It was early 1964 when Lois Schoemehl enrolled at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. It was an unlikely landing spot for someone who'd just six months earlier passed up Washington University in favor of a smaller private college in Springfield.

The fledgling UMSL was just a few years removed from its life as the Bellerive Country Club golf course. The school touted a small selection of degrees, 26 faculty members, fewer than 700 students and a single building.

But Schoemehl, then 18, was a refugee of sorts. She'd started her college life at Drury College only to realize she wasn't ready to be so far from St. Louis.

It was in the fall that John Kennedy was assassinated, Schoemehl said. I just wanted to be home.

So she parked herself at UMSL, thinking she'd stay for a semester and then switch to Washington U. to start her sophomore year.

But she quickly became attached to the makeshift school.

The book, The Emerging University by former UMSL Chancellor Blanche Touhill describes the early years encountered by Schoemehl and her classmates.

Classrooms and office spaces were carved here and there out of the golf course's former club house. A ballroom dance floor was covered with carpet and converted to a library, featuring a meager offering of some 3,000 books. A cafeteria in the basement was lined with vending machines along the walls. Off to one side, a cold-storage room was converted to a conference room. Tennis courts and volleyball courts sat off in the distance.

The first-floor hallway was lined with hooks, for students to store their jackets and lunch bags. Faculty offices had steam pipes overhead. One still had the drain left from its days as a shower stall.

Schoemehl, who would later serve as the school's first alumni association director, remembers the quirkiness of those early days: One classroom had a fireplace and french doors.

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The Jackson High School Alumni Association has announced four new members for the Wall of Fame, class of 2012. The official induction will take place at the Jackson vs. Akron Garfield basketball game Feb. 16.

In the early 1970s, inductees honored in the Jackson High School Hall of Fame were outstanding football players. The award ceremony was set up by then-head football coach Jim Laut. Poster-size photos of the members were displayed on a wall in the high school. When Laut left Jackson, then-athletic director Bill Dessecker organized a formal election committee. The committee set up guidelines and opened elections to all athletes, both male and female.

Inactive for several years, the Jackson High School Alumni Association, with the cooperation of JHS administration, assumed responsibilities in 2002 and renamed the honor The Wall of Fame. The original pictures have been replaced with individual plaques with the inductees photo and the alumni association logo and slogan, Once a Bear, always a Bear.

New guidelines and categories were established that, in addition to outstanding athleticism, now include Community Contribution, Education, Professional Accomplishments, Political Leadership and Humanitarian Contributions.

The class of 2012 Jackson Wall of Fame members are detailed below.

Glen (Butch) Lanzer- Athlete, Class of 1971

During his high school career, Glen Lanzer received nine varsity letters: three football, two basketball and four baseball. He was 1st Team Federal League in 1969 and 1970 in football. He was awarded 1st Team All-Stark County and 3rd Team All-District in 1969 in football and also was named to the All-Federal League Team in basketball and baseball during the 1970-71 seasons.

After high school, Lanzer entered the U.S. Naval Academy and the Naval Aviation training program. After graduating in 1976, he was designated a naval aviator and flew the A-4 Skylark and A-6 Intruder. He also was an instructor pilot for both aircrafts. Lanzer retired as a lieutenant commander in March 1987 and started a new career in 1987 as a pilot for Delta Airlines. He retired as a captain in 2005.

Lanzer resides in Texas with his wife, Tammy, and their three sons, Glen III, and Tanner,

Taylor, and grandson Tanner (Ayden). He enjoys spending time with his family.

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Gift establishes "The Perlman Prize" and operational support for the Wharton Business Plan Competition

Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) January 31, 2013

The Wharton Business Plan Competition is an ongoing seven-month platform that helps student entrepreneurs to launch new business ideas. Created in 1998, the four phase process is open to all University of Pennsylvania students, who receive feedback and guidance on their entrepreneurial plans from Wharton faculty, Penn alumni, and industry professionals serving as judges, mentors, and workshop presenters. The Competition awards more than $100,000 in cash and prizes to participants, which helps them to jumpstart their ventures, and each year approximately 400 students and 250 judges become involved. The top eight teams compete in the Venture Finals, where they present their ideas live in front of a judging panel. The Perlman Prize will be awarded to the students whose business plan is judged at the Finals to have the greatest potential, and carries a total winnings purse of $45,000.

