2017 Hall of Fame Inductee
edward Paul "ed" flanders - class of 1952
Edward Paul "Ed" Flanders (December 29, 1934 – February 22, 1995) was an American actor best known for his role as Dr. Donald Westphall in the television series. Ed played hockey and starred in the theater while a student at Patrick Henry. After graduation, he entered the army where he served as an x-ray technician.
After his service with the United States Army ended, Flanders began his acting career on Broadway before moving on to guest parts in television series. From 1967 through 1975, Flanders appeared in more than a dozen American TV shows, including six appearances on Hawaii Five-O (as six different characters). During this time, he was also prolific in TV movies. In the late 1970s, Flanders moved away from small TV roles to take major credits in both TV and feature films, while continuing his stage career. In 1974 Flanders won a Tony Award for Best Supporting or Featured Actor in a Dramatic Presentation for A Moon for the Misbegotten on Broadway. He also won an Emmy award in 1976 for the TV movie adaptation of A Moon for the Misbegotten.
In 1982 he began his role in St. Elsewhere that was to earn him four Emmy Award nominations as Outstanding Lead Actor in a TV Series, winning the award in 1983. After a stormy departure from the series in 1987, he returned for two more episodes in 1988, including the series finale. In addition to his six-year role as Dr. Donald Westphall, Flanders is noted as the actor who has played President Harry Truman more times, and in more separate productions, than any other. He portrayed Truman in Truman at Potsdam, Harry S Truman: Plain Speaking, and MacArthur.
One of Flanders's best-remembered TV guest roles was in the first season M*A*S*H episode "Yankee Doodle Doctor," playing film director Duane William Bricker. Flanders also played nationally known journalist William Allen White in the 1977 made- for-TV movie Mary White. He also appeared in the 1979 made-for-TV-horror-miniseries Salem's Lot as Dr. Bill Norton. He also played news anchor John Woodley in the 1983 made-for-TV suspense drama Special Bulletin. Ed acted in numerous television productions: 1967: Cimarron Strip (episode: "The Roarer)" as Arliss Blynn 1969: Daniel Boone (episode: "The Traitor") as Lackland 1971: The Name of the Game (episode: "Beware of the Watchdog") as Lazlo Subich 1971: Travis Logan D.A. as Psychiatrist 1971: Bearcats! (episode: "The Hostage") as Ben Tillman 1971: Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (TV movie) as David Bevin 1971: McMillan & Wife (episode: "Husbands, Wives and Killers") as Tom Benton 1971: Mission Impossible (episode: "Blues") as Joe Belker 1972: Mannix (episode: "A Walk in the Shadows") as Tom Farnom 1972: Nichols a.k.a. James Garner as Nichols (episode: "Fight of the Century") 1972: Cade's County (episode: "The Fake") as Ben Crawford 1972: Ironside (episode: "Five days in the Death of Sgt. Brown: Part 1") as Phil McIver 1972: The Bold Ones: The New Doctors a.k.a. The New Doctors (episode: "Five Days in the Death of Sgt Brown: Part II") as Phil McIver 1972:
M*A*S*H (episode: "Yankee Doodle Doctor") as Lt Dwayne Bricker 1972: Banyon (episode: "Just Once") as Sergeant Randall 1973: Kung Fu (episode: "The Salamander") as Alonzo Davis 1973: Marcus Welby, M.D. a.k.a. Robert Young, Family Doctor (episode: "The Comeback") as Magruder 1974: Barnaby Jones (episode: "Death on Deposit") as "Doc" Fred Tucker 1969–1975: Hawaii Five-O (6 episodes): 1969 "Up Tight" as David Stone; 1970 "Three Dead Cows at Makapuu" (2-part episode) as Dr Alexander Kline 1970 "The Guarnerius Caper" as Dmitri Rostov 1972 "While You're at It, Bring in the Moon" as Byers 1974 "One Born Every Minute" as Joe Connors 1975 "And the Horse Jumped Over the Moon" as Bernie Ross 1975: The Mary Tyler Moore Show (episode: "Mary's Father") as Father Terrance Brian 1975: The Legend of Lizzie Borden ABC 2-part docudrama. Airdate: 2/10/57 