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Iowa Academy of Science

Excellence in Science Teaching Awards

Year Name Category
2011 TBA Nomination Information  
2010

Christy A. Bolt, Longfellow Elementary, Council Bluffs

Carol Boyce, Orange Elementary, Waterloo

Elementary Science
  Molly Crock, Monticello High School Earth, Space, Environmental Science
  Mary Lestina, City High School, Iowa City General/Multiple Science
  Laura L. McCreery, North High School, Davenport Life Science
  Melissa Hesner, East Buchanan Community School District Middle/Junior High Science
  Traci Maxted, Jefferson High School, Cedar Rapids Physical Science
2009 Joshua Hanna, Muscatine High School Life Science
2008 Kaitlynn Hood, Perkins Academy, Des Moines Elementary Science
2007 Larry Swinger, West Central Valley, Stuart Physical Science
2006 Jody Stone, Price Lab School, Cedar Falls Physical Science
  Christopher Parrish, Keota Junior & Senior High School, Keota General/Multiple Science
  Lesley Taylorson, Hoover Middle School, Waterloo Middle/Junior High School
  Craig Leager, Des Moines Public Schools, Des Moines Elementary Education
2005 Alicia Schiller, Central Lee High School, Donnellson Life Science
  Amanda Schiller, Marquette Middle School, West Point Middle/Junior High Science
  Travis Benner, Bluegrass Elementary School, Davenport Elementary Science
2004 Lori Ihrig, Williamsburg Jr./Sr. High School Life Science
  Jeff Siewert, Pella Community High School Physical Science
  Doug Richardson, Norwalk Middle School Middle/Junior High Science
2003 Matt Robie, N. Polk Central Elementary School Elementary Science
  Chris Robinson, Washington High School, C.R. Earth/Environmental
  Starla Pottorff, Corning High School Life Science
  Nichole Scott, City High School, Iowa City Physical Science
2002 Susan Vogel, Jefferson High School, C.R. Earth/Environmental
  Michael Blair, Rossevelt High School, D.M. Physical Science
  Lynn Campbell, Woodward-Granger High School Middle/Junior High Science
2001 Scott R. Schoneberg, D.M. Central Academy Earth/Environmental
  Shannon H. McLaughlin, Norwalk High School Physical Science
2000 Joanna O. Oppenheimer, Shimek Elementary, Iowa City
Robyn Hageman Vsetecka
Turkey Valley Community Schools
Elementary Science
  Laura K. Crowl, Souix City East Earth/Environmental
  Kathy S. Kleen, Spirit Lake High School Life Science
  Jeffrey J. Zaugg, Lincoln High School, D.M. Physical Science
  Roxanne Baumgartner, Prairie Middle School, C.R.
Susan J. Vogel
Jefferson High School, C.R.
Middle/Junior High Science
  Michael D. Bechtel, Saydel High School General/Multiple Sciences
1999 Jane Haugen, Kennedy Elementary School, Dubuque Elementary Science
  Carolyn White, Penn Elementary School, Iowa City Elementary Science
  Barbara J. Kinneer, James Madison Middle School, Burlington Earth/Environmental
  Beverly A. Iverson, Marshalltown High School Life Science
  Karen C. Breitbach, Price Lab School, C.F. Physical Science
  Peggy Barbour, Ames Middle School Middle/Junior High Science
  Kevin McGinity, Ottumwa High School General/Multiple Sciences
1998 Mary Jane Sullivan, N. Mahaska Elementary Elementary Science
  Julie Timmins, Lincoln Elementary, Washington Elementary Science
  Karen S. Wignall, North High School, D.M. Earth/Environmental
  Vicki Manders, Andrew High School Life Science
  Sara B. Coleman, Norwalk High School Physical Science
  Margaret Sadeghpour-Kramer, N. Cedar Middle School Middle/Junior High Science
  Catherine M. Wilson, City High School, Iowa City General/Multiple Sciences
1997 Kay Treiber, Malcom Price Laboratory School, Cedar Falls Elementary Science
  Susan J. Vogel, Ft. Madison Comm. Schools Earth Science
  Dennis Schlicht, Central City Community Schools Environmental
  Mark LePorte, New Hampton High School Physics
  Richard C. Wells, Davenport Central High School Chemistry
  William A. Forsee, Abraham Lincoln High School Biology
  Brenda Garbe Greaves, Parkview Middle School, Ankeny Junior/Middle
  Janet L. Dunkel, Charles City Middle School General/Multiple
1996 Elizabeth Luaghlin, North Hill Elementary, Burlington Elementary Science
  Margaret Sadeghpour-Kramer, Lincoln Community Schools, Mechanicsville Environmental
  Ronald Newland, Prairie High School, Cedar Rapids Physics
  Bruce Wilson, City High School, Iowa City Chemistry
  Tina Koepnick, City High School, Iowa City Biology
  Nadine Weirather, Central Lee Junior High School, Donnellson Junior/Middle
  Kevin Brasser, South O'Brien High School General/Multiple
1995 Nancy Goodlove, Central City Community Schools Elementary Science
  William Desmarais, Washington Senior High School, Cedar Rapids Environmental
  Christina Schmitt, Dowling High School, West Des Moines Biology
  Ross Iverson, Millder Middle School, Marshalltown Junior/Middle
  Terence Coleman, City High School, Iowa City General/Multiple
1994 Ernest Fisher, Monroe Elementary School, Des Moines Elementary Science
  G. Dave Lewis, Northwest Junior High School, Coralville Earth Science
  Danielle M. Spaete, Pleasant Valley High School Physics
  Richard E. Ehlers, Perry High School Chemistry
