1989
Mary Morgan, Judith (Papesh) Reynolds, Diana Scott

1988
Betty Beeson and David Schmidt

Betty Beeson, professor of elementary education in Teachers College, Ball State University, has been named one of the 1988 Teachers College Outstanding Alumni. Beeson received her bachelor's degree from Ball State University in 1954. She went on to complete a master's degree at the University of Omaha and a doctorate at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. She taught first and third grades in Salina, Kansas. She also did substitute teaching in Grades K-8 in Kansas, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, and North Carolina.

Beeson is the author of numerous publications focusing on creativity, gender, sex-role stereotyping, and play in young children. She is a widely respected consultant on these topics, having presented workshops in New Orleans, Louisiana; Atlanta, Georgia; San Antonio, Texas; Cleveland, Ohio; and other parts of the country. Her expertise has been sought, for example, by reporters from the Arlington Heights, Illinois Daily Herald and from USA Today.

Beeson has been active in a number of professional organizations. She has served as past president and member of the board of directors of the United Day Care Center; member of the advisory council for the Home Learning Center; founder of the Muncie Children's Museum; member of the Teachers College Alumni Association, the Jon R. Emens Scholarship Committee, the National Association of Teacher Educators, Phi Delta Kappa, and Fellows of the Ball State University President's Club. She has been a member of the Board of Directors of Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children, vice president of the Muncie Association for the Education of Young Children, and past president of Kappa Delta Pi.

For her accomplishments, Beeson has been listed in Who's Who of American, Women, The World Who's Who of Women, Personalities of the West and Midwest, and 5,000 Personalities of the World.

David Schmidt, special education teacher at Lakeland School Corporation in LaGrange, Indiana, has been named the Teachers College Outstanding Alumnus for the year.  He attended Michigan State University for a year after graduating in 1969 from Columbus North High School. Schmidt received his bachelor's degree in 1973 and his master's degree in 1975 from Ball State. While an undergraduate, he was involved in a variety of activities: the Undergraduate Honors Program, Delta Chi Fraternity, the Interfraternity Council, Kappa Delta Pi Education Honorary, and Gamma Theta Upsilon Geography Honorary.

From 1975 to the present, Schmidt has worked in the Lakeland School Corporation as a teacher of special education. In this capacity he has also served as a member of the corporation's In-Service Committee, Northeast Indiana Co-op Staff Development Committee, National Inservice Network, and the Lakeland High School Staff Development Committee. Schmidt is a member of the Indiana State Teachers Association and has chaired the Legal Defense Panel and the Special Education Committee and has served on the Issues and Concerns Committee. He has served as vice president and president of the Lakeland Education Association. He has served on the State Advisory Council on Handicapped Children and Youth, the State Advisory Committee on Special Education Certification, and the Department of Mental Health Regional Planning and Coordinating Council.

Also active in the community, Schmidt is a senior elder of the LaGrange First Presbyterian Church and a member of it's Session and Board of Trustees. In his free time, Mr. Schmidt enjoys adding to his art collection, sailing, bicycling, and traveling internationally.

1987
Jane A. Stallings and Larry E. Metcalf

Jane A. (Smith) Stallings, chairperson of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas, has been named the Teachers College Outstanding Alumnus for the year. A native of South Bend, Stallings received her B.S. from Ball State University in elementary education and science education in 1951. For the next 10 years she taught in preschool through junior high grades in public and private schools in Southern California. After her K-8 teaching experiences, Stallings conducted research for 12 years, working at Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park. She completed her Ph.D. in education and child development at Stanford University.

Before moving to the University of Houston, Stallings served as professor of education and director of Peabody Center for Effective Teaching, Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee.

Jane Stallings is widely known for her study of effects of teaching behaviors. She is the author of more than 40 publications and annually makes numerous presentations at meetings of professional organizations. She has been a consulting editor for Review of Educational Research and a reviewer for Journal of Teacher Education, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Journal of Educational Psychology, and Journal of Classroom Interaction.

Larry E. Metcalf, fifth-grade teacher at Harley Holben Elementary School in Baugo Community Schools, Elkhart, Indiana has also been named the Teachers College Outstanding Alumnus for the year. Larry Metcalf received his B.S. both in business education and elementary education in 1958 and his M.A. in elementary school administration in 1962. For the past 22 years he has been a teacher and an administrator in Indiana public schools. From 1958-60, he taught seventh and eighth grades at Harrison Township Elementary School. Since 1960, he has worked for Baugo Community Schools. For the first 3 years he taught seventh and eighth grades in Jimtown Junior High School. Later, for 8 years, he served as principal of Jimtown. For the past 11 years, he has taught fourth and fifth grades at Harley Holben Elementary School.

As an elementary teacher he has been a leader in field trip planning, bake sales, programs on sexual and physical abuse, non-smoking workshops for children, special art and craft projects, a grandparents' day program, and audiovisual aids for music program. He has also been editor of a newsletter for parents.