as Hosea Knowlton 1975: Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan CBS 2-part docudrama. Airdate: 2/20/75 as Justice Department attorney Ralph Paine 1976: Hallmark Hall of Fame (episode: "Truman at Potsdam") as President Harry S Truman 1979: Backstairs at the White House (episodes 1.1, 1.2 and 1.4) as President Calvin Coolidge 1979: Blind Ambition (TV mini-series) as Charles Shaffer 1979: Salem's Lot a.k.a. Blood Thirst as Dr Bill Norton 1982–1988: St. Elsewhere in 120 episodes as Dr. Donald Westphall 1993: Jack's Place (episode: "Who Knew?") as Marcus Toback 1994: The Road Home (pilot episode) as William Babineaux And films: 1970: The Grasshopper or Passions or The Passing of Evil as Jack Benton 1972:
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine as Father Daniel Berrigan 1972: The Snoop Sisters or The Female Instinct (TV movie) as Milo Perkins 1973: Hunter (TV) as Dr Miles 1974: Indict and Convict (TV) as Timothy Fitzgerald 1974: Things in Their Season (TV) as Carl Gerlach 1975: The Legend of Lizzie Borden (TV) as Hosea Knowlton 1975: Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (TV) as Ralph Paine 1975: A Moon for the Misbegotten (TV) as Phil Hogan 1976: Eleanor and Franklin (TV) as Louis Howe 1976: The Sad and Lonely Sundays (TV) as Dr Frankman 1976: Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking (TV) as President Harry S. Truman 1977: The Amazing Howard Hughes (TV) as Noah Dietrich 1977: MacArthur as President Harry S. Truman 1977: Mary White (TV) as William Allen White 1979: Salem's Lot as Dr. Bill Norton 1980: The Ninth Configuration or Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane as Col. Richard Fell 1981: Inchon as President Harry S. Truman (voice, uncredited) 1981:
True Confessions as Dan T. Campion 1981: The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper or Pursuit as Brigadier 1981: Skokie or Once They Marched Through a Thousand Towns (UK title) (TV) as Mayor Albert J. Smith 1982: Tomorrow's Child (TV) as Anders Stenslund 1983: Special Bulletin (TV) as John Woodley 1989: The Final Days (TV) as Leonard Garment 1990: The Exorcist III as Father Dyer 1991: The Perfect Tribute (TV) as Warren 1992: Citizen Cohn (TV) as Joseph N. Welch 1993: Message from Nam as Ed Wilson 1995: Bye Bye Love as Walter Sims (final film role) Won numerous awards: 1979 – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special, for: "Backstairs at the White House" 1985 –
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, for: "St. Elsewhere" 1986 – Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, for: "St. Elsewhere" 1987 – Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, for: "St. Elsewhere" And Emmys: 1976 – Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Comedy or Drama Special, for: A Moon for the Misbegotten 1977 – Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama or Comedy Special, for: Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking 1983 – Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, for: "St. Elsewhere" Ed did not forget his high school, returning to Patrick Henry in 1965 while he was performing at the Guthrie to speak to the student body
2017 Hall of Fame Inductee
tom hanson - class of 1962
Tom Hanson Patrick Henry Class of 1962 High School Involvements -Athletics - Cross Country (co-captain), basketball, track, baseball -Senior Class Vice President -Student Council -Sports Editor, school newspaper -Hi Y - Olympians, club president, all school president, all city secretary -Youth Governor of Minnesota -Senior Class Play -Speech Team (state champion in oratorical declamation) -Debate Team -Singer with the Innsmen Folk Singing Group
