FREDERICKTOWN — The Fredericktown community will induct five distinguished graduates into its Alumni Hall of Honor in April.
The Distinguished Alumni Hall of Honor is to recognize and honor those graduates, living and deceased, who, through their exemplary actions and achievements, reflect positively on the Fredericktown Local Schools so that present-day students may identify with their efforts and establish goals for the future.
Those inducted must have made significant contributions in their fields of study, careers or through community service.
Shirley Ackerman Burgett, Class of 1947, is the co-founder/partner of Kokosing Construction. She’s a philanthropist for the gazebo, Fredericktown Community Library, and football stadium bleachers, as well as many other community and county projects.
Bryan Findley, Class of 1990, has traveled worldwide in direct support of President Clinton to provide secure communications as well as certain bases he was assigned to. He was responsible for ALL secure communications in the White House. Findley received the Presidential Service Badge.
Rebeccah Ramey Heinrich, Class of 2001, is a U.S. House of Representatives advisor, as well as a Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute, specializing in U.S. National Defense Policy. She was instrumental in starting the Bipartisan Missile Defense Caucus.
Emily Tharp, Class of 1997, is the first female captain in the U.S. Coast Guard and has earned the American Society of Naval Engineers’ Perry Award. Emily is the Industrial Manager of the Coast Guard’s only shipyard in the country, which involves a $100 million business fixing ships.
Jason Tharp, Class of 1994, is a renowned author, illustrator, and owner of his own publishing company, Wonderville Publishing. He’s a champion of hope in his books, on his podcasts, and through his speaking engagements, encouraging change through resilience.