Wharton School Dean Thomas S. Robertson said, Wharton is honored to have the support of Ellen and Richard Perlman, whose transformative contribution will help to grow and secure the long-term vitality of the Wharton Business Plan Competition. This exciting program has proven itself to be an invaluable asset for Penns aspiring entrepreneurs, and by helping them to develop their ideas into successful endeavors, the Competition benefits the broader landscape of global business.

The Perlmans contribution represents the largest endowed gift to the Wharton Business Plan Competition and, as such, will provide continuing funding in perpetuity. Entrepreneurship is in the Perlman DNA, says Richard Perlman. From my father Abrahams main street Five and Dime to my son Andrews company, VRINGO, we have created and built businesses of which our family is proud. Ellen and I are extremely excited about the opportunity to support Whartons program to teach and encourage Americas future entrepreneurs.

Perlman received his undergraduate degree from the Wharton School in 1968, and also holds an MBA from the Columbia Graduate School of Business. He currently serves as Executive Chairman of the Board for ExamWorks Group, Inc., which he co-founded in 2008, the leading global provider of independent medical examinations, peer reviews, and bill reviews. Previously, since 1998, Perlman served as Executive Chairman of TurboChef Technologies, Inc., PracticeWorks, Inc., and VitalWorks, Inc., of which he acquired control or co-founded and subsequently sold. In addition, Perlman is Founder and President of Compass Partners, LLC, a financial advisory and merchant banking firm specializing in middle market companies, which he established in 1995.

Past Wharton Business Plan Competition Participants

Over the years, the Wharton Business Plan Competition has seen numerous student teams go on to build successful businesses. Last years grand prize winner, RightCare Solutions, closed a series A round in October. Winners from the 2010-2011Competition, Stylitics and baby.com.br, have closed various funding rounds and received extensive media coverage. A notable semi-finalist from the 2009 Competition is Warby Parker, which continues to diversify the eyeglass industry with their one-price, online only, fashionable eye glass brand with a social mission to give a pair of glasses to someone in need for every pair sold. PetPlan USA, BuySafe and Innova Dynamics have also gone on to great success by building upon their foundations through participation in the Wharton Business Plan Competition.

About the Wharton School

Founded in 1881 as the first collegiate business school, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is recognized globally for intellectual leadership and ongoing innovation across every major discipline of business education. With a broad global community and one of the most published business school faculties, Wharton creates ongoing economic and social value around the world. The School has 5,000 undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, and doctoral students; more than 9,000 annual participants in executive education programs; and a powerful alumni network of 91,000 graduates.

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OAKLAND -- Dr. Joyce Boykin was born in Oakland, raised in Berkeley and was the first African American student to attend the Anna Head School for Girls, now known as Head-Royce.

"My mother said she'd seen a notice about admission to Anna Head placed in the UC Berkeley alumni magazine," said Boykin, who attended the school from first through 12th grade and graduated in the class of 1968. "Although my parents were not educators, they saw the big picture and knew that a good education would be essential for one to succeed in life."

Boykin went on to earn a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California and a master's in public health from UCLA. After receiving her doctorate from Tufts Medical School in Boston, she returned to Southern California -- "which I love" -- and practiced as a general internist for 30 years until her retirement. She still lives there with her daughter, Lauren, and grandson, Dominik.

Boykin said her experience at Anna Head was generally good. As kids do, she remembers the small things, like the 10:30 a.m. snack period, which Boykin thinks was pretty innovative for the time.

"The bell would ring, and all the students from upper and lower classes would gather 'round the table for snack -- usually cookies and apple juice."

On the other hand, she recalled that some students were "racially intolerant."

"At times, it did not feel inclusive due to my race," Boykin said. "Occasionally, I would

However, she recalls, not all the families were intolerant and she was invited to other classmates' birthday parties and sleepovers.

"One of my classmates had an extra ticket to see the Beatles and invited me to go," Boykin said.

To be transitioning between white and African American cultures was a unique experience, Boykin recalled. During the week, she was attending an all-white girls' school, yet she would often visit her godmother in an all-black, working-class neighborhood in West Oakland, where she also attended church.

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