Honor Roll

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Admiral Bruce DeMars

Recognized Achievement: 
US Military – General or Admiral
Bio: 

Bruce DeMars (June 3, 1935-Present) - Admiral DeMars retired in 1996 after 43 years of service, during which he served as Director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Exelon, a Fortune 500 company.

CPS Schools Attended: 
Farragut High School

David Cerda

Achievement: 
First Hispanic lawyer in Illinois to have been elected a judge of the Cook County Circuit Court and to serve as a justice of the Illinois Appellate Court.
Bio: 

A 1945 graduate of Farragut High School and a 1955 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law, Cerda was appointed a Cook County magistrate in 1965 and an associate judge in 1966. He was appointed to the circuit court in 1972 and elected in 1976. Assigned to the Appellate Court in 1989, Justice Cerda was elected chair of the 1st District executive committee in 1996. He received a DePaul Law Alumni Service Award in 1997. The founding president of the Mexican American Lawyers Association and a charter member of its scholarship fund, Cerda was on hand for the merger that created the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois in 1996. Its first president was his son, Chicago attorney David A. Cerda.

CPS Schools Attended: 
Farragut High School

Dr. Beverly Jordan

CPS Leadership Role: 
Principal

Dr. Beverly Jordan

Bio: 

Beverly Jordan - After graduating from Eastern Illinois University in 1986, Dr. Jordan worked in a couple other fields prior to entering into education in 1990. Since 1990, Jordan has taught both in private and public schools, with the most time being with the public schools. She worked on the Southside for 10 years before going back to her roots on the Westside to continue her passion for teaching and learning. Dr. Jordan started off as a substitute, then Full Time Provisional Teacher to state certified teacher to Reading Specialist to Assistant Principal to Principal; and has taught all grades at the elementary level both regular year and summer school. Dr. Jordan earned her Masters in Education from Chicago State University and a Doctorate in Education from Loyola University.

CPS Schools Attended: 
Daniel J Corkery Elementary School
David Farragut High School
CPS Schools Worked At: 
Faraday, Morgan, Haley, Johnson, Delano, Jensen and Pope Elementary

Ernie Terrell

Recognized Achievement: 
Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Bio: 

Ernie Terrell (April 4, 1939-Present) - Terrell's time as the World Boxing Association's Heavyweight Champion was marked by controversy, having won the title after Muhammad Ali was stripped of it in 1965. He held the title until 1967 when Ali won it back in one of the most infamous boxing matches of all time. Terrell also had much success as a record producer and singer.

CPS Schools Attended: 
Farragut High School

Joe Soto

Achievement: 
Chicago Radio Personality on V103
Bio: 

Joe Soto hosts The Real Show weekdays on V103 and Back in the Day on Saturdays. He has an Associates degree from Daley College and a Bachelors from Northern Illinois University.

CPS Schools Attended: 
Farragut High School

Kevin Garnett

Recognized Achievement: 
MVP - Professional Sport
NBA – NBA Champion
Bio: 

Kevin Garnett (May 19, 1976-Present) - Garnett was named NBA MVP in 2004 and is a 10-time NBA All-Star. He is also an 8-time NBA All Defensive player. In 2008, Garnett won his first NBA Championship as a member of the Boston Celtics.

CPS Schools Attended: 
Farragut High School

Kim Novak

Kim Novak

Photo credit: by Greg Gorman

Achievement: 
Actress  
Bio: 

Kim Novak (February 13, 1933-present) - Born Marilyn Pauline Novak, Ms. Novak starred in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo with Jimmy Stewart. Other screen legends she has worked with included Jack Lemmon, Fran Sinatra, and Rita Hayworth.

CPS Schools Attended: 
Farragut High School

Pat Sajak

Pat Sajak

Photo Courtesy of Pat Sajak

Recognized Achievement: 
Emmy Winner
Bio: 

Pat Sajak (October 26, 1946 - Present) - Born Partrick Sajdak, he is a three time Emmy winner and host of the number one syndicated television program The Wheel of Fortune. Sajak started his career while at Columbia College in Chicago when he worked as a night newsman for WEDC. In 1968, Sajak worked for Armed Forces Radio. In the 70’s Sajak spent time in Nashville working for WSM and then moved to Los Angeles to serve as the weatherman for KNBC. In 1981 he was approached by Merg Griffin to host Wheel of Fortune.

CPS Schools Attended: 
Goethe Elementary School
Joseph E. Gary Elementary
Farragut High School

Senator Rickey R. Hendon

State Senator Rickey R Hendon

Achievement: 
IL State Senator-District Majority Leader
Bio: 

Senator Rickey R. Hendon (1953-Present)-Youngest African American male ever appointed to serve as Assistant Majority Leader in the Illinois State Senate.

CPS Schools Attended: 
Farragut High School