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Hall of Fame

The Valley Forge Alumni Association is pleased to honor the following alumni based on their accomplishments and/or contributions to Valley Forge and its community in the areas of Academics, Athletics, Cultural/Performing Arts, Outstanding Career or Contributions to Society.

Candidates must have graduated at least five years prior to nomination. In certain circumstances, special honorary inductions will be made of persons that were not students of Valley Forge High School, but were otherwise involved with and contributed to the welfare of the school.

If you know of someone deserving of recognition in the VF Hall of Fame, please download the application and submit to Valley Forge High School, Alumni Association, 9999 Independence Blvd, Parma Heights, OH 44130. You can also submit the information by emailing patriots@vfalumni.org.

Click Here to Download Nomination Form

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Inducted 1995	Elise Kummer-Kalika Class of '74	Inducted 1995	Karen Kircher Class of '67 Education
Inducted 1995	Muhammed Socirbey Class of '74 Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the U.N.	Inducted 1995	David Kircher, Ph.D. Class of '65 Education
Inducted 1995	David W. Toetz Class of '70	Inducted 1995	Catherine Matejka Class of '69 Performing Arts
Inducted 1995	Robert Soppelsa, Ph.D. Class of '64 Museum Curator/Director U.S. Department of State/ART in Embassies	Inducted 1995	Lynn Needham Heitzman Class of '66 Education
Inducted 1997	Barb Mucha Class of '80 Sports Career—Golf CLICK FOR BIO	Inducted 1997	David R. Neiger Class of '74 Medicine
Inducted 1997	Kenneth E. Smith Class of '68 Contributions to Society—Military	Inducted 1997	Louis DiRienzo VF Faculty Special Honorary Member
Inducted 1997	Roy A. Mlakar Class of '68 Sports Career—Hockey	Inducted 1997	Thomas H. Snitch Class of '72 Contributions to Society- work with the Federal Government and charitable fund raising
Inducted 1999	Gene R. Rodgers Class of '73 Quadraplegic at 17, International traveler; specializes in rehab research and extreme sports CLICK FOR BIO	Inducted 2003	Carol Cooper-Crowe Class of '65 Medical Career Specializing in Genetics
Inducted 2003	Robert Clutterbuck Class of '68 Financial Career & Contributions to Society	Inducted 2003	Eugene Zayac Class of '64 Education First alumnus to return to VF and teach there for his entire career
Inducted 2003	Karen Metzler Class of '69 Contributions to Society, Int'l Health Care Consultant for disabilities and mental health	Inducted 2006	Andrew Gissinger Class of '77 Business and Sports (NFL) CLICK FOR BIO
Inducted 2006	James Kovach Class of '74 Business and Sports (NFL) CLICK FOR BIO	Inducted 2006	Coleen Gallagher-Wilson Class of '83 Law and Sports (Track) CLICK FOR BIO
Inducted 2006	Terry Wandt Class of '63 Education and Sports CLICK FOR BIO	Inducted 2007	Lydia Grafinger-Bozeman Class of '64 Author of VF Alma Mater
Inducted 2007	Timothy Dobeck Class of '79 Law Director of Parma, Community Supporter < CLICK FOR BIO	Inducted 2007	Steele Nowlin Class of '67 Past Principal of VF, Community Supporter
Inducted 2007	Jim Wohl Class of '66 For His Outstanding Contribution to VF and Our Community CLICK FOR BIO	Inducted 2007	Melanie Radlick-Sabelhaus Class of '66 For Her Outstanding Career in Business Administration CLICK FOR BIO
Inducted 2007	Karen Shawan Class of '69 For Her Outstanding Academic Career Serving Valley Forge and Parma Hts	Inducted 2008	Clark Dugan Class of ‘67 CLICK FOR BIO
Inducted 2009	Donald Reiman Class of '67 For His Outstanding Law Career and Service to the City of Parma, the Parma and Cleveland Bar Associations, Tri-C and the Parma Area Chamber of Commerce	Inducted 2009	Robert Baisch Class of '65 For His Outstanding Academic Career Serving Valley Forge and Parma Hts
Inducted 2010	Quovada S. Bass Class of ‘92 For His Outstanding Career in Marketing and Entrepreunership CLICK FOR BIO	Inducted 2011	Kenneth J. Karbon Class of '84 For His Outstanding Engineering Career CLICK FOR BIO
Inducted 2011	Michelle L. Pearsall Class of '85 For Her Outstanding Literary Accomplishments CLICK FOR BIO	Inducted 2012	Dr. Craig Phillips Class of '73 For His Outstanding Academic Career and Service to Parma Schools. CLICK FOR BIO
Inducted 2012	Robert McFarlane Class of '66 For service as General Chairman of the Enshrinement Festival Activities of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.	Inducted 2016	Stan Parrish Class of '64
Inducted 2016	Shannon Steinfadt Class of '96	Inducted 2017	Dan Walsh Class of '87 CLICK FOR BIO
Inducted 2018	David Kovach Class of '71 CLICK FOR BIO	Inducted 2018	Dr. Donald Dregalla Class of '71 CLICK FOR BIO
Inducted 2019	Cynthia Boyd Class of '63 CLICK FOR BIO	Inducted 2019	Rae Needham Class of '69 CLICK FOR BIO
Inducted 2020	Libbi Ackerman Chilia Class of '88 Author and Educator	Inducted 2020	Linda Reik-Davis Class of '65 Former VF Alumni Association President
Inducted 2021	Dr. William Clutterbuck Class of '67	Inducted 2021	Dr. Mark Panigutti Class of '85