RBR Education Foundation
Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame
Red Bank Regional (RBR), and its predecessor, Red Bank High School, have graduated some very
productive citizens over the past 100 years. Inductees to the Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame
are selected by the RBR Education Foundation from nominations submitted from the community and RBR
alumni. Nominees must have graduated at least fifteen years ago, demonstrated a strong commitment
to community service, made a significant contribution in their chosen field of endeavor, and would
be a positive role model to current RBR students.
Distinguished Alumni 2011
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RBR’s most recent Distinguished Alumni, admitted into its Hall of Fame on April 29
are pictured above (from left to right): Jacqueline Caruso-Smith, Shrewsbury, class of ’63; Christina Emrich,
Tinton Falls, class of ’87; William J. Galatro, Ocean Township, class of ’67; Honored Faculty Alumnus
Gerald A. Gance, Monmouth Beach; Laurna C. Godwin, St. Louis, class of ’83; and Mary Ponturiero Wyman,
Red Bank, class of ’83. The RBR Distinguished Alumni event was sponsored by the RBR Education Foundation. |
| Distinguished Alumni watch Kerry McNulty’s band students in rehearsal. |
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Distinguished Alumni discuss memories in the field house. |
| ) A culinary delight was prepared for the Distinguished Alumni by Chef Roskowinski’s culinary students.
He is pictured here with his student Bridgette Dean of Shrewsbury. The RBR orchestra plays dining music in
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RBR creative writing teacher, Dr. Gretna Wilkinson is surrounded by her creative writing
students at the Distinguished Alumni luncheon. Six of the students wrote biographies of the
Distinguished Alumni which they read to them at the official ceremony.
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Following the official festivities, Distinguished Alumni Laurna Godwin shared her professional
experiences with an RBR business class. She advised the students, “Major (in college) in something
you love, because if you love it, you will be good at it.” Ms. Godwin is the co-founder and
president of Vector Communications Corporation, a public engagement and communications consulting
firm in St. Louis, MO. Prior to that, she was a three-time Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist
for television stations in St. Louis (WB 11 and KETC-TV), New York City (WNET-TV), Charlottesville,
VA (WVIR-TV) and the mid-west bureau of CNN, where she was a news anchor, reporter, talk show host
and/or public affairs director.
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2011 Inductees
| Jacqueline Caruso-Smith | Class of 1963 |
| William J. Galatro | Class of 1967 |
| Laurna C. Godwin | Class of 1977 |
| Mary Ponturiero Wyman | Class of 1983 |
| Christina Emrich | Class of 1987 |
| Gerald (Jerry) A. Gance | Honored Faculty Alumnus |
Distinguished Alumni 2010
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Pictured left to right (standing) William Lewit, Denise Perry Hoagland, Paul Roman,
Wendy K. Patterson Turnock, Charles K. Woodward, Jr., (seated) Mrs. Robert J. Holiday
whose husband was inducted in memoriam, Carol Ann Siciliano, Dana Mihlon Giblin, and,
Juanita Lewis. Missing from the photograph was distinguished honoree Heidi Hertler. |
| at a light moment at the induction dinner,
Distinguished Alumni Paul Roman displays his original varsity letter jacket from 1964. |
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| Pictures from the morning creative-writing student
biography presentations of the Distinguished Alumni and Culinary Arts Student luncheon. |
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| Distinguished Alumni Carol Ann Siciliano (left) and William Lewit (right) were guest
visitors in the environmental club and sports medicine classes respectively: |
2010 Inductees
| Charles K. Woodward, Jr. |
Class of 1950 |
| Robert Joseph Holiday, Sr. |
Class of 1953 Honored in Memoriam |
| Paul David Roman |
Class of 1964 |
| Wendy K. Patterson Turnock |
Class of 1975 |
| Carol Ann Siciliano |
Class of 1977 |
| Dana Mihlon Giblin |
Class of 1978 |
| Juanita Lewis |
Class of 1983 |
| Heidi Hertler |
Class of 1985 |
| Denise Perry Hoagland |
Class of 1985 |
| William M. Lewit |
Class of 1987 |
Distinguished Alumni 2009
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RBR’s Distinguished Alumni of 2009 are pictured left to right (seated): Daniel Murphy, Jr., Shannon D. Giblin, Elizabeth Costa Carroccia, Bernard H. Hoffman, Esq., Eileen Rich Caruso; (standing): William H. Wikoff, III, Dennis Daniels, John A. Wilson Jr., Declan J. O’Scanlon, Jr., and Dr. Robert Nogueira. Inductee Jeanne van Dorn Mauk was unable to attend the dinner and Jonathan Maslow was nominated posthumously. His wife and mother accepted the honor on his behalf. |
On the morning of their Hall of Fame Induction Dinner, RBR Distinguished Alumni were invited to the high school for a VIP tour by the principal and a special ceremony where RBR 9th grade creative writing majors read biographies they wrote on all the alumni.
Alumnus John Wilson, was so impressed with the student author’s work he stated, “I guess you don’t realize all you do in life. I thought, she was writing about someone else.”
