Famous Graduates
* = Hall of Fame Inductee
** = Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award
| 1930′s | ||
|---|---|---|
| Robert Scheffing * | 1930 | Professional baseball player, coach, manager and general manager |
| Vincent Piacentini, Jr.* | 1938 | Internationally known theater and concert hall designer |
| David Bell* | 1939 | Retired Lieutenant Colonel, US Air Force |
| Laura Downey Bell* | 1939 | Leader in nursing profession and education |
| Don Horn* | 1939 | Internationally recognized entrepreneur; aircraft industry |
| 1940′s | ||
| Billie Lou Watt* | 1941 | Actress, stage and television |
| George Chapman* | 1943 | Educational leader, RHS principal 1960-1967 |
| Giles McCoy* | 1943 | World War II hero, member of United States Marine Corps |
| Lyle Fisher* | 1944 | Nationally recognized mathematics educator |
| Walter Garrison * | 1944 | President & CEO of CDI Corp.; founded Pennsylvania Institute of Technology |
| James Westbury * | 1945 | Retired teacher, principal and superintendent |
| Robert Jones | 1946 | Chairman, The Jones Company (homebuilder) |
| June Wuest Becht* | 1947 | Journalist/lecturer, Olympic historian |
| William E. Cooley* | 1947 | Research Chemist; Led development team that created Crest toothpaste |
| James L. Day* | 1948 | General USMC; awarded Medal of Honor; WWII hero |
| Earl Thompson* | 1949 | Internationally recognized leader and consultant in aerospace industry; worked on Apollo 13 mission |
| 1950′s | ||
| Donell Gaertner* | 1950 | Director, St. Louis County Library; created bookmobile concept |
| Albert Oberman* | 1951 | Internationally known cardiovascular researcher |
| Jerry McKinnes* | 1955 | Creator of the ESPN television series “Fishin’ Hole” |
| Rich O’Donnell* | 1955 | Principal Percussionist, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra |
| Dwight C. Look* | 1956 | Researcher; Prof. Emeritus of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
| Dale Rohman* | 1956 | America’s Flower Man; Nationally-known floral designer and speaker |
| Walter E. Webb * | 1956 | Major General US Air Force; recipient of two Distinquished Flying Cross Awards and numerous other honors |
| Ronald K. Hunt* | 1959 | Professional Baseball Player; Owner of Ron Hunt Baseball Assoc. |
| Ted Kulongoski* | 1959 | Governor, Oregon (elected 2002) |
| Burton R. Moore* | 1959 | Major General US Air Force; Director of Operations for General Norman Schwartzkoff during Desert Storm in 1990 |
| 1960′s | ||
| Terry Straeter* | 1960 | National security administrator; NASA, General Dynamics, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence |
| Larry Mickey | 1961 | Director of St. Louis Muny Opera (retired) |
| James A. Vornberg* | 1961 | Professional educator; author |
| Michael Ham * | 1962 | Secretariat; Marine Resources; Pacific Consortium |
| Michael Horn* | 1962 | International environmental leader and advocate for coral reefs |
| Harry J. Maue* | 1963 | Founder of the legal fee auditing industry, chairman of legal auditing firm |
| Stephen W. Miller* | 1963 | Business executive; community leader |
| Richard J. Sabath III* | 1963 | World authority in pediatric exercise physiology, innovator of childen’s exercise programs |
| Raymond Thorpe * | 1963 | All-American collegiate athlete; businessman; educator |
| Arlene Ackerman | 1964 | Superintendent, San Francisco Unified School District |
| Sallie Coffman* | 1964 | Concert Master-St. Louis Muny Orchestra |
| Ronald W. Davis | 1964 | President; Business Development, Engineered Support Systems, Inc. |
| Ron Grubbs ** | 1964 | Director of Advertising, KMOX Radio, St. Louis |
| Mike Keefe* | 1964 | Pulitzer Prize Winning Syndicated Editorial Cartoonist, Denver Post and America On-Line |
| David F. Maltman* | 1964 | Executive director/advocate human services |
| Leslie W. Miller* | 1964 | Prof. Of Medicine; Director, Cardiovascular Div., University of Minnesota; Former Head of St. Louis University Hospital Cardiovascular Dept. |
| James Nicholson* | 1964 | International Award-Winning Playwright |
