Community Service / Education
This SMA Hall of Fame web page is a living list, which currently shows just a few of the more renown SMA alumni…
We realize this is an incomplete listing. Help preserve the SMA legacy — please let us know about others that you feel should be added. Candidates (e.g., alumni, former faculty, staff) nominated for the SMA Hall of Fame may be submitted to the SMA webmaster or you can submit nominations via USPS to the SMAAF Office.
COMMUNITY SERVICE / EDUCATION | BIOS | ||
18?? | Walter S. Hullihen | President, University of Delaware | |
1905 | William M. Mann | Director, National Zoological Park; Author: “Wild Animals in Captivity” | ![]() |
1909 | Carl B. Livingston | Lay Archaeologist — Booster for New Mexico’s Carlsbad Caverns | ![]() |
1923 | Charles B. Morrey, Jr. | Professor of Mathmatics, University of CA, Berkeley | ![]() |
1927 | Austin D. Baltz | Educator/Teacher; Delaware – Austin D. Baltz Elementary School | ![]() |
1942 | Edward L. “Bebo” Dodge | Teacher, Coach, Commandant, Headmaster of SMA (1947-76) | ![]() |
1947 | John Isbell | Professor of Mathematics, The State University of New York | ![]() |
1952 | Rustem I. Gamow | Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado | ![]() |
1952 | John Popson | Outstanding athlete and coach | ![]() |
1953 | Dennis M. Oliver | Kiwanis Volunteer & Executive Leader | ![]() |
1957 | Ralph L. Bolton, II | Professor of Anthropology, Pomona College, CA | ![]() |
1959 | John H. Maurer | Educator/Teacher.Principal, Staunton City Middle & High schools | ![]() |
1965 | Brocky A. Nicely | Teacher, Scout Leader, Civil War Scholar, SMA Museum Curator & Archvist, author, and youth leader in Staunton, VA | ![]() |
1970 | Gregory P. Robertson | Hero – saved life during an in-air parachute rescue | ![]() |
1973 | George Mastroianni | Professor of Psychology, USAF Academy; Author: A Warrior’s Guide to Psychology and Performance | ![]() |
1974 | Bruce W. Thomas | Superintendent, Warren City Schools & Professor of Education, Akron Univ. | ![]() |
Staff | Thomas J. Johnson | Professor, U.S. History (SMA, 1953-76; MMA, 1976-2000) | ![]() |
Staff | Thomas W. Leigh | Professor, English (SMA); James Madison University (1950-82) | ![]() |
Staff | William C. Moon | Superintendent, Headmaster, Teacher (SMA, 1950-74; MMA, 1974-91) | ![]() |
Staff | Breece Pancake | English Teacher, SMA 1976. Noted Appalachian Author (The Stories of Breece D’J Pancake, Tribolities) | ![]() |
Staff | Samuel S. Pitcher | Professor, Head Mathematics Dept, Asst. Headmaster (SMA 1912-1969) | ![]() |
Staff | Robert H. Wease | Professor, U.S. Government (SMA, 1956-76, FMS, 1976-Present) | ![]() |
Staff | Edward “Ned” Monroe Bonfoey, Jr. | Commandant, Coach and Teacher (SMA, 1968-73; R.E. Lee HS, 1973-96) | ![]() |