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A very special ceremony took place during this year’s Distinguished Alumni VIP visit to the Red Bank Regional High School. In honor of their patriarch, Bill Noglows, his family (left to right, Judy, Betty Ann, young William and Paul Noglows) donated four plaques which will list all the Distinguished Alumni names in the Hall of Fame from its inception and into the foreseeable future. Appreciatively receiving the Noglows family gift are (left to right) Patty Metlitz, (Foundation member) RBR principal Jim Stefankiewicz, Stuart Tartarone (Foundation member) and Dr. Edward Westervelt, RBR superintendent. |
| The 8th annual RBR Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame Dinner was held on Friday, March 20th at The Shadowbrook in Shrewsbury. Each alumni table was adorned with the high school picture of a distinguished alumnus. Pictured here is Bernard Hoffman, class of 1951 and Red Bank long-time attorney. |
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A highlight of the RBR Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame Dinner was Dennis Daniels, class of 1978- educator and professional ventriloquist who accepted his award with the help of some friends. |
| This year’s staff inductee at the RBR Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame Dinner was Dr. Robert Nogueira, RBR’s principal from 1979 till 1998. Here he addresses students and his fellow inductees at the morning ceremony where RBR creative writing majors fashioned biographies on the inductees, which they then read to them. |
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This year the Foundation chose to honor an alumnus posthumously. The family of naturalist, award winning journalist and writer Jonathan Maslow, class of 1966, accepted the award on his behalf. His mother Clara read a touching poem she wrote for her son at the evening dinner. His wife, Liliya Khobotkova, also spoke about her husband’s life and work. |
2009 Inductees
| Jeanne van Dorn Mauk |
Class of 1943 |
| Bernard H. Hoffman |
Class of 1951 |
| Daniel Murphy, Jr. |
Class of 1962 |
| Jonathan E. Maslow |
Class of 1966 Honored in Memoriam |
| Elizabeth Costa-Carroccia |
Class of 1974 |
| William H. Wikoff III |
Class of 1976 |
| Dennis Randolph Daniels |
Class of 1978 |
| John A. Wilson, Jr. |
Class of 1978 |
| Eileen M. Caruso |
Class of 1979 |
| Shannon D. Giblin |
Class of 1981 |
| Declan J. O’Scanlon, Jr. |
Class of 1982 |
| Robert M. Nogueira |
Honorary Faculty Alumnus |
2008 Inductees
| Calvin T. Carhart |
Class of 1939 |
| Dorothy Loveridge |
Class of 1941 and Honorary Faculty Alumnus |
| Paul Noglows |
Class of 1942 |
| Stephen “Bill” Noglows |
Class of 1946 |
| Ann Fitzgerald |
Class of 1955 |
| Norman Sickels |
Class of 1955 |
| Alfred Wright |
Class of 1955 |
| Gary Watson |
Class of 1968 |
| Pasquale Menna |
Class of 1972 |
| Noel Blackwood |
Class of 1982 |
2007 Inductees
| Benedict Nicosia |
Class of 1939 |
| Harold Komar |
Class of 1941 |
| Joanne Bennett |
Class of 1944 |
| George Darragh |
Class of 1945 |
| Daniel Jesel |
Class of 1958 |
| Otto Guenther |
Class of 1959 |
| Peter DeFazio |
Class of 1970 |
| Elizabeth Seydell |
Class of 1977 |
| Augie Ponturiero |
Class of 1980 |
| Renee Maxwell |
Honorary Faculty Alumnus |
2006 Inductees
| Anthony F. Trufolo |
Class of 1935 |
| Alfred R. Henderson |
Class of 1938 |
| Henry A. Pope |
Class of 1938 |
| Monroe G. Marx |
Class of 1939 |
| Alexander Davis, Jr. |
Class of 1955 |
| Eileen Gale Kugler |
Class of 1968 |
| Lyle “Peggi” Opie Sturmfels |
Class of 1968 |
| Maximiano Brito |
Class of 1978 |
| Donald Delano Warner |
Honorary Faculty Alumnus |
2005 Inductees
| Harry Greenwood |
Class of 1938 |
| Barbara Straus Goldstein |
Class of 1947 |
| Wade Turnock |
Class of 1959 |
| Patricia Hornberger Harper |
Class of 1960 |
| Willie Davis |
Class of 1963 |
| Douglas P. Stives |
Class of 1964 |
| Albert Zager |
Class of 1966 |
| Adam Schneider |
Class of 1972 |
| Barry Glenn Williams |
Class of 1980 |
| John Luckenbill, Sr. |
Honorary Faculty Alumnus |
2004 Inductees
| Tina J. DeFalco |
Class of 1935 |
| George F. Baine, Jr. |
Class of 1937 |
| Evelyn Leavens |
Class of 1943 |
| Suzanne Stephens Castleman |
Class of 1952 |
| Thornell T. Jones |
Class of 1955 |
| Edmund H. Gaunt Jr. |
Class of 1958 |
| William J. Setaro |
Class of 1966 |
| Anne Castleman Connell |
Class of 1978 |
| Daniel Stubbs II |
Class of 1983 |
| Jack Needle |
Honorary Faculty Alumnus |
2003 Inductees
| Margretta Reed Seashore |
Class of 1957 |
| John D’Amico |
Class of 1959 |
| Arnold M. Howitt |
Class of 1965 |
| Rhonda Silberstein Gale |
Class of 1970 |
| George Curtiss Randolph, Jr. |
Class of 1973 |
| Katharine R. Salmeri |
Class of 1978 |
| John Moses |
Honorary Faculty Alumnus |
| Geraldine “Deanie” Steckroth |
Honored in Memoriam |
2002 Inductees
| Daniel W. Dorn, Sr. |
Class of 1928 |
| Margaret Mazza Pallone |
Class of 1937 |
| Yolanda Inez Jones Mapp |
Class of 1948 |
| Daniel W. Dorn, Jr. |
Class of 1957 |
| Peter D. Grudin |
Class of 1960 |
| Robert D. Loversidge, Jr. |
Class of 1970 |
| Stanley J. Sickels |
Class of 1973 |
| Eve Allison Thompson |
Class of 1978 |
| Sean F. Byrnes |
Class of 1981 |
| Robert Strangia |
Honorary Faculty Alumnus |