St Laurence High School - Valhallan Yearbook (Burbank, IL)

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'wr ' Upper Left: A happy graduate proudly displays his diploma. Bottom Left: Mr. Mahony reads off the graduates names. Bottom Middle: Don DeSousa pro- udly accepts his diploma from Bro. McKenna Senior Awards The Edmund Rice Memorial Gold Medal for General Excellence lohn W Kelly The Silver Medal for Scholastic Proficiency Kenneth B Schum The Bronze Medal for Scholastic Proficiency Iohn R Barnlcle The Gold Medal for Student Leadership james P Valek The Silver Medal for Student Leadership Robert T Lahey The Vincent I Dowd Memorial Medal for Scholastic Achievement and Athletic Proficiency Daniel C Grunhard The Brother lohn D Manning Gold Medal for English Michael E Peslce The john F Kennedy Memorial Medal for United States History Daniel I McHatton lulran Sandoval The Gold Medal for French William I Bonk The Brother Thomas B Regan Memorial Medal for Mathematics George A Zlntak The Brother loseph l Enright Gold Medal for Science Kenneth B Schum The Baucsh and Lomb Award for Scientific Achievement Raymond F Matyka The Gold Medal for Business lohn w Kelly The Gold Medal for Drafting loseph M Dzlekan The Brother William G Acker Memorial Medal for Instrumental Music and Scholastic Achievement lohn M Tierney The Brother Charles A Coneferey Memorial Medal for Publications Michael I Pontrllo The Brother Richard V Castle Memorial Medal for Art Matthew D Schuller The Gold Medal for Drama Gerald P Hammarlund The Gold Medal for Spanish Graduation f 49

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3 Hikca ilicauc Q fur Blast I imc The highlight of highlights, the moment of moments, the reason you did all that work for four long, drawn out, and at the same time exciting years, all came on the same night- graduation night. Tickets were nearly impossible to get for most people, and some people were turned away at the door of St. Albert's as the graduation exercises commenced. After four years of hard work, the night Top: President Jim Valek gives an inspiring address. Middle Right: Jim Valek and John Kelly look on as their fellow seniors graduate. Middle Left: Dave Mer- ron receives his diploma from Brother McKenna. Bottom: Seniors proceed to get their diplomas. 48 f Graduation proved especially nice for John Kelly and Jim Valek who had earned the honor to speak as Valedictorian and Salutatorian respectively. Their speeches were inspira- tional to all those who had worked perhaps as hard but not as successfully as these two, It was the culmination of long hours, endless weeks, infinite months, and somehow only four years of work. 1 . ,, . ' ff V4 t 'Plane

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5 Gllazz he QHWI 'X Upper Right: Larry Kubinski and friend speak to an army representative, Left Middle: .lim O'Brian looks at the many possible scholarships that are being of- fered. Bottom Left: Wild Viking fans cheer on their team. Bottom Right: Brad Blokell takes Rice to the hoop for two points. Far Bottom: Couples sit at their prom table and wait for dinner. 50 f Seniors 5 ff!-Kee or-2 , ng if