2015 Inductees
2015 Inductees to the Wall of Fame
The 2015 awards were presented to Grant Hoffert, Dr. Frank Rauscher and Harry Rinker.
SVAA
The Saucon Valley Alumni Association, in conjunction with Saucon Valley School District's National Education Week events, held the first ever Wall of Fame Award day honoring distinguished graduates of Saucon Valley High School (aka Hellertown High School, Hellertown-Lower Saucon High School) on November 18, 2015.
2015 Inductee - Grant H. Hoffert, Class of 1942
Community Involvement
LIONS CLUB RECYCLING PROGRAM
• PRESIDENT LIONS CLUB
• RESTORATION OF GRIST MILL
• HELLERTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY POLE BARN MUSEUM
• CONSTRUCTION OF HELLERTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY
• LAID GROUND WORK FOR PONY BRIDGE
• CONSTRUCTED CONCRETE STRUCTURE TO PREVENT FUTURE FLOODING OF SILVER CREEK
• CONSTRUCTED PUMP HOUSE TO AID HELLERTOWN WATER SUPPLY
• CONSTRUCTED THE ORIGINAL BANDSTAND IN DIMMICK PARK
• RECIPIENT OF MELVIN JONES FELLOW AWARD*
• MEMBER OF DEWEY FIRE COMPANY
• MEMBER EDWARD H. ACKERMAN POST 397
• BOARD MEMBER LOWER SAUCON CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
• VICE PRESIDENT HELLERTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
• PAST PRESIDENT SAUCON VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD
• INSTRUCTOR AT BETHLEHEM AREA VO-TECH
• VOLUNTEERED FOR FIFTEEN WINTERS AT “GIVE KIDS THE WORLD” A FACILITY FOR
TERMINALLY ILL CHILDREN IN KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA USING HIS CARPENTER SKILLS TO
BUILD WHATEVER THE MANAGEMENT WANTED
2015 Inductee - Dr. Frank J. Rauscher, Jr., Class of 1949
Cancer Research
- DISCOVERY OF A VIRUS-INDUCED LEUKEMIA OF MICE WHICH PERMITTED NEW STUDIES ON CHEMOTHERAPY, AND BIOCHEMISTRY
- HEADED SPECIAL VIRUS LEUKEMIA PROGRAM
- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR FOR CANCER ETIOLOGY
- 1965 NATION’S 10 OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN BY THE JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
- LUCY WORTHAM JAMES AWARD FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN CANCER FROM JAMES EWING SOCIETY
- BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH
- VICE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD SOCIETY FOR COMPARATIVE LEUKEMIA RESEARCH
- DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE CHOSEN BY PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON
- SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH AT AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
- EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THERMAL INSULATION MANUFACTURER’S ASSOCIATION WHERE HE DIRECTED RESEARCH ON NONCARCINOGENIC THERMAL INSULATION MATERIALS TO REPLACE ASBESTOS
2015 Inductee - Harry L. Rinker, Class of 1959
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