| Karen Carroll* | 1965 | Former Vice President/General Manager of KMOX Radio, St. Louis |
| Carole Rose Ebert Klein* | 1965 | Personnel manager for many orchestras in the San Francisco (Calif.) Bay Area |
| Michael Loberg* | 1965 | Internationally recognized scientist in pharmaceutical research |
| Peggy Giordano* | 1966 | Distinguished Research Professor, Bowling Green University |
| Larry Payton* | 1966 | Entrepreneur, producer in entertainment industry |
| Robert Todd* | 1966 | Head Baseball Coach, Ohio State University |
| Cynthia Holmes | 1967 | Attorney; Moderator (President), Cooperative Baptist Fellowship |
| Jerry Reuss* | 1967 | Professional Baseball Player and Broadcaster |
| Susan Devaney* | 1968 | Leader in public health and nursing education |
| Robert Mosher | 1968 | Chief of the Political-Military Office, U.S. Embassy, Moscow |
| Lillie Sloan Thomas * | 1968 | Administrative Director of SSM St. Joseph Medical Park and St. Joseph Health Center Oncology/Radiation services |
| Charles A. Williams * | 1968 | Decorated naval command officer, military and commercial pilot, teacher, business entrepreneur |
| Thomas R. Hughes * | 1969 | CEO of T.R. Hughes, Inc., commercial and residential builder |
| Tom Morgan* | 1969 | New York Times journalist |
| 1970′s | ||
| Jack Burleson | 1970 | President, St. John’s Bank, St. Louis |
| Patricia Gunter | 1970 | Nashville Symphony Orchestra; bassoon and contra bassoon |
| Sarah Leen* | 1970 | National Geographic photojournalist |
| Thomas McIntyre* | 1970 | Nationally recognized leader in secondary education |
| John Stubbs | 1970 | California Ballet Musical Director and Conductor; San Diego Symphony Orchestra Violinist |
| Michael Bollinger | 1972 | Actor, Producer, Director, Lyceum Theatre, Arrow Rock, MO |
| Tom Brooks | 1973 | Christian music producer, arranger and musician |
| Janet Mosley Ruzycki * | 1973 | Pediatrician; Chief of Pediatric Medicine at St. Lukes Hospital in Chesterfield, MO |
| Mike Williamson | 1973 | Chemical Engineer and Attorney, ExxonMobil Chemical |
| Patti Wright | 1973 | Assistant Professor of Anthropology at UMSL |
| Jeff Leen* | 1975 | Pulitzer Prize winning editor, Washington Post |
| Julie Maxey Ferguson* | 1976 | High School All-State/College All Conference basketball player; educator; coach |
| James G. Klarsch * | 1976 | Orthodonist, Teacher, Researcher, Author, Lecturer |
| John Schieszer | 1976 | Nationally Syndicated Medical Journalist |
| Barry Cooper* | 1977 | CFO, Laclede Group and Laclede Gas Co. |
| Daniel Fortune | 1977 | Internationally known track and field athlete (retired) |
| Douglas A. Katsev* | 1977 | Opthamologist, internationally known for his humanitarian work with Surgical Eye Expeditions International |
| Steven Winters | 1977 | Technical Research Specialist, Urban Search and Rescue; “9-11″ Rescue Team member |
| Warner Baxter * | 1979 | CFO, Ameren UE, Missouri |
| David Fuchs* | 1979 | Entrepreneur, philanthropist |
| Jacqueline McBrady | 1979 | CFO, selected “Most Influential Business Women” STL Business Journal, President of University of Missouri-St. Louis Alumni Assoc. |
| Mike Stewart | 1979 | Manager of Advertising Operations, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. |
| Carla R. Williams | 1979 | Actress, Member of Los Angeles-based touring company featuring Broadway musical, The Lion King |
| 1980′s | ||
| Murvel R. Sellars | 1980 | Author, Rowan Gant Investigations Suspense Thriller Novels |
| Suzanne Cunningham | 1981 | Sr. Spaceport Manager, NASA |
| Charla Lord | 1981 | Producer, KMOV –TV, St. Louis |
| Jennifer L. Page* | 1986 | Physician; medical director |
| Lisa Jones Townsel | 1987 | Ebony Magazine; St. Louis Post-Dispatch fashion editor |
| Bill Chott * | 1987 | Actor, Writer; television, radio and film |
| 1990′s | ||
| Michelle Loyet* | 1990 | Archaeologist; Professor University of Illinois |
| DeRon Jenkins | 1992 | Professional Football Player, Tennessee Titans (retired) |
| Wendell Bryant | 1998 | Professional Football Player, Arizona Cardinals (retired) |
