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2022 Laureate Gallery

2022 Convocation Events and Ceremony

Lincoln Academy Academic Trustee, Elmhurst President and Convocation Host Troy VanAken with wife and Co-host, Dr. Annette VanAken
Lincoln Academy Academic Trustee, Elmhurst President and Convocation Host Troy VanAken receives certificate of appreciation from Lincoln Academy Chancellor Frank Clark
Elmhurst President and Convocation Host Troy VanAken Speaking
Eric Trimble and Ronald Dean Spears
Lincoln Academy Rector Larry Dietz, Rector Daniel Kelley, and Trustee Robert Easter
Lincoln Academy Regent Eric Trimble and Rector Larry Dietz
Wanda and Don Tracey and Bill and Julie Kellner
Lincoln Academy Regent Don Tracey, Kay Torshen and 1996 Lincoln Laureate Alan Schriesheim
2022 Lincoln Laureate Robert Thomas, Maggie Thomas, and Lincoln Academy Trustee Delmer Mitchell
Lincoln Academy Regent Don Tracy and 2022 Lincoln Laureate Becky Doyle
2022 Lincoln Laureate Robert Thomas
2022 Lincoln Laureate Robert Thomas and 2017 Frank Clark
Lincoln Academy Regent Doug Stewart, Vicki Stewart and Rector Larry Dietz
Ronald Dean Spears, Speaking
Margaret Sandberg, Barbara Mitchell, Lincoln Academy Regent Zan Ransburg
Margaret and Lincoln Academy Rector Ryne Sandberg, Executive Director Leanne and Brian Barnhart
1996 Lincoln Laureate Alan Schriesheim, Kay Torshen and 2022 Lincoln Laureate John McCarter
Lincoln Academy Rector Ryne Sandberg, Trustee Robert Easter, and Trustee Delmer Mitchell
Ryne Sandberg and John Freitag
Lincoln Academy Regent Zan Ransburg and 2022 Lincoln Laureate John M. McCarter, Jr.
Registration
Lincoln Academy Regent George Dohrmann and Rector Helen Morrison
Registration Table with Name Badges
2022 Lincoln Laureate John McCarver talking with Lincoln Academy Regent Stephanie Pace-Marshall
2022 Lincoln Laureate John McCarter Speaking
Rev. H. Scott Matheney and Annette VanAken
Julie Kellner receives award from Ronald Dean Spears
Stephanie Pace Marshall, Julie Kellner, and Linda Schielke
Julie Kellner, Frank Clark, and Ronald Dean Spears
Julie Kellner speaking
Julie Kellner Speaking
Julie Kellner, Frank Clark, Award, Ronald Dean Spears
Julie Kellner Speaking
Lincoln Academy Rector Daniel Kelley, Pam Kelley, and Chet Boruff
John and XXX Frietag, Stephanie Pace Marshall, and Troy and Annette VanAken
Doc and Ethel Holladay, Stephanie Pace Marshall, and Courtney Shea
Ethel Holladay, and Todd and Leslie Shapiro
XXX Edwards and Hannah Bacon
XXX Edwards, Hannah Bacon, Troy VanAken, and Rebecca Carlisle Doyle
Bob and Cheryl Easter
Cheryl Easter and Annette VanAken
Rebecca Carlisle Doyle Speaking
Cheryl Easter and Julie Kellner
Rebecca Carlisle Doyle Speaking
Marlene Dietz, Joy Boruff, and XXX Trimble
Dr. Vera Clark Speaking, and Frank Clark
Vera Clark and Frank Clark
Frank Clark, and Todd and Leslie Shapiro
Frank Clark and Ronald Dean Spears
Frank Clark and Ronald Dean Spears
Lincoln Academy Executive Director Leanne Barnhart, Brian Barnart, Vera Clark and Lincoln Academy Chancellor Frank Clark
Ron Spears thanking sponsors at the reception
Lincoln Academy Emeritus Trustee Ernie Wish and Lincoln Academy Regent and Treasurer Ethel Holladay
Elmhurst University President Troy VanAken
Lincoln Academy Trustee Claire Manning and Andrzej Bartke
Lincoln Academy Rector Ricardo Estrada and Regent and Treasurer Graham Grady
Lincoln Academy Rector Ricardo Estrada and Beatriz Ponce de Leon
Lincoln Academy Trustee Marlene Dietz and 2022 Lincoln Laureate Debra Cafaro
Lincoln Academy Trustee Ron Rabjohns and Lincoln Academy Chancellor Ron Spears
Lincoln Academy Trustee Eric Trimble, Barbara Trimble, Amy Trimble and Joe Urbaitis
Joe Urbaitis, Amy Trimble, Lincoln Academy Academic Trustee and Rockford University President Eric Fulcomer and Andrea Fulcomer, Lincoln Academy Regent Eric Trimble and Barbara Trimble
2022 Lincoln Laureate Robert Thomas and Maggie Thomas
2022 Lincoln Laureate Robert Thomas
2017 Lincoln Laureate Frank Clark and 2022 Lincoln Laureate Robert Thomas
2022 Lincoln Laureate Robert Thomas and Lincoln Academy Chancellor Ron Spears
2022 Lincoln Laureate Robert Thomas
2022 Lincoln Laureate Robert Thomas
2022 Lincoln Laureate Robert Thomas and family with Governor Pritzker
Spears-Thomas
Spears-Pritzker-Clark
Lincoln Academy President and State of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker installs Ron Spears as Chancellor with former Chancellor Frank Clark nearby
Spears-Clark
Lincoln Academy President and State of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker installs Ron Spears as Chancellor with former Chancellor Frank Clark nearby
Lincoln Academy President and State of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker installs Ron Spears as Chancellor with former Chancellor Frank Clark nearby
Brian Barnhart and Lincoln Academy Executive Director Leanne Barnhart
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Champaign, IL 61826

217-493-0047

CONVOCATION DATES

2025 Lincoln Laureate ceremony –
May 3, 2025 – Champaign

2026 Lincoln Laureate ceremony –
April 11, 2026 – Edwardsville

50th Anniversary Event of Student
Laureates –July 12, 2025 – Chicago

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