The Alumni Association is seeking nominations for our Honorary Diploma. The Silverton High School Honorary Diploma Program is a shared effort between SHS and the SHS Alumni Association to acknowledge community members who have made significant contributions to the SHS activities and students. Recognition is made by presenting an actual SHS Diploma to the person during the graduation ceremony for the current Senior Class. The awardee’s biography is read at the ceremony and a copy is inserted into the Graduation Program. Diplomas are also presented posthumously to recognize significant historical contributors to SHS and their extraordinary Go Foxes Spirit. If you would like to nominate someone, please submit their name along with their Biography by December 1st for consideration. Biographies for past recipients are included in our newsletter for the year they were honored.
Past Recipients of our Honorary Diploma are:
2001 Milton R Baum, PhD; Murl W Anderson, PhD
2002 Phillip G Clites; Verl E Cochran
2003 Orville N Roth; Quintin B Estell
2004 Lowell Swanson; Olwyn K Davies, MD
2005 Fred and Nola Parkinson
2006 Charles A White: Elmer Valkenaar
2007 Jerry Coon; Robert Dedrick
2008 Norma Jean Branstetter
2009 Susan Fisher; Gordon C McNeilly, MD
2010 Craig Russell Roessler; Gerald Russell Ott
2011 Joseph Sandaal; Laura Penley Wanker
2012 James T Brueckner; Richard Cooper
2013 Michael Kim; Peter Andrew Loar
2014 Bette Kuenzi; Frances McCarty
2015 Norma Jean Standlea; Marcia Brooks Branstetter
2016 Don Kelley; Errol and Lucy Eaden Ross
2017 Dan and Paula Magee
2018 Dr. Rodney Orr; Dean Craig
2019 Doris Hartley; Nellie Watson
2020 Darlene Beyerly; Eileen Williams
2023 Dale Koger, Zelma Cannon
