Who’s Who Honorees
The Who’s Who program was established in 1964 by the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School Board of Education. In 1987, the W.C. Mepham High School Alumni Association proudly reinstated this tradition to celebrate the remarkable achievements of Mepham alumni.
This program recognizes individuals who have:
- Achieved significant accomplishments in their professional fields.
- Made outstanding contributions to humanity.
- Demonstrated exceptional service to their communities.
A commemorative plaque honoring these distinguished alumni and their fields of work is displayed in the foyer of Mepham High School.
If you know someone who deserves this honor, click here to download the nomination form and submit it today!
| 2018 AWARDS | ||
| Jerry Manne | Class of '54 | Economics and Finance |
| Roderick E, Ritterbusch | Class of '61 | Engineering |
| 2017 AWARDS | ||
| Dr. Mark Mobius | Class of '54 | Economics and Finance |
| 2016 AWARDS | ||
| There were no Honorees | ||
| 2015 AWARDS | ||
| Lee Griffith | Class of '58 | Business Management |
| Robert Bramante | Class of 2000 | Emergency Medicine |
| 2014 AWARDS | ||
| Clare Eastwood Worthing | Class of"46 | Professional Volunteer |
| Steven T. Sinatra, M.D. | Class of "64 | Medicine-Cardiology |
| 2013 Awards | ||
| Ruth M. Adams | Faculty | Education |
| Robert J. Levine | Class of '51 | Physical Educator |
| Peter N. Boulukos | Class of "55 | Theology |
| Dolores Audrey Kuneth Taisey | Class of "65 | Business-Education |
| 2011 Awards | ||
| George Boulukos | Class of '51 | Business/Community Activities |
| Deborah Dachinger | Class of '51 | Entertainment |
| Roger Mansell | Class of '53 | Publishing |
| 2010 Awards | ||
| Harvey L. Poppel | Class of '54 | Information Technology |
| Gerald Weisenseel | Class of '55 | Information Technology |
| 2009 Awards | ||
| Harry M. Betzig | Class of '39 | Engineering |
| Gudrun Moe Christenson | Class of '41 | Botany |
| B. Franklin Diamond | Class of '59 | Neurology |
| Edward D. Westervelt | Class of '62 | Education |
| 2008 Awards | ||
| Michael B. Eisenberg | Class of '67 | Education and Information Literacy |
| 2007 Awards | ||
| Lauren Boglioli | Class of '83 | Physician, Nuclear Cardiology |
| Mona Friedman Jamison | Class of '67 | Law |
| Roy Probeyahn | Class of '56 | Developmental Disabilities |
| John Scalesi Jr. | Class of '75 | EMT, Fire Rescue Instructor |
| 2006 | ||
| George Caso | Class of '42 | Medicine |
| Gerard Fernandez | Class of '42 | Law |
| Hope Machina Cassidy | Class of '55 | Administration |
| Roy Probeyahn | Class of '56 | Developmental Disabilities |
| Hal Mahoney | Class of '49 | Education |
| Robert Ravera | Class of '56 | Transportation R & D |
| 2005 | ||
| 2005 AWARDS | ||
| Janice Davy Oursler | Class of '61 | Psychiatric Rehabilitation |
| John M. DiMartino | Class of '50 | Mechanical Design |
| Judith Anne Hardy Whitmire | Class of '57 | Public health |
| William Joel | Class of '55 | Transportation |
| H. Frederick Koehler | Class of '53 | High Tech Management |
| Jeannette Paladino Antin | Public Relations | |
| 2004 | ||
| Frederick C. Lorenzen | Class of '50 | Tool and Die Machine Design |
| Janet Feagans Launcelott | Class of '53 | Government and Civil Rights |
| Richard Stieg | Class of '55 | Medicine |
| David Strom | Class of '72 | Publishing |
| 2003 | ||
| Peter M. Mollica | Class of '45 | Law |
| Robert A. Israel | Class of '50 | Biostatistics |
| Ira S. Jaffrey | Class of '56 | Clinical Cancer Research |
| Rev. Bruce Nieli | Class of '64 | Religion |
| George Ruggi | Class of '70 | Sports Medicine & Chiropractic |
| 2002 | ||
