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Student Council Hall of Fame

Each year the Student council will select an inductee for the CHS Hall of Fame.  The honorees will be chosen from past graduates of the school either through faculty suggestions or from student-generated interest.  The Library will attempt to keep informational folders in the Archives Room on all notable graduates.  The selection, in any academic year, shall be limited to no more than two honorees.

The former graduates that are to be honored should have been role models for other students while they, themselves, were students in CHS.  They should be distinguished in their current fields of endeavor, be leaders in their professions, and have dedication towards the betterment of society.  So that a true assessment of their importance can be made, they should be at the general peak of their careers.  Therefore, they should have graduated 10-25 years prior to their induction.  While this last part is not a requirement, it does serve as a guideline that allows enough time for the honorees to have developed a proven track record that is worthy of emulation by the current student body.

The designations shall be kept a secret known only by the least number of people involved in the selection process of that year.  In the springtime, the honorees will be announced and an all school assembly will be held to:

  • Honor those former students.
  • Induct them into the “Hall of Fame.”
  • Allow them to speak to the students and exhort the audience to also strive for excellence in their lives after CHS.

Lastly, the honorees will be given an inscribed plaque as a souvenir of the day and a duplicate will be put at a place of honor within the school library.

 

Induction Year

Honoree

Career Field

Graduation Year

1985

AMALYA L. KEARSE

FEDERAL JUDGE

1955

 

ROY SCHEIDER

ACTOR

1950

1986

DREW MIDDLETON

NEWSPAPER REPORTER

1931

1987

MAX WEINBERG

MUSICIAN

1969

1988

ARTHUR BARTNER

MUSIC EDUCATOR & DIRECTOR

1958

 

JOETTA CLARK

OLYMPIC ATHLETE

1980

1989

ALFRED C. KINSEY*

SEXOLOGIST

1912

 

ROBERT STENBERG

PYCHOLOGIST

1968

1990

JUDITH VIORST

WRITER

1948

1991

JAMES GERSTENZANG

NEWSPAPER REPORTER

1965

 

PETER S. CONNOR *

VIETNAM WAR HERO

1950

1992

TERESA WRIGHT

ACTRESS

1938

 

CAPT. JOHN PAYNE

MILTARY LEADER

1963

1993

LINDA GOTLIEB

WRITER & MOVIE PRODUCER

1956

1994

ELIZABETH SHUE

ACTRESS

1981

 

ANDREW SHUE

ACTOR

1985

1995

HENRY PRYOR

ATHLETE/EDUCTOR

1943

 

DR. ORRIN DEVINSKY

NEUROLOGIST

1974

1996

MYRTH YORK

POLITICAL LEADER

1964

 

MARK BRYANT

PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE - BASKETBALL

1984

1997

PETER CROSS

EDUCATOR & CHS COUNSELOR

1954

1998

PETER EISENMAN

ARCHITECT

1950

 

KEITH NEUMAN *

POLICE OFFICER

1983

1999

LAURYN HILL

MUSICIAN & ACTRESS

1993

2000

ROBERT E. BUTTON

COMMUNICATION EXPERT

1932

2001

ALBERTO L. IBARGUEN

NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER

1962

 

CHARLES K. WILLIAMS

POET & AUTHOR PULITZER PRIZE WINNER

1954

2002

HOWARD LANDER

PUBLISHER

1968

 

BARBARA RANKIN CHARNES

ENVIRONMENTALIST

1949

2003

JANE MUSKY

PRODUCTION DESIGNER

1972

 

CHARLES COLEMAN

LAWYER/JUDGE

1983

2004

DONNA MARINO

FILMMAKER

1976

 

KRISTEN BOWSHER

ATHLETE/ENGINEER

1984

2005

DAVID JAVERBAUM

WRITER/PRODUCER

1989

 

ROBERT BIANCHI *

ATHLETE/NAVY PILOT

1979

2006

DR. FRANCIS BARNES

EDUCATOR

1967

 

LEIGH HOWARD STEVEN

MUSICIAN

1971

2007

DR. ERNA SCHNIEDER HOOVER

INVENTOR

1944

 

DR. YOLANDA TROUBLEFIELD

PHYSICIAN/ATTORNEY

1979

2008

PAUL AUSTER

AUTHOR

1965

 

MATTHEW COOPER

JOURNALIST

1980

2009

HON. BENJAMIN COHEN

FORMER SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE

1962

 

JOAN OPPENHEIMER COHEN

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST

1963

 

AMY COHEN

WON NATIONAL COURT CASE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN IN SCHOOL SPORTS

1988

 

DAN COHEN

SENIOR COORDINATING PRODUCER ONTHE FOX NEWS CHANNEL

1991

2010

JUSTICE HELEN E. HOENS

NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT JUSTICE

1972

 

ROBERT VERDI

CELEBRITY STYLIST & TELEVISION PERSONALITY

1986

       
       
       
       

* Posthumous Award