Category: 2014 Inductees

9An artist, photographer, and Lincoln historian, Lloyd Ostendorf was born in Dayton in 1921. A gifted child artist, he became fascinated with Abraham Lincoln’s face on a penny which his […]

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Honored Teacher, artist, friend — Martha was born in Troy, Ohio in 1889. She attended and graduated from Steele High School in Dayton, Ohio, Pratt Institute, Wittenburg University and completed […]

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Bob, the son of a World War I veteran and a school teacher, grew up on Manette Place in Dayton, OH. He played on the basketball team and was the […]

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A versatile athlete playing football, basketball and running track, Steve earned six letters in his junior and senior years, two in each sport. He played quarterback and defensive safety on […]

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Bob Swaninger was born at home in Dayton, OH in 1924. He attended local schools, and at Lincoln Junior High, he started his prep school career in athletics in the […]

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Jerry earned 6 varsity letters while at Stivers. In baseball, he was starting 2nd baseman as a freshman on the varsity team and he batted 280 for the season. Jerry […]

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Larry Emerick was a versatile athlete during his Stivers years, competing in football and track four years in each sport. Larry was a consistent and reliable track competitor running the […]

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Robert Mitchell started his freshman year at Stivers in 1969, the same year the Freedom of Enrollment Act was established. He, along with his good friends Stack and Michael, bravely […]

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Mike Violette earned seven varsity letters at Stivers, 2 each in football and track and three in basketball. He was a very promising quarterback in football, but that career was […]

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Dick Bacher was born in Canton, Ohio, and moved with his family to Dayton as an infant. He attended Belmont Elementary School from grades 1 – 5, then they relocated […]

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