  Kevin Koepnick, City High School, Iowa City Biology
  Roger A. Beane, Oelwein Middle School Junior High Science
  Edward R. Brown, Bondurant-Farrar Jr-Sr High School General/Multiple
1993 Barbara A. Ehlers, Wings Park Elementary, Oelwein Elementary Science
  Beverly A. Iverson, Marshalltown Community High School Earth Science
  Charles R. Gesiriech, Urbandale High School, Des Moines Physics
  Jeffrey B. Hepburn, Dowling High School, West Des Moines Chemistry
  Richard H. Kruse, Ankeny Senior High School Biology
  Lyn Countryman, Malcolm Price Laboratory School, Cedar Falls Junior High Science
  Michael F. Zeller, Woodward-Granger Community Schools General/Multiple
1992 Mark E. Schneider, Washington Township, Kalona Elementary Science
  Mark A. Brockmeyer, City High School, Iowa City Earth Science
  Douglas E. Nauman, Washington High School, Cedar Rapids Physics
  Vernon Slaymaker, Ottumwa High School Chemistry
  Sharon Fisher, North High School Biology
  Chris S. Soldat, Mid-Prairie Jr. High, Wellman Junior High Science
  James A. Grife, Colfax-Mingo High School General/Multiple
1991 Margaret Sadeghpour-Kramer, Lincoln Elemenraty, Mechanicsville Elementary Science
  Patricia M. Witinok, Northwest Junior High, Coralville Earth Science
  Peter G. Bruecken, Bishop Heelan High School Physics
  Jim Kubichek, West Marshall High School Biology
  Hector Ibarra, West Branch Middle School Junior High Science
  Owen A. Primavera, Jr., Okoboji High School, Milford General/Multiple
1990 Virginia L. Elliott, Tama Intermediate School Elementary Science
  Stephen M. Baker, Abraham Lincoln High School Earth Science
  Dean Gorrell, West High School, Iowa City Physics
  Mary K. Muehl, Linn-Mar High School Chemistry
  Ernest Schiller, Central Lee High School, Donnellson Biology
  Jeanne A. Rogis, Central Clinton Community, DeWitt Junior High Science
  Gail B. Wortmann, Ottumwa High School General/Multiple
1989 Joan McShane, Jefferson Elementary, Davenport Elementary Science
  Thomas B. Ervin, Wood Junior High, Davenport Earth Science
  James Ray Hurley, Waverly-ShellRock High Physics
  Verlin Fleagle, Central Clinton County Comm. Chemistry
  Bill Klein, West High School, Sioux City Biology
  Elizabeth Koehn, West Middle School, Muscatine Junior High Science
  Mary Jane Husband, Tri-County Community General/Multiple
1988 R. D. Lemon, Mentzer Elementary Elementary Science
  Ed Rezabek , Glidden-Ralston Community Schools Earth Science
  Rollan Freel, Marshalltown High School Physics
  Bernard Hermanson, Sumner High School Chemistry
  Doug Herman, East High School, Sioux City Biology
  Bonita Anne Sankot, South Tama Middle School Junior High Science
1987 Candace Kilburg, Center Point Consolidated Elementary Science
  H. John Verdon, Waverly-Shell Rock High School Earth/Environmental
  Gary L. Garton, City High School, Iowa City Life Science
  Peter H. Sweedy, Bettendorf High School Physical Science
  Lynn Altemeier, Indian Hills Jr. High, D.M. Middle/Junior High Science
1986 Rebecca M. Andresen, Eisenhower School, Davenport Elementary Science
  John D. Rudisill, East High School, Des Moines Earth Science
  Dennis Hewett, Fort Dodge Senior High School Physics
  Christine Fink, Abraham Lincoln High, Council Bluffs Chemistry
  Paul D. Knapp, Linn-Mar High School, Marion Biology
  Lowell Wiele, Garfield Junior High, Chariton Junior High
1985 Pyllis Frichen, Ottumwa Community Schools Elementary Science
  William J. Desmarais, Washington High School, C.R. Earth/Environmental
  Lloyd Phillips, Knoxville Jr. High School Middle/Junior High Science
  Don Schaefer, Bettendorf High School Physics
  John Emerson, Ogden High School Chemistry
1984 Jan Anderson, Cedar Heights Elementary, C.F. Elementary Science
  Bruce Iverson, Spencer Jr. High School Earth/Environmental
  Freida Griffin, McCombs Transitional, D.M. Middle/Junior High Science
  Dan McGrail, Carlisle High School Physics
  David Vogel, Oskaloosa High School Chemistry
  Sister Lois Wagner, Wahlert High School, Dubuque Biology
1983 Cameron Vanni, Hoarace Mann Elementary, Iowa City Elementary Science
  Lewis Stoneking, Ottumwa High School Earth/Environmental
  Sharon Fisher, Meredith Jr. High, D.M. Middle/Junior High Science
  Robert Wilson, Belmond Community High School Physics
  Kenneth Hartman, Ames High School Chemistry
  Gene Ulrich, Sioux City North High School Biology
1982 Chris Rohret, Penn Elementary School, N. Liberty Elementary Science
  Karen Murphy, Weeks Jr. High School, D.M. Earth/Environmental
  Donald J. Perschau, Meredith Jr. High, D.M. Middle/Junior High School
  Claison Groff, Grand Community Schools, Boxholm Physics
  Larry A. Dean, Saydel High School Chemistry
  Eugene Balk, Mason City High School Biology
1981 Marlene Gaston, Mid-Prairie Community Schools Elementary Science
  Richard A. Worm, Hempstead High School, Dubuque Earth/Environmental
  Linda J. St. Clair, Pekin Middle School Middle/Junior High Science
  Charles A. Windsor, Ames High School Physics
  G. Henry Veldhuis, Sheldon High School Chemistry
  Peggy I. Steffen, Fremont Comm. High School Biology
 
