Thirty-Eight Norwood Students Recognized Alongside Regional Peers for Academic Excellence, Leadership, and Community Service
NORWOOD – Thirty-eight accomplished high school students from Norwood have been selected for inclusion in the 10th annual edition of Who’s Who Among American High School Students, joining top academic and civic achievers from neighboring communities across Norfolk County. Nominated by school principals, guidance counselors, national youth organizations, churches, or directly by the publishing company, honorees were selected based on high achievement in academics, leadership in school activities, athletics, and community service. Alongside national recognition, selected scholars become eligible to compete for more than $35,000 in scholarship awards and participate in the publication’s annual nationwide opinion poll of teen attitudes.
1976 Norwood Honorees
The local students representing Norwood in the milestone 10th anniversary volume include:
- Timothy S. Ahearn, John F. Aspinwall, George S. Brown, Louis J. Coccavaro, Loretta J. Carroll, Michael D. Cattate, Janet M. Connolly, Jordan L. Curnutt, Kathleen M. Dervan, Arthur Eskew, Elizabeth M. Gilmore, Nancy E. Hamlin, Jack Harshman, Judy M. Hayes, Robert Kelliher, Patricia E. Kenny, Edward L. Kern, Deborah A. Leonard, Louise A. Lindenberger, Rosanna M. Lombardi, Steven C. Marsh, Mary L. Moehl, Patricia A. Mulkern, Kathleen M. Murphy, Larry Nieterman, Nancy H. Neiterman, Alan P. Overko, John D. Perednia, Donna S. Pickett, Lorna Y. Rogers, John M. Romanelli, Clifford Ryding, Philip C. Swain, Donna E. Smith, Mark N. Valavanis, Neil F. Vaughn, and Diane M. Wenstrom.
Additional regional honorees recognized in the 1976 directory hailed from Canton (Mario F. Alfano, Michael K. Kaner, Kenneth J. Kelley, Ann M. Vadeboncour), Dedham (27 students including Carol Butler, Karen M. Callahan, and Daniel P. White), East Walpole (Susan J. Amirault, Elizabeth J. Beise, Susan A. Johnson, Lisa M. Koffinke), Foxboro (Eugenie Hainsworth, Peter S. Leonard, Stephen G. Shahabian, Robert T. Terpstra, Bennett E. Law, Dwight P. Montgomery), Needham (12 students including Gail H. Kosloff and Marjorie A. Wakefield), Stoughton (Stuart J. Barer, Michael J. McGillivary), Walpole (29 students including John S. Barnes, Joanna Buffington, and Laura L. Wharton), and Westwood (29 students including Deborah L. Asbrand, David A. Barrington, and Joanne M. Ward).
Archival Note: This article has been dynamically reconstructed from the original public record print archives of the Patriot Ledger
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