Heritage Award
The Heritage Award is given annually to individuals who have made a significant impact on Adlai E. Stevenson High School. Since its inception in 1985, Heritage Award recipients have included former faculty and staff, community members, and alumni. Their contributions have been vast and varied, providing powerful legacies for the current members of the Stevenson community, and for those to come.
2009-10 Heritage Award Recipients: John and Dottie Westerberg
The Westerbergs are long-time Lincolnshire residents who have been active in civic, church and school affairs for more than 30 years. John is CEO of Nelson Westerberg Moving and Storage, taking the business from a family owned local moving company to an international firm, widely recognized for its excellence in management and logistics.
The Westerbergs' three children, Kathy, Rob and Steve, all attended Stevenson, and they were involved in many campus organizations. Their eldest child, Kathy, graduated in 1984, and 11 years later passed away from cancer. John and Dottie were determined to support other young women with the same passion for Stevenson. They describe Kathy as someone who loved to learn, to help others learn, and to have fun along the way.
They established the school's first endowment scholarship in Kathy's name in 1995. Today, there are nine memorial scholarships given at the SHS Community Foundation's annual Local Scholarship Reception, and many other scholarships totaling tens of thousands of dollars.
District 125 Heritage Award Recipients
| 2009-10 |
John and Dottie Westerberg (residents) |
| 2008-09 |
Oscar Muniz (former staff member) |
| 2007-08 |
Dr. Richard DuFour (former superintendent and principal) |
| 2006-07 |
Elliott Hartstein and Barbara LaPiana (former school board members) |
| 2005-06 |
Sam Ritchie (former teacher and academic division director) |
| 2004-05 |
Richard Cromartie, Roger Nelson, Travis Nelson, William Salzman, Daniel Schuffman,
Lorenz Schmidt and George Weiland (founding school board) |
| 2003-04 |
Tom Hoyne (resident) and Bill Misik (former teacher) |
| 2002-03 |
Andrea Jaeger (alumnus) |
| 2001-02 |
Tom Baumann and Jim McGrath (former teachers) |
| 2000-01 |
Inez Freed (resident and former Patriot Parent Association president) |
| 1999-00 |
Kelly Cox (former teacher and athletic director) |
| 1998-99 |
Pat Wilder (former school board member) |
| 1997-98 |
Dr. Harold Banser (first superintendent) |
| 1996-97 |
Frank and Verna Clayton (former school board member - Frank) |
| 1995-96 |
Dr. Milton R. Herzog (former superintendent) |
| 1994-95 |
Bill Salzman (former school board member) |
| 1993-94 |
Dave Hanson (former teacher) |
| 1992-93 |
Ralph and Bev Valdes (residents) |
| 1991-92 |
Bill Ebenezer and June Bergquist (former teachers) |
| 1990-91 |
Alice Moody (former school board member) |
| 1989-90 |
Ed Ellis (former business manager) |
| 1988-89 |
William and Virginia Park (residents) |
| 1987-88 |
Conrad Thorne and Gloria Helke (former school board members) |
| 1986-87 |
Lydia Jesse (former staff member) |
| 1985-86 |
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ward (residents) |