Recognizing Generosity - SHSAA Societies, Named Scholarships, and Named Grants
The Salem High School Alumni Association was organized in 1882 and created the first high school alumni scholarship fund in Ohio in 1903.

In 2024 the Salem High School Alumni Association awarded 133 scholarships totaling $415,700 to 77 Salem High School graduating seniors and 35 alumni. Since 1908, more than $9.6 million has been awarded to 2676 students.

Thanks to generous alumni and donors over the past 143 years, the association’s portfolio stands at over twelve million dollars. To standardize recognition of our past and future donors for their significant gifts in advancing the mission of the association, the Salem High School Alumni Association has created recognition Societies, Named Scholarships, and Named Grants.

The association thanks all our donors for their generosity and for the differences they have made in the lives of our alumni. We need an active alumni community so that we can continue to offer our students opportunities and life advantages. The role our donors play in the success of our students is transformational.

Through our newsletter, we acknowledge all donations both large and small.

We grant membership in the Lifetime Society for donors of at least $100 per year for at least three sequential calendar years. Donors of $10,000 or more are recognized through our Leaders Society and may create a perpetual Named Grant. Donors of $100,000 or more achieve a higher-level recognition and may request a perpetual Named Scholarship.

We memorialize deceased individuals or families who have given or bequeathed funds or for whom memorial donations have been made totaling at least $10,000 through our Memorial Society or higher-level recognition.

We encourage donations by estate planning through our Legacy Society (Click HERE for our Legacy Acknowledgement Document).

