattanooga Christian School and started a pre-school program at Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church. From 1985-1989 she was the head womens volleyball coach at Covenant College, leading the Lady Scots to their first district championship and first appearance in a NCCAA tournament.

She returned to St. Louis in 1990 with her family where she ran a day care business for several years. In 2003 she was hired by Kirkwood High School as a walking counselor and she started the Study Focus program designed to help at risk students. These are students who are identified as needing extra resource help. Mrs. Ricks works with around 70 students a semester as a school mom advocating and creating individual weekly plans to help students be successful. Over the years she has helped hundreds of students raise their GPA and the Study Focus program has helped increase the graduation rate for Kirkwood High School.

The students refer to her as Mama Ricks. They know that she loves them and looks out for them. She has helped raise thousands of dollars for school supplies, taken in homeless students, been in birthing rooms, taken students to college and bailed students from jail. Mrs. Ricks works with some of the toughest situations at KHS, but always with a big heart believing that every student needs another chance and each is worth fighting for.

Mrs. Ricks is also a class sponsor and spends a lot of her time organizing events and creating class unity. She tries to bring excellence to every part of her job. Cindy has been married to Dr. Tom Ricks for 38 years and they have three children: Nathan, Katie and Jordan. She is a proud grandmother of six with the seventh on the way.

Mr. Plein attended St. Louis University where he majored in Communication and earned a Certificate in Creative and Professional writing. During his senior year in college, he earned an internship at KSDK News Channel 5 in St. Louis. Mr. Plein was also a substitute teacher for the Brentwood School District, and helped out in the attendance office. Mr. Plein got his start in television as a weekend sports producer with KSDK. He worked alongside Mike Bush and Frank Cusumano and met St Louis sports legends, learned a great work ethic, and produced the weekly hour-long Sports Plus Show on Sundays.

Mr. Plein was the main sports anchor of the ABC affiliate in St. Joseph, Missouri in 2002. He then signed on as the Sports Director at the CBS station in Joplin, Missouri. His counterclockwise tour of the state took him to Springfield, Missouri, in 2007, to the NBC affiliate which is where he still works today.

Hes won four regional Emmys for anchoring; awards from the Missouri Broadcasters Association, the Kansas Broadcasters Association, and the KC Press Club for his story-telling. In 2012, he was named the Leukemia & Lymphoma Societys Man of the Year in Southwest Missouri for his fundraising efforts to fight blood cancers.

His charitable work became more personal in 2015 when he suffered a heart attack at the age of 39 and underwent open-heart surgery. Since then, hes been dedicated to helping the American Heart Association by speaking at events and raising funds and awareness for cardiovascular. At every speaking engagement, part of his message includes something he learned at BHS. Rich Neimann told us on the first day of Physics, a body in motion stays in motion, and that is very true for a healthy lifestyle and his message to his audience. Hes been living the dream attending World Series games and covered the Kansas City Chiefs in Miami at Super Bowl LIV.

The best part of Mr. Pleins life is his family. He and his wife, Cati, have two children; a son Coy and a daughter Chyler. His parents, Mike and Susan, still live in Brentwood, where his mom works at Mark Twain Elementary and has worked for 28 years. His brother, Todd 06, also lives in Brentwood.

San Miguel resident, Howard Haynes, recently received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from his alma mater, Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas. The honorary doctorate was a special tribute to Howard for his contributions and achievements in the humanities and for his philanthropic work.

Upon graduation from Baker University in 1957, he served as Baker's Director of Admissions. Later, he served as Director of Admissions, Housing and Financial Aid at the University of Akron in Ohio. Finally, Howard was the second Headmaster of the Grafton School in Berryville, Virginia, a cutting-edge co-ed boarding school dealing specifically with learning disabilities in young children. He also co-founded North American Riding for the Handicapped, serving as its president for the first three years.

Through the years, Howard supported the general fund of Baker, Mulvane Science renovation, the Baker Library renovation and made numerous gifts from his art collection, Thomas Hart Benton lithographs, to the university and the Art Department, and he financially supported several additional products of importance at Baker University. In 1988, he organized and hosted a large alumni event honoring Professor of Music, Dr. Mill Rice in his Kansas City home, Questover. In the 1970's, Howard owned three homes in Kansas City that he converted into co-ed boarding and education residences for at-risk youth. While working with the Kansas City mayor on the mayor's leadership team over a 10-year period, he became a foster parent to over 400 court-appointed first offender youth. While on file with this program, he provided for the care, feeding, health, and education of those in his charge and applied for Baker alumni to assist in the daily operations of this program. In 1995, the program was adopted by the juvenile court system of Jackson County Missouri, where it continues today.

