By Cynthia Chin
East High School

As a means of motivating current students to aim high and also to explore a variety of career options, a parent-led group is in the process of developing a rotating display of alumni who have achieved success in a variety of fields since graduating from Madison East. At this time, the plan is for the primary format to be electronic, with “portrait” slides prominently displayed in a common area of the building, and an easily accessible (ever-expanding) archive also available for student consultation.

Here are the alumni whose entries are complete: Ronald J. Kurth, Class of 1949; Stefan Anderson and Peter Jones Barrett, Class of 1952; John T. Schiller, Class of 1971; Bradley Whitford, Class of 1977; Melissa Sargent, Class of 1987; Jessie Garcia and Tari (Attoe) Kelly, Class of 1988; Kelda Roys, Class of 1997; Svetha Janumpalli and Quilen Blackwell, Class of 2003; Keaton Miller, Class of 2004; and Dylan Brogan, Class of 2005. Biographies and portraits may be accessed via the Archive links at http://easthighwall.weebly.com.

We are looking for role models for modern lives and alumni to be proud of. We need nominations of alumni who have achieved high standards in all walks of life — technical, literary, political, medical, entertainment, scientific, artistic, entrepreneurial or social arenas. Alumni may self-nominate.

Submit nominations to easthighwall@gmail.com. In addition to names, please supply as much information as you can substantiate, such as graduation year, accomplishments, current contact information and picture. If there are pieces missing, a selection committee member will follow up directly.