Currently Activity -President, Kiwanis Club of Rock Island, IL -Lt. Governor, Division 17, Illinois-Easter Iowa District, Kiwanis International -Member, Eye of the Tiger Team for the Americas, Kiwanis International -Member of Executive Committee, Illinois - Eastern Iowa District, Kiwanis International -Advisor, Alleman High School Key Club, Rock Island, IL -Augustan College Center for the Study of Ethics Advisory Board -President Elect, Board of Directors, Alternatives for the Older Adult and Adults with Disabilities (Human service agency serving 16 counties of Western Illinois)
-Teacher, Diakonia Program, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America -Lecturer, Retreat Leader and Writer on the subject of “Third Wave Gerontology” and vocational discernment -Actor, director, producer and playwright Past Positions -Athletic Director, Minneapolis Boys Clubs, 1963-65 -Assistant to the Administrator , St Mary’s Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, 1965-68 -
Assistant to the Pastor, St. Petri Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN 1966-68 -Intern Pastor - St. John Lutheran Church, Springfield, IL, 1968-69 -Chaplain, Illinois House of Representatives, Springfield, IL 1968 -72 -Minister of Christian Education, First Presbyterian Church, Springfield, IL, 1969-72 -Pastor, Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Centralia IL, 1972-75 -Senior Pastor, First Lutheran Church, Rock Island, IL, 1975-81 -Senior Pastor, First Lutheran Church, DeKalb, IL, 1981-2001 -Adjunct Faculty, Luther Theological Seminary, St. Paul MN,. Lutheran School of Theology -Chicago, IL, , McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL -Center for Vocational Reflection, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL, 2008-13 -Actor, Vintage Voices (Professional theater company) Moline, IL,
2009 - present Education Bremer Elementary School , Minneapolis, MN 1949-1955 Hamilton Elementary School, Minneapolis, MN 1955-1956 Patrick Henry Junior High and High School, Minneapolis, MN 1956-1962 Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN 1962- 1966 (Bachelor of Arts) Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary, 1966-1972 (Master of Divinity) McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL 1972-1975 (Doctor of Ministry) Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1975-1978 (Post Doctoral Fellowship) Center for Aging, Religion and Spirituality (currently housed at Baylor University, Baylor, TX)1997-1999 - Certificate Program Boards/Committees Numerous community boards and committees Numerous local, state, synodical and national boards and committees of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Recent: Augsburg College Alumni Board, 1998-2005 Augustana College, Board of Trustees, 2000-2008 Augustana College, Secretary the College, 2002-2008
Augustana College Center for Vocational Reflection, Board of Directors 2004-2010 Augustana College Center for the Study of Ethics, Community Advisory Committee, 2008- present District Theatre, Rock Island, IL , Board of Directors 2010-2013 Iowa/Illinois Lutheran Coalition, President 2008-2014 Alternatives for the Older Adult and Adults with Disabilities 2012- present Kiwanis Club of Rock Island, 2007- present Kiwanis International Illinois-Eastern Iowa District executive committee, 2017-18 Kiwanis International “Eye of the Tiger” team, 2017 beginning in 2017 Honors Received Order of Kentucky Colonels (honorary title given by the governor of Kentucky) Distinguished Alumnus, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN Honorary Alumnus, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL Zeller Fellowship, Kiwanis International Family -Married to Wanda Wagner Hanson (51 years) -Two sons, Marc of Anoka, MN and Nathan of Urbandale, IA -Two grandchildren, Bailey of Blaine, MN and Sophia of New York, NY y
2017 Hall of Fame Inductee
charles kevin smith - class of 1965
Charles Kevin Smith (aka “Chuck”, “Charlie” and “Kevin”) was born in Minneapolis on August 31, 1947, to parents Charles Terrance Smith and Marian Baustian (Smith) Kringle. He attended Jenny Lind Elementary School prior to Patrick Henry Junior/Senior High School, where he graduated with Honor in 1965.