His community activism, involvement and vision were directly responsible for the revitalization of one of Kansas City's oldest neighborhoods, Hyde Park, which was designated as the first historic district in Kansas City by The National Trust. He served on numerous Board of Directors in his hometown including the Kansas City Philharmonic, the Lyric Opera, the Mission Valley Hunt Club and the Conservatory of Music. He was on the founding Board of the historic Foundation of Kansas City, was a 20-year member of Planned Parenthood, and served as co-chair of the first AIDS benefit held in Kansas City. While residing part time in Santa Fe, New Mexico, he served as president of the Board of the Wheelwright Museum for three years, was president of the Old Santa Fe Association, and was board member and president of the Orchestra of Santa Fe. Today, as a longtime resident of San Miguel de Allende, he has continued his activism and community involvement, devoting his time and effort in support of a variety of nonprofit organizations, He received the first ever Community Caregiver Award, honored not only for the community service, spirit and devotion he has shown to San Miguel, but for his volunteerism, board membership, and financial support of the services now provided by Hospice San Miguel, the very first ongoing hospice care program in all of Mexico.

An avid horseman, he still rides two to three hours every day and is focused on helping those most in need and encouraging others to participate in community organizations. When presented with the honorary doctorate, Howard described the philosophy he has embraced his entire life in words attributed to John Wesley. Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can. This is a great philosophy for a life well lived.

Richard was a local attorney who had represented Chuck Berry and most recently worked for U.S. Representative, William Lacy Clay. After graduating from BHS, he earned both a bachelor's degree in political science from Washington University and a law degree in 1965. He had a wide-ranging career, including work in Jefferson City with the Missouri Public Service Commission and as a diplomat for the state department for two years in Rio de Janeiro, South America, where he monitored and tracked political movements.

Richard returned to St. Louis as a local attorney working full time with the Legal Aid Society, where he ran his own practice, and secured a major legal victory in 1997 for railyard workers in a case over reduced benefits that reached the Supreme Court. Richard represented Berry when he was accused of surreptitiously videotaping women in a restroom.

He passed away May 4, 2018 and is survived by a son, Richard Schwartz of Sao Paulo, Brazil; his sister, Anne Wald of the St Louis area; and a brother, Ronald Schwartz.

Regina has been a resident of Brentwood her entire life except for three years when AT&T moved her to New Jersey. Retiring from AT&T in 1989 after 30 years of service, she moved back to Brentwood. During her career, she was a Service Representative, Business Office Supervisor, Marketing Office Supervisor and the first female Product Manager in Southwestern Bell.

In 2003 Regina was one of the founders and first President of the Professional Tour Guide Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, where she helped develop the training and certification test for tour guides. She retired as Secretary, after serving 12 years. Regina was a member of the Brentwood School District School Board since 1995 and retired in 2016 after serving 21 years. Also, for five years, she was a room mother at Brentwood Middle School. She is a charter member and current Secretary of the Brentwood Historical Society and was a primary contributor in writing a book on History of Brentwood.

As a volunteer at the St. Louis Zoo since 1990, Regina served as Docent for ten years, helped start Wildside Walkers and Tour Guide programs, developed script and visuals for Speakers Bureau, chaired several fundraiser events: Art Walk, Boo at the Zoo, and Polo Match. She chaired the Logistics Committee for Zoofari and A Zoo Ado for over ten years.

She is Chairman of the Trustees of the Brentwood Congregational United Church of Christ and was selected Citizen of the Year twice by the Brentwood Chamber of Commerce. As a member of Brentwood Chapter #429, Order of the Eastern Star for over 58 years, Regina is currently Secretary, and lastly, she opened the Brentwood Christian Childcare Center in 2015 to provide a service to the community and obtain additional revenue for her church. She is now serving as Volunteer Director.

Jackie grew up in Brentwood and attended Brentwood No. 1 and BHS. She attended Washington University part-time, married young, and she and husband soon had four children. Jackie enjoyed and supported her family and also continued taking one class at a time at various local colleges She also worked as a volunteer crisis counselor and trainer for several years in Clayton.

In 1970, they transferred to a tiny town in southeastern Idaho called Soda Springs, where she became both a substitute reading teacher and guidance counselor at the high school. Jackie completed a BA at Idaho State University and then taught high school English and art for six years. After school, she commuted two nights a week to Utah State University (75 miles one way) and earned a masters degree in American Studies. Her husband was ready to retire, and their children were grown, so they accepted a full-ride fellowship and moved to Bowling Green, Ohio, where she taught and studied at Bowling Green SU and the University of Toledo where she earned the American Cultural Studies PhD in three years (1994.) Then she taught at Idaho State for two years (1994-1996.)

Jackie had joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS or Mormons) in 1966 and applied for a position at Brigham Young University which resulted in a full-time BYU position in the English Department faculty (1996).

She is a humanities inter-disciplinarian and taught a variety of upper division and graduate courses. In her 20 years at BYU, she also wrote five books for academic publishers, one other for the LDS church-press, edited two journals and wrote over 100 published chapters, articles, and reviews. She has presented papers in the USA, Canada, Europe, and Asia. BYU honored Jackie with full professorship in 2007. She retired in 2016.