Please contact us for more information at 330-332-1427 or info@salemohioalumni.org
1882 Founders Society
Membership for donation of funds totaling at least $500,000.
Leon H. and Enid Colley
John P. Sharp Jr. ’46
Quaker Lady Society
Membership for donation of funds totaling at least $250,000.
John F. Cone ’44, Ph.D.
Max M. Fisher ’26
Charles F. Fox
Frederick E. ’46 and Dana A. Notman Gaunt
Robert ’50 and Nancy Howell ’53 Hickey, Leo ’74 and Suzanne Hickey, Keith Hickey, Adam ’06 and Caitlin Hickey, Robert "Nick" ’73 and Lois Hickey ’77 Peters, Nicholas A. Peters ’98, Benjamin Peters, and Hickey Metal Fabrication
J. Robert Sebo ’54
Floyd W. Stone, D.D.S., and Cora May Reich Stone ’35
Quaker Sam Society
Membership for donation of funds totaling at least $100,000.
Marion Ackerman '56
Joel E. Greenisen ’54
Emma Bauman Holmes ’43, Ph.D.
Thomas Kornbau ’70 and Mildred Lohri Kornbau
W. Robert Lowry II ’73 and Family
Howard (Doc) Pardee Family and scholarship benefactors
C. Richard and Dorothy Pozniko ’52 Beam
David ’66 and Kathleen Scahill ’68 Roberts
Florence C. Schafer ’23
Virginia E. Snyder ’43 and scholarship benefactors
John R. Stratton ’64, M.D., and Carolyn Webster-Stratton, Ph.D.
Doris Tetlow ’22
Matt Yerkey ’82, D.D.S., and Wanda Yerkey
Salem High School Class of 1966
Salem High School Class of 1968
Leaders Society
Membership for living donors of funds totaling at least $10,000 but less than $100,000.
Peter ’82, M.D. and Sherri Apicella
Nancy Cope Murphy '58, Michele Cope Weaver '60, and Susan Cope '65
Philip '61 and Marjory Greenisen
Honorable Dean Hansell, '70
Todd '81 and Julie Olson
James and Sarah “Sally” Boone Sexton ’75
Mary Beth Lowdermilk Shirk '79
Gene Tullis ’68, M.D.
SHS Class of 1977
Lifetime Society
Membership for continuous annual donations of at least $100, recognized after three years of giving, determined on January 1 of each year.
Marion Ackerman ‘56
Peter ’82, M.D. & Sherri Apicella
Steven J. '92 and Angela Sabatino '93 Bailey
Matthew '98 and Addie Clutter '96 Bender
Linda Sue Benson ‘77
Frank ’86 & Lisa Bezon
Timothy Breit ‘71
Butech Bliss
Kevin ’74 & Linda Bush
Molly Merrill Buursma ‘77
Laura McCorkhill Cantini ’74
Roberta Chamberlain
Tim ’78 & Melissa Moffett ’78 Costa
Nicholas Costa ‘12
Scot Darling '80
Thomas Darling ‘80
Adna Day ‘57
Steve and Sarah Krichbaum '66 Decatur
Larry ’60 & Marsha Elrod ’64 DeJane
John ’84 & Georgina Apicella ’85 Dermotta
Chris Dowd '75
Richard Elliott ‘66
Max & Marjorie Fisher Foundation
Charles Fox Fund
Pauline French Fund
Bill & Jean Kiliman ’71 Esposito
William W. '58 and Esther Goodchild
Douglas ’77 & Nancy McGhee ’78 Gordon
Dean Hansell ’70
Kristy Hinchliffe '04
Edward Jones III and Carolyn Gordon '61 Jones
Richard Karlis ‘77
Trevor Lewis '60
George Limestahl ’66
Marcie Danklef Madden ‘77
Robert Miles
Millenium Machinery
James Miller '66
Daniel T. Moore '95
William Mowery '75
Peter ’76 & Audrey Cleveland ’76 Null
M. Jay ’66 & Mary Oana
Peter J. Riley ’69
Richard Rogers ‘58
Steven Sabol ’62, M.D., PhD.
Cari Sanchez-Potter ‘99
Mark ’78 & Wendy Storey ’77 Saltsman
Bonnie Campbell Sarginger '53
Gary '72 and Vivian Knight '72 Saunders
Bob ’54 & Linda Sebo
Bobbi Pauline Seguin ‘82
John ’81 & Carlotta Sheets
Mary Beth Lowdermilk Shirk ‘79
Joe ’66 & Madeline Patton ’77 Shivers
Joe & Pamela Cabas ’68 Sigurani
Jon Steele ’64
David '75 and Patti Elrod '74 Stevenson
Janet Falkenstein Taylor '66
The Moore Agency
Beverly Thomas ’67
Richard Treleven '63
Thomas ’75 & Barb Coy ’74 Wagner
Darrin Ward ‘89
Williams & Associates
Robert Woolman ‘99
Harry & Bessie Young Fund
Frank ’82 & Glory Zamarelli
Jeff ’81 & Jennifer Secrest ’82 Zimmerman
Terry Zocolo ’65
John ’81 & Pamela Moore ’81 Zornick
Memorial Society
Membership for deceased individuals or families who have given or bequeathed funds, or for whom memorial donations have been made, totaling at least $10,000 but less than $100,000.
Ruth Ann Altenhof ’53
D. Nelson and Marion Bailey
John George Birk ’36
Burt (Carl) ’42 and Mary Capel
Fred E. ’25 and Doris S. Cope
Richard M. Coppock ’56
Mary Anderson Dunn 1897
Wade ’29 and Stella Loop
William Guappone ’35
Harold F. Hoprich ’38, M.D.
Betsy Young Johnson ’59
David W. Jones ’43, M.D.
Henry ’37 and Aliliva Juhn
Joseph F. Kelley ’45, M.D.
Russell C. Loudon ’46
Jack B. Lozier ’48
John Mulford Sr. 1917
Donald and Betty Roessler ’42 Greenamyer
Mildred Barber Schuster ’33
J. Floyd Stamp ’32
Dorothy Failer Sullivan 1921
Eleanor Szkola ’37
Olive Tetlow
Harvey Walken ’46
Edith Lynn White 1917
Eugene ’27 and Virginia Young
Harry and Bessie Lease Young 1893
Legacy Society
Membership for living individuals who commit to leave a legacy through estate planning and complete our Legacy Acknowledgement Document.

