SAXTONS RIVER, Vt. Arthur Kelton Jr., of Vail, received Vermont Academy's Florence Sabin Distinguished Alumni Award on Sept. 28 as part of the Academy's 2012 Reunion Weekend.

The award is given in honor of Dr. Florence Sabin, Vermont Academy alumnae and one of the great medical minds of the 20th century. Sabin devoted her life to furthering scientific knowledge and improving health conditions, particularly in Colorado. She was the first woman to receive a full professorship at Johns Hopkins University, and the first woman member of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. Sabin was also elected the first woman member of the National Academy of Science and the first woman president of the American Association of Anatomists. She was a member of the Vermont Academy Class of 1889.

Kelton grew up in Peru, Vt., and attended a one-room schoolhouse for eight years. His mother, a member of the Vermont Academy class of 1924, decided that Vermont Academy was the place to provide him with academic discipline and focus. Kelton credits his education there as extremely meaningful and, established in him excellent work habits and goal objectives. He applied these life skills not only to his higher education and degrees at Dartmouth and the University of Vermont but beyond in his professional career.

In 1965, Kelton moved to Vail and is an active resident in the Vail Valley with his wife, Elaine, whom he married in 1986. His career in real estate development, syndication and sales, includes Colorado projects in Vail and Eagle County, Boulder, and at Denver International Airport. He was the managing partner of Christopher Denton Kelton and Kendall. He has developed golf courses, custom homes and various multi-family developments throughout the Vail Valley. Additionally, Kelton's career incorporates projects and investments in Idaho, Wyoming and Vermont. Included in these investments, he acted as a general partner in Boulder Beer, which is now The Rockies Brewing Company.

Always actively involved in both nonprofit and educational institutions, Kelton served as president of the Vail Valley Medical Center Foundation from 1991 to 2006. He's been a member of the board of the Vail Valley Medical Center since 2006, and serves on two boards at Dartmouth College, as well as on the boards of several other charitable organizations.

Founded in 1876, Vermont Academy is a private, independent boarding and day school in southern Vermont.

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A California architect who helped with the Pearl Harbor memorial and who has been heavily involved in charitable support for children is this years recipient of the Ames High School Alumni Associations Distinguished Alumni Award.

Dick Campbell, who graduated from AHS in 1955, was honored at a dinner on Thursday at the high school.

Alumni Association president Jack Smalling said Campbell was selected because of his career-long work with the U.S. Navy, as an architect and with his public service and charitable efforts on behalf of children at the Stanford University hospital.

Campbell, who lives in Palo Alto, Calif., with his wife Marcia, also an AHS graduate, has worked as an architect for nearly 50 years and is still on the job. Since 1984 he has been a partner with an architectural firm that has been responsible for designing and building several major buildings on the campus of Stanford University. His latest achievement was to replace the Stanford football stadium, on a 90-year-old site, with a new 51,000-seat facility in less than 10 months.

During his naval career, Campbell was project manager for the Memorial for the USS Arizona, which was sunk at Pearl Harbor in 1941 with loss of 1,177 sailors and officers.

During the last 30 years, Campbell has volunteered his time with community and church planning projects in San Francisco, Oakland and Los Altos. He also has spent 17 years working on a charity that generated as much as $300,000 annually to help pay medical costs for children whose parents could not afford treatment at the Stanford Childrens Hospital. His main assignment was to design and construct backdrops for major events. Campbell said he got his initial training in this area while a student at Iowa State University from 1955 to 1960 building Veishea floats for Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

Campbells philanthropic efforts also extend to cancer research. He and Marcia have been major supporters of the Relay for Life Cancer Walk in Palo Alto. They lost their oldest daughter in March 2007 to the disease and annually sponsor a team in her honor in the walk.

At Ames High, Campbell was class president, homeroom president and on student council for two years. He was also in football for three years, track for two and In Hi-Y for three years, where he served as president as a senior.

Smalling said Campbells nomination was supported by 14 persons, including professional architects, clients, charity organizers and five Ames High graduates.

Campbell is the 23rd AHS graduate to receive the Distinguished Alumni Award since it was established in 1990.

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MOORHEAD Concordia College presented alumni achievement awards to Dr. Thomas Berquist (1967), Ronald Gadberry (1958), Patricia Kubow (1989) and Allan Stokke (1962) during this years homecoming week.

The awards are given to alumni who exemplify the ideals of Concordia through outstanding service and leadership in their profession, community and church.

Berquist was one of the founding doctors of the Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Minn., site, where he established its first radiology program. A radiologist, he has authored 36 books and more than 200 articles in medical journals.

As an educator and coach, Gadberry was elected to the state coaching hall of fame in Minnesota and North Dakota. He coached eight individual champions in his 45 years as a high school wrestling coach.

