Ottawa High School
Wall of Honor
Wall of Honor
Nominations are currently being accepted for Fall 2021 induction into the Ottawa High School Wall of Honor. Nominees must have graduated at least 10 years prior to nomination and have demonstrated excellence in their careers and/or community. The deadline for nominations is May 15th, 2021. For further information call Stella Tharp, OHS Wall of Honor Coordinator at 229-8020 x2119 or email at tharps@usd290.org.
Please click and download the Nomination Form to nominate an OHS graduate for the OHS Wall of Honor. Click here for the Nomination Form.
The Ottawa High School Wall of Honor was created in the spring of 1997 to honor Ottawa High School graduates for their achievements since their graduation from Ottawa High School. The program began as an outgrowth of the OHS Renaissance program created by OHS math teacher, Gary Kuntz. In 1997, Mr. Kuntz presented the proposal for the OHS Wall of Honor to the OHS principal, district superintendent, student council, and USD #290 Board of Education. With approval from these groups, selection to the Wall of Honor became the highest honor that Ottawa High School can bestow upon a graduate. Mr. Kuntz coordinated the program until his retirement in 2003. Currently, the program has been coordinated by College/Career Counselor Stella Tharp and and Foreign Language teacher Michelle Gray.
Nominations for the Ottawa High School Wall of Honor are accepted until May 15 of each year with the only formal requirements being that a nominee must have graduated from OHS at least ten years prior to nomination and have made significant contributions to his/her career and/or community. Nominations remain active for two years. A committee of students, faculty, and OHS graduates selects up to three individuals each year for induction in late spring of each year. Wall of Honor ceremonies take place each fall in conjunction with an OHS football game.
Any Ottawa High School graduate who graduated ten years or more prior to nomination is eligible for the Ottawa High School Wall of Honor. Nominators do not have to be graduates of OHS. Nomination forms may be obtained at any time either by clicking on the nomination form (at the top of the page) or by contacting Wall of Honor coordinator, Stella Tharp at 785-229-8020 Ext 2119 or by email at tharps@usd290.org Nomination forms should be submitted with supporting documents and details. The selection committee does not research those individuals nominated. The committee makes its selections based on the information submitted by the nominator. Therefore, nominations must sufficiently inform the merits of the nominee.
Nomination forms and accompanying materials should be submitted to:
Stella Tharp, Wall of Honor Coordinator
Ottawa High School
1120 South Ash
Ottawa, Kansas 66067
Nominations for the current year are due by May 15th.
Please download and complete the form to nominate an OHS graduate for the Wall of Honor. Click here for the Nomination Form. Requirements for the nomination process are listed in the nomination form.
A committee made up of students, OHS teachers/staff and OHS alumni are given copies of all nomination materials received by the May 15 deadline. Each committee member individually reads and evaluates these applications. The entire committee then meets in early June to make the final selections. Candidates selected are then notified. Induction ceremonies for those candidates take place in the fall in conjunction with an OHS football game.
WALL OF HONOR MEMBERS
Ransom Bennett * Rex A. Bowling * Jack Bremer * Ron Clevenger * Lynda (Igel) Connell * Larry W. Crane * Jack Davis * Stanley Luckey DeFries
Judith Jamison Dubois * John P. Feighner * Gary Fredricks * Marjorie French * Ralph Dana Gage, Jr. * Charles Gillette * John E. Going
Dr. Robert (Bud) Gollier * Kent Granger * Steve Grogan * Joe Harkins * Don Harrison * Gary Hart * Charles Henning * Ed Hettler * Lelia Hill
Robert S. Hill * Gary Hornbuckle * Barbara Hughes Hosein * Brad Howard * William Howe * Glen C. Jamison * Fred Kaiser
Judith Whirley Mohr Keane * G. Larry Larkin * Terry Lay * Janine Lee * John Lee * Brian Lewis * Robert Lloyd * John Martin * Gary Mavity
Dr. Jean Gillogly McCally * Barbara Shader Netherland * Ann Porter O'Dea * Richard Pearson * Darrell Peugh * Thomas Pinney * Dr. Gwen Burch Poss
Richard E. (Dick) Powell * Ralph J. Raffelock * Kathleen (Gamet) Schulz * Kay Shaughnessy * Michael Shaughnessy * Ron Small * Jerry Thompson
Lauren Ward * Kathy Waymire * E. Morgan Williams * John Leod Wilson * Marvin H. Wilson * Terry Wollen * Bernice (Bud) F. Humphrey
Clifford Spotsville * Carolyn Sue Thompson * Larry Wright * Vernon M. Hay * Scott D. Bird * Bob E. Jones * Darrel McDaniel * Beth Butler Scalett
John Coen * Homer Kissinger * James Dietz