Metcalf has been active in community activities, having served in the Baugo Education Association, Baugo Township Volunteer Fire Department, Jamestown United Methodist Church, and as a little league coach in several sports.

1985
Sheliah (Allen) Dorton

1984
John French

1983
Glenn Crane, Mary Rosman, and Philip Stevenson

Glenn E. Crane is a recipient of the 1983 Teachers College Outstanding Alumni Award. From Ball State University, he earned his B.S. in English and education in 1957 and his M.A. in speech in 1959. He then went on to do post graduate work at Indiana University from 1960-1964 and Ph.D. candidate work from the University of Michigan from 1970-1972.

Working in such diverse positions, Crane has been a supply sergeant in the U.S. Army from 1952-1954; a co-founder and associate director of the Ball State Summer Theatre from 1956-1960; a teacher of English and speech and director of radio at Bloomington High School; and an associate professor of speech communication and theatre arts and adjunct professor of business communication at Siena Heights University, Michigan.  In addition to the Ball State University Summer Theatre, Crane has been co-founder, producer, director, and CEO of the American Theatre Festival Productions, Inc., in Coldwater, Michigan from 1964-1965, and the founder and co-director of the Hillsdale Summer Musical Theatre at Hillsdale College, Michigan from 1966-1970, as well as the founder of the Croswell Summer Musical Theatre in 1970.

He is also a professional film and television actor in Honolulu, Hawaii where he has been in several commercials and a mini-series entitled Blood and Orchids. Soon, the name Glenn E. Crane will be seen in bookstores for his books on acting and his plays.

In addition to this honor, Mr. Crane has earned several other awards including the 1958 Shoestring Theatre's Outstanding Actor Award and the 1967-1970 Alpha Psi Omega Hillsdale College Town and Gown Award. He also earned a plaque in the Emens Auditorium at Ball State University.

Crane is a member of such organizations as the Screen Actors Guild, Associated Actors and Artists of America/AFL-CIO, the Theatre Communications Group, the National Genealogical Society, the Indiana Historical Society, and the New England Historical and Genealogical Society.

Mary M. (Rosman) Shifley is a recipient of a Teachers College Outstanding Alumni Award this year. She graduated from Ball State University with honors. She then went on to earn her graduate degree from Ball State as well. She currently works for the Fort Wayne Community Schools where she is a teacher for the deaf. She also serves as an interpreter for the deaf in the community.

Other awards include the Fort Wayne Community Schools Teacher of the Year in 1982 and the Indiana Teacher of the year runner-up in 1982.

Philip S. Stevenson has been named one of the Teachers College Outstanding Alumni for 1983. He has been a social studies teacher, assistant principal, and principal at Centerville Senior High School since the fall of 1972.

Mr. Stevenson is a 1968 graduate of Randolph Southern High School and received his bachelor of arts degree from Ball State University in 1972, his master of arts degree from Ball State University in 1975, and his specialist in education administration degree from Ball State University in 1988. He is member of Pi Gamma Mu Honor Society in Social Science. He has been sponsor of the Eastern Indiana Model Legislature since 1973, student government sponsor for 16 years, and Social Studies Department chairperson for 8 years.

Other awards Mr. Stevenson has received are the ISTAR Excellence in Education Award the Distinguished Hoosier Award by a joint resolution of the Indiana State House of Representatives and the Senate for being involved in the Eastern Indiana Model Legislature.  Philip is the past president of the Centerville Lion's Club and served on the Boys Scouts Advisory Council for two years.  He served on the Board of Directors of the United Way of Whitewater Valley and on the United Way of Whitewater Valley Allocation Committee.  He has served as the treasurer of the Tri-Eastern Conference and as the treasurer of the Eastern Indiana Academic League.  Philip has also served as president of the Tri-Eastern Conference and the Eastern Indiana Academic League.

1982
John Seffrin, Calvin Lee, and Dean Christakis

John R. Seffrin, professor of health and safety education and chairperson of the Department of Applied Health Science at Indiana University, has been named the Teachers College Outstanding Alumnus for the year. Dr. Seffrin, a 1966 graduate of Ball State University, received his master's degree from the University of Illinois in 1967 and his doctorate from Purdue University in 1970. Recipient of numerous state and national honors, Seffrin is listed in Who's Who in America and Outstanding Young Men of America. He has distinguished himself as a national and international leader in health education, disease prevention, and public health.

Calvin C. Lee, a sixth-grade teacher for the East Allen County Schools at New Haven, has been named the Teachers College Outstanding Alumnus for the year. Mr. Lee was recognized for more than 20 years of educational excellence and unequaled enthusiasm for teaching and learning.

He is currently a team teacher of science at Hoagland Elementary School in Hoagland, Indiana. He received a grant to teach astronomy at the elementary level and frequently hosts astronomy viewings to the public. He also helps out in the community and school as a baseball and softball coach, Boy Scouts merit badge counselor, Science Fair judge, and a church usher, just to name a few.