1979 & 1980 records missing
 
1978 Gale (Courtney) Vermeulen , Tri-County, Thornburg Chemistry
 
additional 1978 records missing
 
1977
Owen Primavera, Milford
Biology
  Henry Caudle, Davenport Chemistry
 
Ross Iverson, Marshalltown
Earth Science
  Diana Brill, Ankeny Elementary Science
 
Barbara Davis, Ft. Dodge
Junior High Science
 
James Jones, Ames
Physics
 
1976 records missing
 
1975 James Kelly, Cedar Falls Biology
  Gerald Huss, Marshalltown Chemistry
  Gerald Cunningham, Marshalltown Earth Science
  John Doran, Mt. Pleasant Mathematics
  Walter Gohman, Cedar Falls Physics
1974 James Hungerford, Marshalltown Biology
  David Highland, Harlan Chemistry
  Maynard Bittle, Mt. Pleasant Earth Science
  Edward Rolenc, Jr., Mt Pleasant Mathematics
  Henry Biere, Anamosa
Milbert Krohn, Spirit Lake
Physics
1973 Kirk Brill, Runnels Biology
  Harold Wengert, Cedar Falls Chemistry
  Jerry Aldrich, Alden Earth Science
  Irwin Van Haaften, Garwin Mathematics
  Kennon Schaffer, Mason City Physics
1972 Lena Keithahn, Mason City Biology
  Henry Becker, Davenport Chemistry
  Dennis Hoffnagle, Davenport Earth Science
  Joseph Becker, Dike Mathematics
  Henry Veldhuis, Sheldon Physics
1971 George Chapman, Dubuque Biology
  Frank Gorshe, Bettendorf Chemistry
  Robert DeLoss, Sioux City Earth Science
  Joseph Zimmerman, Des Moines Mathematics
  Alan Ewers, Des Moines Physics
1970 Donald Narveson, Waterloo Biology
  Donald Murphy, Des Moines Chemistry
  Donald Lange, Davenport Earth Science
  Leroy Huegli, Osage Mathematics
  Wesley Warner, Algona Physics
1969 Richard Trump, Ames Biology
  Ken Frazier, Ames Earth Science
  Jerry Aldrich, Alden Physics
1968 George Magrane, Ottumwa Biology
  Milbert Krohn, Spirit Lake Chemistry
  Richard L. Morris, Spirit Lake Mathematics
  Herman Kirkpatrick, Des Moines Physics
1967 Daryl Stuhr, Sac City Biology
  Farnk Starr, Waterloo Chemistry
  Ethel Cain, Des Moines Mathematics
  William Kacena, Des Moines Physics
1966 Iola Tillapaugh, Cedar Rapids Biology
  Oliver Eason, Cedar Falls Physics
1965 Sister Antonio, Dubuque Biology
  Vern Gunderson, Mason City Physics
1964 David V. McCalley, Cedar Falls Biology*
1963 Bill Hauser, Des Moines Biology*
 

Iowa Science Teaching Awards History

*as Outstanding Biology Teacher Award, NABT

 

Special thanks to Mark Brockmeyer, Gale Vermeulen and David V. McCalley for helping to update and maintain gthe ESTA records.


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