2012 - Glenwood High School

insights: “She was the thorough professional. She prepared more students for the rigors of college levelwriting than other teacher during her tenure at Glenwood.” And from another, “She helped merecognize the value and merit of each student.” Many also remember the way that Judy could connectwith her students. One of her peers recalls, “She had a wooden desk in her room, an old desk. At theend of each year students would sign their name to the desk. At the end of her career, she hadhundreds and hundreds of "student autographs" on that old desk. I have no idea of what happened tothat old desk when we made the move to the new building. I can only hope that it is in her hometoday.”Her teaching excellence was recognized beyond the walls of GHS as well. During her teachingcareer, Judy was named Outstanding High School Teacher by the University of Chicago and by WesternIllinois University. In addition, she served as an exchange teacher to Portadown, County Armagh,Northern Ireland.Mr. Paul Stout – Paul, a 1939 graduate of Ball Township High School, has been selected in the LifetimeRecognition category. The Stout family has deep roots in Sangamon County, with Frank L. Stout andPhilemon S. Stout serving on the Ball Township Community High School District Board of Education inthe 1930s. It was this family that originally sold farmland so that Ball Township High School (now BallElementary) could be built. After Paul graduated high school, he studied agriculture at the University ofIllinois, Urbana/Champaign, and graduated from the university in 1943. A life-long farmer in SangamonCounty, he raised two children, Dorothy Jean and Dick, who are both Glenwood graduates. Paul is anoriginal member of the Soy Bean Board in Illinois, and the Sangamon County Farm Bureau Board(serving as president for seven of the ten years he was a member). He also served on the Ball-ChathamBoard of Education. It was during his tenure on the board that the 1957 Glenwood High School wasbuilt. Paul continues to serve as a trustee for Stout Cemetery.Mrs. Susan (Schroeder) Langheim – Susan Langheim, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2011for Achievement, graduated from GHS in 1976. Remembered by her former high school teachers for herperseverance and enthusiasm, (one even recalls her begging him to start a girls track team) it comes asno surprise that she has taken the reigns of her father’s Chevrolet dealership, and later, the adjacentHonda dealership. She began working for her dad at Friendly Chevrolet when she was just 12-years-old,working through the years in each department. She became the owner in the mid-90s and also ownsHonda of Illinois. Though the auto industry has seen its share of challenges through the years, underSusan’s leadership, both dealerships continue to thrive. As successful as she is as a business owner, shehas found equal success in the triathlon arena. Though she’s only been competing for a little over twoyears, she has competed in many, and even won a few, local, regional and national triathlons. She wasone of 18 Americans in her age group to qualify for the World Championship Series held in Budapest,Hungary, after a great showing at the National Series in Alabama. In between triathlons, she competedand finished so well in the New York City Marathon in November, 2009, that she qualified for the BostonMarathon which was held in the spring of 2010.