He received his B.S. in biological science with a minor in earth science from Ball State University in 1960 and his graduate degree from St. Francis College in 1965 where he made the dean's list.

Among his many honors, Lee was named Indiana Teacher of the Year in 1981 in addition to receiving the Sagamore of the Wabash award and was twice selected as an Outstanding Elementary Teacher of America. Mr. Lee was named to the White House Conference on Youth and Children Steering Committee and selected as a host for this conference. He was appointed to the State Superintendent's Advisory Committee of Teachers and was a guest consultant for the National Education Association. In addition to the education related awards, Lee was selected as Station WAFX's Good Guy of 1982 and Fort Wayne News Sentinel's Outstanding Citizen Personality. A veteran of the Korean War, Lee is a member of the Fort Wayne David Parrish Post 296 American Legion.

Dean G. Christakis, a science teacher at Marquette High School in Michigan City, has been named the Teachers College Outstanding Alumnus for the year. He also received the Outstanding Teacher Award in 1974. Mr. Christakis was commended for his achievements in preparing students for state, national, and international science and engineering fairs. His students have captured 43 awards, including 22 first places—more than the students of any other teacher in the nation. Christakis's motivational ability, long hours of dedication, adaptability to individual differences, and expertise in both the life and physical sciences won him the Teacher of the Decade Award from officials at the Calumet Regional Science Fair.

1981
Charles Driscoll and Timothy Lucero

Charles E. Driscoll, who received his master's degree in health science education and family medicine at Ball State University in 1974, was cited for his outstanding accomplishments as an innovative teacher in the Family Practice Department at the University of Iowa.

Timothy D. Lucero, who earned his B.S. degree in 1980 and M.A. in 1981 from Ball State University, was recognized for his dedication and achievements as a Muncie classroom teacher. He will begin a new position as graphic arts instructor in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this fall.

1980
David Bos, Patrick Cronin, and Donald Shondell

David D. Bos is one of the 1980 Teachers College Alumni Award recipients. He is a fifth-grade teacher at Allen Park Elementary School in Fort Myers, Florida.  In addition to being chosen as Lee County, Florida's Teacher of the Year 1979-1980, Bos was selected as one of the top five educators in Florida.

Mr. Bos graduated from Clinton Township High School in Wanatah, Indiana. From Ball State University, he earned his bachelor's degree in 1960 and his master's degree in 1979. Before moving to Florida in 1974, he taught Grades 4 through 6 in Westville, Indiana.

Ross Buckman, president of the Teachers College Alumni Association, stated that he is "an unheralded individual who has quietly and consistently put into practice the highest possible ideals in winning the hearts and minds of his students."

Patrick Cronin has been named one of the Teachers College Outstanding Alumni for the year. His award is presented for "exemplary contributions in the field of education" according to Teachers College Dean T. L. Drake. Currently, he is employed with the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Retardation as an educational resource specialist.  He is being recognized for his improvement of educational and rehabilitation programs for youth and adults in federal and and state correctional institutions.

Cronin graduated from Logansport High School before earning his B.S. in social science in 1958 and his M.A. in guidance and counseling in 1963, both from Ball State University. He contributed to the National Defense Education Act in the Guidance and Counseling Institute for Ball State University in the summer of 1963 and Ohio University in the summer of 1964.

After earning his B.S. and until 1965, Cronin worked as a teacher, counselor, and administrator in public education. From 1965-1974, he was in educational administration in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction where he was elevated to the status of statewide director of Educational Services in 1972. From 1974-1979, he focused on educational research and personnel development at Ohio State University: The National Center for Research in Vocational Education and The College of Agricultural Education.

Cronin is active in several professional associations including the American Correctional Association, the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, National Adult Education Association, American Vocational Education Association, American Mental Health Association, and the Ohio State University Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa.

He has assisted in many national grant administrations including being the national project director of the grant on improving vocational education in correctional institutions, and being a staff research specialist in the program preventing juvenile delinquency. Cronin also has numerous publications and papers mostly dealing with vocational education and delinquency prevention, which he has published in such journals as the American Journal of Corrections and delivered to such groups as the 106^th Congress, American Correctional Association.

He has been a consultant to the Canadian Penitentiary Service, and several other institutions in addition to nine different states, including the Indiana Department of Corrections and the State Board of Vocational and Technical Education during 1976 and 1977.

Donald S. Shondell is a recipient of the 1980 Ball State University Teachers College Outstanding Alumni Award. He has served 16 years as head volleyball coach at Ball State University.

A graduate of Central High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana, he earned his bachelor's degree in 1952 and his master's degree in 1955, both from Ball State University. He later went on to earn his doctorate from Indiana University.

Shondell is chairman of the NCAA Volleyball Committee as well as president of the U.S. Volleyball Association. Under his leadership, Ball State teams have won 10 Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association championships. He is also a United States Volleyball Association representative to the U.S. Olympic Committee. Shondell coached U.S. international teams in the World University Games and in a U.S. tour of China.

Other honors for Shondell include being named the Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association's "Coach of the Year" six times.