Kubow is a professor at Bowling Green (Ohio) State University, where she teaches comparative and international education. She was awarded the Outstanding Citizen Achievement Award by the U.S. Agency for International Development. She has authored a textbook on comparative education and more than 60 articles in publications.

Known for his integrity and work ethic, Stokke has worked as a lawyer for 46 years and is a member of the U.S. Supreme Court Bar. He has acted as a temporary judge for the Supreme Court on multiple occasions and has authored two college textbooks.

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University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe has been inducted into the Rock Bridge High School Alumni Hall of Fame an honor he said people wouldn't have predicted when he was a student.

"I just wasn't that good," he joked during an acceptance speech this morning at the high school's homecoming assembly. "I wandered around the halls. I had a great time, but I was a better athlete."

Wolfe who took the helm of the four-campus UM System in February after a career as a software executive graduated from Rock Bridge in 1976 and was part of the first class to fully go through Columbia's second comprehensive high school.

In an email to the Tribune, Wolfe said although he didn't stand out academically at Rock Bridge, "I was fortunate enough to have teachers who believed in me, challenged me and inspired me."

Specifically, those teachers included physics instructor Alan Hatfield, math teacher Evelyn Ahlbrandt and football coach Rich Davies.

"In physics and math, I learned the analytical side of solving problems," he said. "Through athletics, I learned the value of hard work, focus and teamwork."

Wolfe, the school's quarterback who led the football team to a state championship, also was one of the first to experience the high school's block scheduling and unassigned time students still enjoy today.

"It was the wild, wild west," Wolfe recalled before praising administrators for trusting Rock Bridge students with independence.

Wolfe was among five inducted into the Alumni Hall of Fame. Joining him today were Kathryn Peters, a 2002 graduate who has co-founded TurboVote, a company that makes it easier for people to vote; Courtney Schapira, a 1993 alumnae who is a dentist in the Air Force and recently helped modernize dental practices in Afghanistan; and Wallace Thoreson, a 1975 graduate who is now a medical researcher at the University of Nebraska.

Inductee Jake Adelstein, class of 1987, lives in Tokyo but provided an acceptance speech video. Adelstein was the first American citizen to work as a Japanese language reporter and covered crime in Japan that he documented in a 2009 book, "Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan." His father, Eddie Adelstein, an MU professor, accepted the award on his behalf.

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Rome, Ga. (PRWEB) October 12, 2012

As Darlington School kicks off its Alumni Weekend celebration today, the Alumni Office is pleased to announce that Nancy (Smith) Hunter (65T) and The Hon. Don Maddox (59) are the recipients of the 2012 Distinguished Alumnus Award.

It is an honor to be able to introduce this years award recipients, said Jere Drummond (57), chairman of the Board of Trustees. They are both great examples of the Darlington Motto Wisdom more than Knowledge, Service beyond Self, Honor above Everything and they exemplify it in everything they do.

Hunter, only the second woman in school history to receive this award, is a retired educator who is well-known in Rome and Floyd County for her dedication and service to the community.

This is the first time this award has been given to a classroom educator, she said. We dont make a lot of money, but we touch a lot of lives and Im proud of that. The confidence that your teachers instill in you is one of the finest gifts you will receive It will follow you right out of these gates.

Hunter grew up in Lindale, Ga., and is a graduate of Thornwood School, the all-girls school that merged with Darlington in 1973. In high school, she was very involved in student government, serving as secretary/treasurer her junior year and president her senior year. She was also a member of the yearbook staff, the Thornwood Chorus and the A Cappella Choir. As a senior, she received the DAR Citizenship Award and was named Best All Around by her classmates. She went on to attend St. Marys Junior College in Raleigh, N.C., and graduated from the University of Georgia in 1969 with a B.S. in Education.

She started her career in Cobb County, where she taught from 1970 through 1977. She then moved back to Rome, where she taught at the Pepperell schools for 30 years until her retirement in 2007. In 1988, she was recognized as Pepperell Elementary Schools Teacher of the Year.

Hunter has always been active in her community. In fact, she and her husband, David, were among the recipients of the 2012 Heart of the Community Award for servant leadership, presented by Redmond Regional Medical Center. She has worked with various organizations such as Alpha Kappa Delta Educational Sorority, Claws for Paws, Good Neighbor Ministries and the Empty Bowls Project. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Hospitality House for Women and Rome Area Council for the Arts. She was also named Junior Service Leagues Sustainer of the Year in 2008 and is active at St. Peters Episcopal Church. But Hunter says the organization that is dearest to her is Camp Sunshine, a camp for children with cancer, where she has volunteered as a counselor for 28 years.