| Thomas A. DeLong | Class of '53 | Publishing/Author |
| Steve C. Imber | Class of '64 | Special Education |
| Michael C. Lasky | Class of '71 | Law Community Service |
| Violette Seibert Lindbeck | Class of '45 | Education/Missionary |
| Charles Wolf | Class of '56 | Human Services |
| 2001 | ||
| Ronald W. Anders | Class of '51 | Human Resources/Community Services |
| George H. Moorse | Class of '54 | Film/TV Production, Screenwriting |
| 2000 | ||
| William Griffen | Class of '46 | Education |
| Paul D. Miller | Class of '67 | TV & Film production |
| Frances C. Munkenbeck | Class of '67 | Cardiology |
| 1999 | ||
| Linda Brodsky Greenfield | Class of '70 | Pediatric Ophthamology |
| David M. Klein | Class of '67 | Opthamology |
| William Piner | Class of '52 | Physical Education |
| 1998 | ||
| Steven Jaffe | Class of '58 | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
| Patricia Johanson | Class of '58 | Environmentalist |
| Richard R. Johnson | Class of '46 | Automatic Control Systems |
| Robert M. Pallay | Class of '69 | Family Medicine |
| Marion Schweisguth Lang | Class of '61 | Theatre Arts and Community Building |
| John G. Ullman | Class of '66 | Business and Finance |
| Jurgen Worthing | Class of '41 | Electrical Engineering |
| 1997 | ||
| John F. Ahrens | Class of '47 | Plant Science |
| Jonathan Bart | Class of '68 | Composer/TV & Film Design |
| David Berger | Class of '67 | Music |
| Albert J. Hoehn | Class of '44 | Sales Management |
| Lloyd Alan Marks | Class of '67 | Medicine & Biomedical Engineering |
| Richard E. O'Shaughnessy | Class of '49 | Education |
| William Duncan Steenson | Class of '45 | Industrial Real Estate |
| 1996 | ||
| Deborah Balke Lindner | Class of '76 | Science/Art |
| Amy Cohen Resnick | Class of '42 | Psychology |
| Colette Inez | Class of '48 | Poetry |
| Richard E. Strauss | Class of '50 | Retail |
| 1995 | ||
| Pierre P. Childs | Class of '47 | Architecture |
| Claudia B. Long | Class of '66 | Physical Education |
| Marilyn Meinhardt Burns | Class of '58 | Education |
| Clarence R. Rydberg | Class of '44 | Business |
| Samuel F. Schoninger | Class of '44 | Attorney/Author |
| 1994 | ||
| Virginia Ann Cummiskey Simpson | Class of '49 | Education |
| Abby I. Gilbert Budnick | Class of '69 | Chiropractic Medicine |
| David (Michaels) Holtzman | Class of '68 | Television Production |
| Romeo E. Muller | Class of '46 | Screenwriter |
| Jeffrey L. Seltzer | Class of '74 | Investment Banker |
| Charles W. Strang | Class of '49 | Business Education & Economic Development |
| 1993 | ||
| Carol Finn Meyer Simpson | Class of '46 | Marketing & Research Education |
| Ruth Ketcham Lansford | Class of '48 | Environmental Preservation |
| Seth Poppel | Class of '61 | Business |
| Clifford W. Reims | Class of '42 | Music [Opera] Education |
| John Denny Ryan | Class of '59 | Community Service |
| William M. Savino | Class of '67 | Law |
| Constance Testa Hayes | Class of '64 | Adapted Physical & Special Education |
| 1992 | ||
| Michael J. Cutino | Class of '68 | Publishing |
| Allen C. Haggerty | Class of '54 | Aerospace Engineering |
| Frank Rico, Jr. | Class of '57 | Human Resources |
| 1991 | ||
| Robert A. Friedenson, PhD. | Class of '60 | Electrical Engineering |
| Kenneth R. Kellner, Md, PhD | Class of '63 | Obstetrics & Gynecology |
| Phyllis Kiovsky Pelikan, RN | Class of '41 | Nursing Education |
| Barbara Silverman Biggs, PhD | Class of '48 | Psychology |
| 1990 | ||
| Barbara Goldstein Paltrow | Class of '46 | Attorney at Law |
| Stanley K. Nodland | Class of '48 | Civil Engineer |
| Leonard A. Zwelling, MD | Class of '66 | Academic Medicine & Biomedical Research |