The association may assist living donors with estate planning to memorialize gifts. The board, in conjunction with the donor, may create and maintain specific written criteria to honor the intent of the donor.

Estate planning methods include, but are not limited to, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, bequests, remainder interests, retirement plan assets, and life insurance designations. The association will not provide legal advice but may be consulted in such planning.

Click HERE for our Legacy Acknowledgement Document
Peter ’82, M.D., and Sherri Apicella
Timothy ’78 and Melissa Moffett ’78 Costa
Larry A. Davis ’69 and Maureen Ryan
Honorable Dean Hansell ’70
Daniel T. Moore '95
Peter '76 and Audrey Cleveland '76 Null
Edward and Bonnie Youtz ’64 Verminski
Named Scholarships
Bestowed in recognition of donation of funds totaling $100,000.
Charles F. Fox Medical Scholarship
Doris Tetlow Scholarship
Ernest and Lois Hill Kornbau STEM Scholarship
E. Blair Yerkey Memorial Ohio State University Scholarship
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Lowry Memorial Compassion Scholarship
Emma Bauman Holmes Vocational Scholarship
Florence C. Schafer Scholarship
Floyd and Cora May Reich Stone Vocational Scholarship
Fred and Dana Gaunt Pharmacy Scholarship
Greenisen College Leadership Scholarship
Greenisen Leadership Scholarship
Hickey Metal Fabrication Vocational Scholarship
Howard (Doc) Pardee Instrumental Music Scholarship
J. Robert Sebo Achievement Scholarship
J. Robert Sebo Bowling Green State University Scholarship
J. Robert Sebo College Scholarship
John F. Cone Humanities Scholarship
John Michael Pozniko Engineering Scholarship
John P. Sharp Jr. Engineering Scholarship
John P. Sharp Jr. Entrepreneurship Scholarship
John P. Sharp Jr. Outstanding Performance Scholarship
John P. Sharp Jr. Scholarship of Promise
John R. Stratton and Carolyn Webster-Stratton Medical Student Scholarship
Leon H. Colley Scholarship
Lois A. Peters Memorial Business Scholarship
Marion Ackerman Vocational Scholarship
Max M. Fisher Athletic Scholarship
Nancy Hickey Memorial Healthcare Scholarship
Nina J. Cone and Stephen F. Cone Music Scholarship
Salem High School Class of 1966 Scholarship
Salem High School Class of 1968 Education Scholarship
Thomas and Mildred Lohri Kornbau Engineering Scholarship
Virginia E. Snyder English Scholarship
Named Grants
To support the Salem High School Alumni Association mission of fostering student development, SHSAA has created a way for donors to sponsor perpetual Named Grants to provide annual funds to accomplish specific educational goals. A $10,000 donation or more will provide 5% annually to fund:

  • Classroom Grants to expand, improve, or provide unique educational insights and to enhance the educational opportunities, environment, and the physical and mental growth of K-12 students in the Salem City School District.

  • Career Educational Grants for educational events and educational materials which are designed to expand, improve, or provide unique insights into careers and make a lasting impact for our students and alumni.

  • Leadership Grants to sponsor annual events like the Annual Salem High School Career Day in conjunction with other local organizations which continues our legacy of more than 20 years of career education for our students.
    • The Dr. Peter Apicella Annual High School Biology Grant – funds to be used by the SHS Biology Classes to encourage healthcare careers including doctors, nurses, and other wellness-related fields of study, established in 2024.
    Academic Merit Scholarships
    Provided to graduating Salem High School seniors with 3.75 or higher grade point averages through the generous donations of all donors to the Salem High School Alumni Association

    Please notify the SHSAA office with corrections in any of these lists at info@salemohioalumni.org

    For more information, please contact us at 330-332-1427.

    Our Gift and Recognition Policy is available HERE.

    Our Legacy Acknowledgement Document is available HERE.