Brodhead High School - Red B Yearbook (Brodhead, WI)

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Mr. Lainkin is recognized by the teachers. studen.ts and pvarentts in Brodhead as an outstandinsg tea-cher an-d social service work- er, Rocikwveli said. 'Hide is highly respected bv his colleaigiues, younlg and old. His friendliness and un- derstanidiinsg of people ha-ve been influential factors, attributing to his success as a teacher. 1A graduate of Whitewater hiigh school, Lankin received his bache- lor of ph-ilosoiphy and master off philosophy degrees at the Univer- sity of Wisconsin in sc-ienlce and mathematics. He has attended suimlmer sessions at Purdue Uni- versity and the University of Wis- consin an-d has done some chemis- try wonk at Cvamibridige University in Enigland. 1A.ll nf his 35 years of teaching has been in Brodhe-ad. He has tauight manual ants, cotmrmerlcial suibljec-ts, all of the sciences. math- ematics and social sciences. Dur- intg his second year -at Brodhead he was named assistant suioerin- tendent of schools and has served in that caipacity sinlce that t-ime. iLarikin is a past master of the .Masonic lodge of Brotdhead and a 32nd degree Mtason of the Madli- son Consistorry. He aulso is 5 past patron of the Brodhead Eastern Sutar, a past chanlcelllor command- er of the Knights of Pythias and a past commander of the Ameri- can Legion post. He has served as trustee of the Confqrctgationia' church and the Masonic Lodige as well as a memlher of the Brodhead liibrany board. On many occasions he has served as 1a.y preacher in the Consgrelgational church and is still active in that capacity. r. Larkin OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR 'A Veteran of'World War received the Silver 'Star foi lantry in action durinig the Ar drive. He serlved three years the infantny in the famed 321 vision. Att the end of his 4 FIIGHLD he was oiifered a con sion in the United States but declined and came home the ranik oif first sergeant. -'Larkin is serving on a U sity of Wisicfon-sin chemistry mittee, comlposed of 10 high f science teachers an.d proifesst :hemistny from the college, to nulate a course, of study for stchool chemistry. He has se as chairima-n of the S'Ci9l'llC6 sei of the Southern Wisconsin cation Association con-vention as a mefrniber of the program mittee several times. tHe is beginning his setcond on the Green County School 4 mittee. The honore.d teacher is a 4 ter memlber of the Salisibury hating Sowciietiy of Whitewater I Colletge. He has traveled in many, France, England, Swi land and hallf of the United Sta In his leisure tilme, he does 1 hunting and iishinng and a lc reading. In the summer he r ages two farms near Ridge-v JAMES LARKIN Teacher of Year' Busy in Classroom at Brodhead 6

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Boalldd of Education LEFT TO RIGHT: Mrs. Florence Behrens, Mrs. Ronald Kletzein, Mr. Willis Lorch Mr. Loren Sutherland, Mrs. Stanley Knight, Mr, Herbert Stuessy. ffice Secretary MRS. LOWELL RINGEN 5

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