| 1989 | ||
| Sam Cario | Class of '48 | Public Education |
| Helga Carlson Curtis | Class of '40 | Art & Design |
| Roger D. Chevalier | Class of '64 | U.S. Coast Guard Service |
| Marilyn P. Cowan McLaren | Class of '60 | Human Resources Management & Aviation Training |
| 1988 | ||
| Sanford H. Calhoun | Public Education | |
| Patricia Anne Conway Post | Class of '56 | Volunteerism |
| Ralph E. Donnelly | Class of '60 | Cinema Education |
| Anna Erlemann Platz | Class of '40 | College Education |
| Charles P. Gregory | Class of '46 | Interior Design |
| Richard S. Laskin | Class of '56 | Orthopaedic Surgery |
| Charles V. Perricone | Class of '62 | U.S. Air Force Service |
| Ann Schneider Bowker | Class of '45 | Nursing Administration |
| Edwin M. Schultheis | Class of '45 | Public Education |
| Chesterfield F. Seibert | Class of '42 | Chemical Engineering |
| 1987 | ||
| Marian Averell Hirsh | Class of '48 | Medical Practice Management Consultant |
| William C. Bowes | Class of '59 | U.S. Naval Service |
| Kenneth Fisher | Class of '54 | U.S. Air Force Service |
| Charles A. Garfield | Class of '62 | Psychology |
| John T. Patterson, Jr. | Class of '46 | Urban Development |
| Frank R. Remski | Class of '51 | Banking |
| Stephen P. Scaring | Class of '59 | Law |
| Ralph H. Schmoller | Class of '55 | Electrical Engineering |
| Frank Winter | Class of '40 | Educational Testing |
| 1969 | ||
| Robert M. Levine | Class of '58 | College Education |
| Barbara McCamphill Paige | Class of '59 | Dental Hygiene |
| Raymond H. Nickla | Class of '59 | U.S. Air Force Service |
| Mary Rambo Kihl | Class of '59 | College Education |
| 1968 | ||
| Carl A. Paladino | Class of '46 | Accounting |
| Richard F. Parisse | Class of '57 | Engineering |
| Elizabeth Pilat Marston | Class of '58 | Mass Education |
| Harlan K. Ullman | Class of '58 | U.S. Naval Service |
| Kenneth H. Young | Class of '55 | Ministry |
| 1967 | ||
| Roone P. Arledge | Class of '48 | Television Production |
| Thomas O. Gentsch | Class of '45 | Surgery |
| Charles F. Langenhagen, Jr. | Class of '47 | Industry |
| Trygve R. Tholfsen | Class of '41 | Education |
| 1966 | ||
| Peter Alexander | Class of '52 | Nuclear Physics |
| Albert W. Bahr | Class of '41 | Ministry |
| Lansing G. Blackshaw | Class of '54 | Nuclear Engineering |
| Mary Ditmer Houska | Class of '50 | Economics |
| Frank W. Gobetz | Class of '54 | Aeronautical Engineering |
| Albert C. Neimeth | Class of '46 | Law |
| Ronald R. Ondrejka | Class of '49 | Music |
| Pascal J. Perri | Class of '46 | Business |
| Russell E. Randall | Class of '45 | Medical Research |
| 1965 | ||
| Daniel J. Anderson | Class of '47 | Chemical Engineering |
| James F. Biggs | Class of '42 | Actuarial Computation |
| Robert E. Carn | Class of '46 | Mathematics |
| Harold M. Gladstone | Class of '48 | Chemical Research |
| Walter P. Johnson, Jr. | Class of '45 | Public Education |
| Robert W. Kelly | Class of '40 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Robert T. Snyder | Class of '48 | Psychology |
| 1965 | ||
| Arthur L. Berger | Class of '41 | Law |
| Adeline P. Bullock | Class of '40 | Nursing |
| George D. Helm | Class of '44 | Electrical Engineering |
| Dorothy Huntington | Class of '44 | Psychology |
| Thomas J. Kelly | Class of '46 | Aeronautical Engineering |
| John T. Liell | Class of '39 | Sociology |
| John S. Lockman | Class of '41 | Jurisprudence |
| John G. Masek | Class of '52 | Nuclear and Physical Chemistry |
| Eric R. Rude | Class of '42 | Science Research |
| Terrance H. Tennant | Class of '52 | Aeronautical Engineering |
| Frank E. Young, MD | Class of '49 | Cancer Research |