Shakopee High School - Waniyetu Yearbook (Shakopee, MN)

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1- ly K' fp Have Passed Some of the Nieest People

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5 1 - ', 55 h Through These Halls

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Shakopee's Among Our Shakopee High School points with pride to the list of distinguished person- ages in its HALL OF FAME, Waniyetu of 1958. Let us begin with Mr. ROGER I. DELL, CHIH: JUSTICE OF THE STATE SUPREME COURT OF MINNESOTA. His class graduated from Shako- pee High in 1916, and in 1920 he received his degree from St. Paul College of Law. He elected to start a law practice in Fergus Falls, Minnesota and con- tinued there until January 1953. At that time he was appointed Associate Justice of the State Supreme Court of Minnesota. Six months later he was ap- pointed Chief Justice of the same court, which is his present position. A graduate of Shakopee High who has attained national prominence is Mr. MAURICE H. STANS, at present DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET. He is a graduate of Shakopee, Class of 1925, went to college at Northwestern and at Columbia, and holds an L.L.D. degree from Illinois Wesleyan. He was first tapped for public service on a task force assisting the House Appropriations Committee in reviewing the Federal Budget for 1954. Next he was called on by the Postmaster General for a special study of postal fiscal systems and accounting practices. Mr. Stans was named DEPUTY POST- MASTER GENERAL in 1955. In September 1957, he took office as Deputy Director of the Bureau of the Budget and advanced to the post of Director of the Bureau of the Budget in early 1958. Mr. Stans holds the degree of C.P.A, in eight different states. As a noted big game hunter, he is an honorary member of the East African Professional Hunters Association, is a member of the Shikar-Safari Club, and the Adven- turers Club. Another successful figure is RALPH WOOLSEY, who graduated from our school in 1931. After a year at business college, 4 years in the business world, and ayear at the University, his hobby, photography, drew him into the Min- nesota Dept. of Conservation, producing educational films. From then on his hobby also became his life -work. During World War II he joined the Motion Picture Division of Bell Aircraft Corp.g after the war ended he was associated with Photo Research Corp. and in 1947, he began working as a free lance cameraman in the Hollywood area. In the fall of 1957, Mr. Woolsey was signed by WARNER BROS. PICTURES as DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY. A graduate of Shakopee High fClass of 1908i who has devoted many years to public service is REBECCA M. POND. Her background includes regular Nurse's Training at Asbury Hospital, Public Health Nursing at University of Minnesota, Medical Social Service training at Simmons College, Boston, Mass. and Penn State University, Pennwlvania. Her work experience includes Public Health Nursing and Disaster Nursing with the American Red Cross in this country, Director of Staff Health in Europe for three years during and after U.S. occupation of W. Germany, and six months in Austria on a Hungarian Relief Project. At present Miss Pond is doing volunteer work in the Minneapolis General Hospital, Cerebral Palsy Center, and assisting with the Red Cross Blood Program in the Twin Cities. REBECCA POND