SC to honor school alumni

Beacon-News Staff December 19, 2013 6:12PM

Updated: December 20, 2013 2:26AM

St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 will honor three alumni for their achievements in the community.

The district is honoring the trio in conjunction with the Distinguished Alumni Award Committee and the Greater St. Charles Education Foundation.The Distinguished Alumni Award is given to nominees who graduated from District 303 and have demonstrated a high level of achievement in their field of endeavor or in their contributions to their community.

The 2014 recipients are Dan Marshall, Col. Michael Miller and Karen Page.

Dan Marshall graduated from St. Charles High School in 1980. He is a fourth-generation St. Charles native and is the owner and principal architect of Marshall Architects based in St. Charles. His distinctive building designs are easily recognizable and include Heritage Square located at Fifth Street and Illinois Avenue in St. Charles, and the Third Street Shops Renovation in Geneva. Dan also provides an internship program at Marshall Architects that every year employs and trains two District 303 high school students who are interested in pursuing careers in architecture. Col. Michael Miller (U.S. Army retired) graduated from St. Charles High School in 1984. He is currently the director of Medical Toxicology Education at Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital in Corpus Christi TX. He spends part of his time living in Hawaii where he is a staff physician at Tripler Army Medical Hospital. He served in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2009 as Emergency Medicine Chief of the 10th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq. Prior to that in 2006, Mike was a Theater Consultant for medical toxicology for deployed areas of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Karen Page graduated from St. Charles High School in 1979. She is an award-winning author who has collaborated with her husband Andrew Dornenberg on The Food Lovers Guide to Wine, The Flavor Bible, What to Drink with What You Eat, and Becoming a Chef. Each of those books is either a winner or finalist for the James Beard, IACP or Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.

The 2014 recipients will be recognized on Feb. 22. Tickets for the event may be purchased by going to http://www.stceducation.com.

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