Former faculty and staff of Unit #3
March 27, 2008
Below is a listing of former faculty and staff of Pleasant Hill Unit #3. If anyone would like to add information to this page, please send your info to Ms. Guthrie at guthrie_phhs@yahoo.com.
Joe Coldwell - E-mail: joesuecol@yahoo.com, Pleasant Hill, IL.
Linda Goodin - E-mail: ljgoodin@yahoo.com; Pleasant Hill. Retired in June of 2008 from Pleasant Hill High School where she worked as secretary for 34 years. She looks forward to enjoying retirement and spending time with family which includes 5 grandchildren.
Jan Graham - e-mail janetgraham51@hotmail.com Physical education and driver education teacher for 34 years in the Pleasant Hill Schools until retirement in June of 2008. Jan was the student council advisor and unit athletic director.
Craig Hemphill - E-mail: N/A; 25638 Pike 243, Clarksville, MO. 63336-2008. Taught Industrial Arts during the 80's.
Jim Herndon - jherndon49@charter.net, East Alton, IL (Taught at PHHS from 1974-1978: P.E., drivers ed and health at the high school. Also served as the unit athletic director, head varsity boys basketball coach, assist. varsity boys football coach, jr. high girl's track coach, and was one of the class sponsors for the Class of '78. I would certainly enjoy hearing from any former students and will look forward to visiting the website.)
Marilyn Hougland - E-mail: jerlyn2@pikenet.net; Pleasant Hill, IL. (Taught from Sept. 1973 to June 1993. Grades she taught included the following: 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th but mostly 3rd grade.) She subbed 8 years after that and said she "loved most of it!!"
David McClintock - Former principal at the old grade school (which is now the Bank of Kampsville site). His wife, Mary, was a former PE teacher who passed away a couple years ago. He is a retired superintendent in Nashville, Illinois. He will not be able to attend the big alumni celebration but wants to say "HI" to all those former alumni from the 50's including Norma Robinson and Joe Jackson.
Lavon Johnson - E-mail: N/A; Pleasant Hill. Former school board member from 1963-1969. Graduated in the class of 1945 and served in the U.S. Navy from 1945-1946. He is a member of this 60th year reunion committee for 2005 and is proud to say that he has had five generations that have attended Pleasant Hill Unit #3 schools.
Karen Mooney - E-mail: karenamooney@hotmail.com, Pleasant Hill, IL
Chuck Orwig - E-mail: chuckorwig@gmail.com, 3019 Cameron Drive, Springfield, IL.62704 (Started teaching math at PHHS in '65, coached track from then until '76. Coached boys basketball as an assistant and head coach until '73. Football assistant through the 1970 season. First advisor of the National Honor Society." I was proud to be the person who first recognized the need for PCs at PHHS and was instrumental in purchasing the first two PCs, Radio Shack TRS80s. In the last 4 or 5 years at PHHS I served as the TI-IN Learning coordinator. " I also drove a school bus route for ten years beginning in '76. Since leaving PHHS - worked in the teacher education program at Sangamon State University and the University of Illinois at Springfield for eight years and then retired in 2002. Since then, he teaches math at LincolnLand Community College and works as a ride leader for a bicycle tour company. He's also a volunteer docent at Frank Lloyd Wright's Dana-Thomas house in Springfield for the last twelve years.
Gerry Orwig - E-mail: gerryorwig@comcast.net, Springfield, IL.62704 (worked as a teacher's aide at the grade school and ran Orwig's Greenhouse. She and husband, Chuck, moved to Springfield in 1994; started working for the Secretary of State of Illinois and retired from that in April of 2007. Now volunteers at the Ronald McDonald House in Springfield.
Carol Rankin - E-mail: rankin@adams.net, West Point, IL (1968-1977 Special Education, Retired teacher presently a Behavior Intervention Consultant)
Dennis Rankin - E-mail: rankin@adams.net, West Point, IL (1967-1977 Vocational Ag, Retired farmer)
Matt Schweinberg - E-mail: schwein1082@yahoo.com, Towanda, IL. (History - 2005-2007; Head baseball coach; Asst. high school football coach; head basketball coach; jr. high head football coach and proud sponsor of the class of 2009!)
Judy Scranton - E-mail: dscranton1@pikenet.net, Pittsfield, IL. She taughtHome Economics at Pleasant Hill High School from 1980-1990 as well as sponsoring FHA and various classes. Two big events for the Home Ec. department in those days were the Faculty Tea in December and the Style Show in May. In 1990 Mrs. Scranton and her family moved to St. Louis where she entered the business world as a Consumer Representative for Ralston Purina where her division was spun off to Ralcorp and later bought by the Milnot Company. It was the same job under different umbrellas. In 2002 she and her family retired back to Pittsfield where she enjoys quilting, cards, and reading. Her husband, Don, retired from sales in St. Louis. Their son, Bob, still lives there and is Director of Corporate Taxes for Graybar Electric.
Linda Shotts - E-mail: lsshotts@yahoo.com, Pleasant Hill, IL. She taught at PHHS from 1970 until 2003 when she retired. She began teaching business subjects in 1970 after Mr. Charles Miller (her own business teacher at PHHS) retired, then freshman English was added to her schedule in 1985. For over 20 years she served as the yearbook advisor. After that, she became the cheerleader sponsor for 2 years and served various classes as their sponsor as well. Now she is retired and enjoys spending time at home, serving as a sub at PHHS, reading, and spend time either in Colorado or with their three children (and their spouses) and their seven grandchildren.
Stan Sleeter - Mr Sleeter taught Math. and coached at PHHS from 1955-1957. At note from Mr. Sleeter's wife, Betty: Fifty three years ago we were in Pleasant Hill and I think it might have tickled him to go to such a reunion to find out if any of the students he knew and coached were still around too. We had many tales from our two years there and he used to recount taking home some of the students over some rough old roads. It was my first experience in a very small town. Unfortunately Stan passed away two years ago. He had a very successful career in teaching but we moved to Albuquerque many years ago. Hope your reunion is a success.
Sandra Jo Suhling - E-mail: h-s@mchsi.com (Secretary at Unit #3 from 1966 through middle of 1970)
Hugh Sutherland - E-mail: hsutherl@adams.net, Pleasant Hill, IL. Taught P.E. and math.
Larry and Jackie Smith - E-mail: larjac2@msn.com; Larry taught history and coached football at PHHS and Jackie was the school librarian and taught P. E.