Gary attended BHS where he lettered in football, basketball, and track. He continued his football-playing career at Southeast Missouri State University on an athletic scholarship. While at SEMO, he was a two-time all MIAA Conference selection as tight end and was chosen as the teams outstanding player his senior year. In 1985, Gary earned his Masters Degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

His football coaching career began in 1977 at Perryville High School in southern Missouri. In 1979, Gary moved on to St. Louis University High School and served as a varsity football assistant for nine years. He was named varsity head coach in the spring of 1988. Coach Kornfeld was the winningest coach in SLUHs history and posted 212 wins, 15 state playoff berths, 14 District titles, seven Conference crowns and was named the Metro Catholic Conference Coach of the Year multiple times. In 1991, Gary was chosen Metropolitan Coach-of-the-Year by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. During his tenure as head football coach at SLUH, he had 54 All State players and 68 All Metro players. Over 100 former players went on to play in college and three of those young men went on to play in the NFL. Garys teams were ranked in the Final Post-Dispatch Top 10 Rankings 13 times and finished in the state-wide top 10 rankings nine different years. His teams have set 52 individual school records, seven team records, and tied four individual records.

For his outstanding work with high school student-athletes and service to the game of football, Gary was inducted into the Missouri Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in December, 2016. Before his retirement as head football coach in 2016, he was the most active head coach in St. Louis.

While enjoying his retirement from football, Gary continues to teach and serve as Head of the Physical Education Department at SLUH.

Gary and his wife, Karen, have been married for 40 years and have three children, Mark (Beth), Kara (Brad) and John (Cassi) along with nine grandchildren, Colin, Madison, Luke, Kyle, Johnny, Ryan, Charlie, Olivia and Nora.

Heather practices law at Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl, LLC in Pittsburgh as an equity partner in the Litigation Department. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri  Columbia School of Law and its undergraduate program with degrees in Economics and Political Science. She has practiced law for 34 years. She was awarded the Best Oral Advocate  Moot Court in 1984 and advanced to the semi-finals for The National Moot Court Team. She has tried over 43 cases and injunctions in commercial litigation, product liability, medical malpractice, and the full range of torts.

She has a three-decade long involvement in election law that started with working on campaigns and then progressed to acting as counsel for various campaigns. She has represented the Republican Congressional delegation of Southwestern Pennsylvania, the Republican United States Senators, and the Presidential campaigns of George W. Bush, Rudy Giuliani and John McCain.

Her advocacy in Election Law drew accolades and caught the attention of the mainstream media. Heather has conducted numerous interviews with the Wall Street Journal; ABC World News Tonight; CNN; American Spectator; the New York Times; the Washington Times; Politico; and Investors Business Daily, among others, including local news outlets. Heather was featured on Fox News, including The Factor with Bill OReilly.

Heather was elected to a four-year term on County Council in the At-Large Position. She served from November 2011 to December 2015. She also served as a Member of the Election Review Board, as a Trustee of the Carnegie Library, and on the Budget and Finance Committee for four years. She was the first woman to be elected in the At-Large Position. Also, she was honored with the Allegheny County Bar Associations first Pro Bono Award for her work in forming a legal clinic for the homeless in Allegheny County. She was awarded The Betty Murphy Award from the National Republican Lawyers for service, and District Attorney Zappala awarded her a Women of Achievement Award. Heather also served as Co-Chair of the National Republican Lawyers Association and was a board member on Chatham Universitys Pennsylvania Center for Women and Politics Advisory Board. She is a Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America and a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer. In 2015, she was named one of the 50 best Pittsburgh Lawyers and one of the 50 best Women Lawyers in the Commonwealth. She appeared weekly on the public affairs program 4802, WQED/Channel 13, PBS for nine years, as a political analyst until the shows end and makes frequent appearances on local TV and radio. Heather also appears regularly on KDKA every Thursday night with John McIntire, with Chris Moore on PCNC and with Ellis Cannon on Night Talk, as a political analyst.

David was appointed as Commissioner of the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services in Philadelphia. He provides oversight of a $1 billion healthcare agency with nearly one thousand employees. As a Behavioral Health Administrator, with over twenty years of progressive collaborative management experience, David has produced measurable results to improve the lives of children, adults and families with behavioral health needs and intellectual disabilities.

David possesses a vast in-depth knowledge of state and federal regulations inclusive of Medicaid managed care and Mental Health Rehabilitation Standards. He has managed both an urban and suburban public behavioral health system that achieved outcomes inclusive of increasing access to care and expanding the range of services available to residents with behavioral health and personal care needs.

As the appointed Chief of Behavioral Health and Crisis Services with Marylands Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, David provided leadership to over two hundred multi-cultural, multi-lingual employees. David administered a wide range of diverse programs: Child and Adult Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Behavioral Health Authority, Crisis Center, Victims Assistance & Consumer Services. Additionally, David has national experience developing multi-disciplinary coalitions to affect sustainable community-level change.

David earned a Masters in Community School Psychology from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville and partially completed the requirements for a Masters of Health Services Administration at George Washington University.