He was very fortunate to marry Susanne Kasner in 1969. Sue grew up in the Henry area, but attended St. Margaret’s Academy. Charlie and Sue have two children, Annie (husband Brian Jenstad) and Charles D., and two grandchildren, Wyatt and Paige Jenstad.
While at Henry, Charlie played sousaphone in the concert band, marching band, pep band and orchestra. He was elected band vice-president in his senior year, while soloing twice at spring band concerts. He also played a leading role in the senior class play – Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night – and was a member of the National Honor Society.
Charlie moved on in 1965 to the University of Minnesota School of Forestry, with the dream of becoming a national park ranger/naturalist. Interests changed to the wider topic of research and planning in the park and recreation field. He graduated with high distinction in 1969, the first University of Minnesota graduate in the Recreation Resource Management program.
Following three years of military service, he returned to what had become the College of Forestry, and received a Master’s degree in 1978. Research emphases at the College included campsite restoration in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and vegetation inventory for the newly-created Voyageurs National Park. He was an instructor in Forest Ecology at the Itasca Forestry Session, and taught Conservation of Natural Resources (1974-75). He was elected to Xi Sigma Pi – the national honorary forestry fraternity – and Sigma Xi - the Scientific Research Society of North America.
Upon leaving the University in 1975, Charlie worked in park research and planning at the Hennepin County Park Reserve District (now the Three Rivers Park District) and the Parks and Open Space Division of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Council (1976-1986). His main accomplishments included: • Design and implementation of the use monitoring system for 50+ regional parks and trails. This system is still used today to distribute operating funds to the 10 agencies operating the Twin Cities regional park system.
• First ever surveys of regional park visitation patterns, attitudes and use forecasts. The next phase of Charlie’s career took him to the Tennant Company in Golden Valley, MN, a $750 million, global manufacturer of cleaning equipment, where he spent 25 years (1987-2012) as Market Research Manager. At Tennant, his main accomplishments were: • Providing customer insights in support of all new products.
• Measuring customer satisfaction with all products and services. While at Tennant, Charlie became a charter member of the Cleaning Industry Research Institute, a non-profit industry research association, where he later served as Vice- Chairman. Over the years, Charlie’s major volunteer service activities involved the University of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota Alumni Association (UMAA). He is a life member of the UMAA, concentrating his activity in the College of Natural Resources Alumni Society (CNRAS) and the Band Alumni Society (UMBAS). Charlie was on the Board of Directors of CNRAS (1992-1999), and was selected to serve as President (1995-1998). While serving on the CNRAS Board, he was part of several major accomplishments, including:
• Establishing a self-funding CNRAS Student Scholarship program.
• Successful membership and fundraising events at the Cloquet Forestry station and St. Paul Campus. • Selection of the CNRAS as Alumni Program Extraordinaire in 1997 and Alumni Society of the Year in 1998 During his tenure as President, Charlie also served as a member of the Dean's Advisory Board and as CNRAS representative to U of M Alumni Association National Board of Directors. He received the inaugural CNR Alumni Leadership Award in 2004. And, as it had been at Henry and at the U, the concert and marching bands remained a large part of Charlie’s activity and service as an alumnus. As a life member of the UMBAS since 1973, he played in the Alumni Band until his embouchure “went south” in 2015. During these years, he served on the UMBAS Executive Council and was elected UMBAS President (2004-2005). He has been part of several major UMBAS offices and projects, including:
• Establishing UMBAS Alumni and President's Scholarships.
• Fundraising events in support of scholarships. • Major revision to UMBAS Bylaws and Constitution. • Countless performances in support of the U of M, the UMAA and Gopher Athletics. • Finance Committee chair (2010-2015), with Society audit and budget responsibilities.
And finally, in recognition of their role in raising funds, helping establish scholarships and personal financial support, Charlie and Sue became members of the U of M Foundation Presidents Club and Founders Society in 2006. They remain avid supporters of the University.