Camp Sunshine is my heart, Hunter said. Our dear friends lost their 3-year-old son to cancer a long time ago, but something good came out of this sadness because they helped start Camp Sunshine. The first year, 40 campers attended. This past year, 30 years later, there were over 400 campers and one-third of the counselors were former campers. Down the road, youll find organizations that mean something to you and I trust that youll continue the habit of giving back [that you learned at Darlington]. Youll enjoy it the rewards are unbelievable.

And though she never actually attended Darlington, Hunter remains an active member of the school community. She is a longtime member of the J.J. Darlington Society and has supported several capital campaigns over the years. She has served two terms on the Alumni Council and was co-chairwoman of two all-Thornwood reunion celebrations. She has also been a Rome parent to two female resident students and a member of the Thornwood 50th Anniversary of the Founding Committee, the Thornwood Restoration Committee and the Thornwood Campaign Cabinet for the Second Century Campaign.

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COLUMBIA George and Melna Bolm had little in the way of connection to MU.

They did not attend the university. They were not treated at University Hospital and Clinics. They did not live in Columbia.

But the Warren County couple knew they wanted to support MU medical research.

Family of the Bolms presented a $1.3 million gift to the MU School of Medicine on Thursday morning in the presence of university and MU School of Medicine leaders.

"It is a very compelling story," said Thomas Hiles, vice chancellor for development and alumni relations. "They had humble lives and could have used this money to live in the Ritz-Carlton. Instead, it will help research. It is very inspiring."

MU Chancellor Brady Deaton, MU School of Medicine Dean Robert Churchill and MU Ophthalmology Department Chair John Cowden spoke at ceremony in the MU Reynolds Alumni Center.

Melna Bolm died in 2011 and her husband passed away in 2000, according to MU.

Melna's gifts were a memorial to her husband.An initial gift of $550,000 in 2002 established the George L. and Melna A. Bolm Distinguished Professor in Cardiovascular Health.

An additional $550,000 from the Bolm estate elevated the professorship to a chair, which is held by Ronald Korthuis. The estate also provided $250,000 to establish the George L. and Melna A. Bolm Distinguished Faculty Scholar inOphthalmology. Dean Hainsworth was recently named to the position.

Part of the gift will support cardiovascular research. The other part will supportophthalmology research, particularly macular degeneration, which Melna suffered from.

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COLUMBIA - MU announced a gift of $800,000 Thursday from the estate of George and Melna Bolm of Warren County. The gift will go to the MU School of Medicine. The gift will support research, mainly in cardiovascular and ophthalmology fields.

Chancellor Brady Deaton announced the gift at an event at the Reynolds Alumni Center. He said Melna was devoted to seeing "money turn into miracles."

This was the second time the Bolms had made a major gift to the School of Medicine. George Bolm suffered from heart problems and had several strokes over 15 years. After his death, Melna made a donation of $550,000 that established the Distinguished Professor in Cardiovascular Health at the school. The two gifts combined to $1.3 million for the School of Medicine

Melna's own medical experiences inspired her most recent gift. She suffered from macular degeneration, a condition that degrades vision usually in those of retirement age. She set up the estate gift before she passed away in 2011. It establishes a Distinguished Faculty Scholar in Ophthalmology. Dr. Dean Hainsworth was the first faculty member to receive this honor.

Though the Bolms were not Mizzou alumni, both were lifetime locals. George was a postal worker and his wife Melna was a teacher. Those close to them say that Melna believed in supporting MU because it was close to home and could use the help to save those where she lived.

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A Warren County woman with no direct ties to the University of Missouri has left the MU School of Medicine part of her estate in honor of her husband.

Combined with an earlier gift, Melna Bolm contributed a total of $1.3 million to MU in honor of George Bolm, a postal worker and hobby farmer who died in 2000. The money will be used to further research into cardiovascular issues, which plagued George, and the macular degeneration she suffered from.

Melna Bolm shed some light into reasons for her gifts in a statement she wrote in 2003 after contributing the first $550,000 to the medical school.

"Too many people continue to die from heart attacks, and I wanted to support the type of basic research that could help everyone suffering from cardiovascular disease," she wrote in a statement provided by MU.

Bolm loved research, her cousin, Bonnie Vahle, told a group of administrators and relatives gathered this morning at the Reynolds Alumni Center to honor the contributions.

"If there was something she wanted to know, she would research it until she found the answer," Vahle said.

After her husband died after a series of strokes, she began to research cardiovascular disease.

Through the family attorney, Melna worked with William Crist, former dean of the medical school, to establish the George L. and Melna A. Bolm Distinguished Professor in Cardiovascular Health. Bolm's estate has added $550,000, elevating the position, held by Ronald Korthuis, to a distinguished chair.

The money will be used to support his salary as well as research endeavors, said Tom Hiles, vice chancellor of development and alumni relations.

Another $250,000 from the estate establishes a faculty scholar in ophthalmology, also named in the couple's honor. Professor Dean Hainsworth, who researches macular degeneration, has been tapped for that position.

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