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Acclaimed Alumni Criteria

  The Acclaimed Alumni section recognizes Pirates who have made major accomplished outside of the athletic world.  Pirates have a long tradition of making outstanding contributions in many fields... from the Arts to Leadership, to Medicine, to Business, to the Military and more. 

If you know of any other MHS alums who have earned major recognition after high school, please email the alumni webmaster.  If possible, please provide links to any articles about the person's accomplishments/recognition. 

Acclaimed alumni must have graduated at least 10 years ago. We consider any reputable accomplishment, but not every accomplishment is officially acclaimed.  Here are some accomplishments that have earned Marshfield graduates Acclaimed Alumni status.

Arts - Emmy's, Tony's, Major works of Art on permanent display
Leadership - Elected Office such as mayor (any city - even North Bend), city counselor,
                   county commissioner, state representative. 
Education - Department Chair at a University, Teacher of the Year for a state
Business - Owner/President/Officer of a successful company
Philanthropy - Someone who has shown extraordinary goodwill with their money
Medicine - Inventor, Peer/Industry/Educational Recognition
Military - Air Force Base Commander

Note: We are particularly interested if you have information about alumni who graduated prior to 1960. Internet research is difficult to find for pre-1960 graduates.  We don't want to lose our cherished history

Do you know of someone who has been special to the history and success of MHS, but is not an alum and you feel deserves recognition?  Please visit our Hall of Fame section.  There you will find coaches and administrators who are not graduates of Marshfield High School, but are in the Pirate Hall of Fame, like Bill Borcher - a Bulldog!

 

Vera (Blusson)
Richter '23

 Philanthropy
  & Centenarian
Elgen Long '44
  Aviation & 
    Author

 1st to  fly solo
     over the poles
James
Rippey  '49

 Leadership
   & Business
Charles E Carlbom '52
 Leadership
   & Business
Bill Whiteman '56
 Mayor
    Cottage Grove
Ken Messerle
 '58
     State          Legislator
     & Business

 

Stephen Dow Beckham '59
  Historian &   
    Expert in
    Indian Law
Kathleen Lee '60
  Education
    Associate
    Director USC
Jan Lee ' 60
  State Legislator      & Leader in
     Hydroelectric
     Industry 
Kathy (Rosencrantz) Fitzpatrick '61 
Leadership
   & Business
Dennis
Chenowith '62

 Medical 
Chris Keylock Williams '62
 Artist

John
Briggs '63

 Mayor
    North Bend
Ernie
Manders '63

 Medical
Michele
Burnette '64

 City Councilor
  Coos Bay
Roger
Gould '65

 Mayor
    Coos Bay
Ann (Lorence)
Gardner '66

  Artist
Dave
Kronsteiner '67

  Leadership

 

Jeff
McKeown '68

 Mayor
   Coos Bay
Ted
Cookson '69

  Business
Jay Farr '69
 Business
 Caddy (Hanen)
 McKeown '70

 Leadership
Tom Newhouse '72
  Business
Jennifer Thompson '75
 Education
Russ
Lundholm '77

 Education
Suzie (Grabe) McDaniel  '77
HR/Education Manager BAH
Kathy (Grabe) Freeman '78
VP, County Mgr
Fidelity National Title
Dean
Clemons '78

 Leadership
George
Whitty '80

 Grammy's &   
    Emmy
Carolyn Fleming
Thompson '82

 Education

John Muenchrath, MD '83
 City Councilor
   Coos Bay
Shawn
Kennelly '88

 
2 Emmy Awards
Jeff
Whitty '89

  Tony Award
Brian Clem '90
 State
  Representative
Matt Partney '96
 Writer
   CSI: Miami
Will Farr '99
 Really Smart
   Cal Tech '03
     PhD Physics
       MIT