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SHS Alumni Awards

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Submitted Who's Who Award Stanley Dolan, 89, a 1941 SHS graduate, was the recipient of this year’s Who’s Who Award. Dolan was presented and introduced by his son Dave. The WWII vet grew up on a farm near Sullivan and attended a one room school house. Dolan went on to work at Taber Grain/ADM and has served along with his wife Mary Margaret as the overseers of the New Life Ministry Center. Pictured left to right are Sullivan school board chairman Steve Poland, Mary Margaret Dolan, Stanley Dolan, and Dave Dolan.

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Who's Who Award

Stanley Dolan, 89, a 1941 SHS graduate, was the recipient of this year’s Who’s Who Award. Dolan was presented and introduced by his son Dave. The WWII vet grew up on a farm near Sullivan and attended a one room school house. Dolan went on to work at Taber Grain/ADM and has served along with his wife Mary Margaret as the overseers of the New Life Ministry Center. Pictured left to right are Sullivan school board chairman Steve Poland, Mary Margaret Dolan, Stanley Dolan, and Dave Dolan.

Submitted Hall of Fame Recipient David Walter Whitaker, SHS class of 1980, was this year’s recipient of the Hall of Fame honor. Whitaker was presented and introduced by his sister Pam Whitaker Buckalew. Whitaker, who’s early interest and passion was in Future Farmers of America, went on to earn an undergraduate degree in agricultural science at the University of Illinois followed by a master’s degree in plant breeding from the University of Minnesota. Whitaker then went on to fulfill a successful career as a research scientist, developing different hybrid seeds. Whitaker has earned several awards for his work over the years including, but not limited to, the 2008 co-recipient of the Pioneer Hybrid of the Year, 2010 Pioneer Inbred of the Year, co-recipient of the 2013 DuPont Bolton/Carothers Innovative Science Award, and the International Hybrid of the Year Award by Pioneer in 2008. Pictured from left to right is Sullivan school board chairman Steve Poland, David Whitaker, and Pam Whitaker Buckalew.
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Hall of Fame Recipient

David Walter Whitaker, SHS class of 1980, was this year’s recipient of the Hall of Fame honor. Whitaker was presented and introduced by his sister Pam Whitaker Buckalew. Whitaker, who’s early interest and passion was in Future Farmers of America, went on to earn an undergraduate degree in agricultural science at the University of Illinois followed by a master’s degree in plant breeding from the University of Minnesota. Whitaker then went on to fulfill a successful career as a research scientist, developing different hybrid seeds. Whitaker has earned several awards for his work over the years including, but not limited to, the 2008 co-recipient of the Pioneer Hybrid of the Year, 2010 Pioneer Inbred of the Year, co-recipient of the 2013 DuPont Bolton/Carothers Innovative Science Award, and the International Hybrid of the Year Award by Pioneer in 2008.
Pictured from left to right is Sullivan school board chairman Steve Poland, David Whitaker, and Pam Whitaker Buckalew.

 

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