Hall of Fame Inductees Honored at High School Assembly

September 28, 2018—Shaker Heights High School welcomed the eight newest members of the Shaker Schools Alumni Hall of Fame today at a student assembly for juniors and seniors. The alumni, who will be officially inducted at a dinner Saturday night at Shaker Heights Country Club, join more than 280 Shaker Heights High School graduates who have been inducted into the Hall of Fame since it was established in 1986. 

The inductees include Abby Goulder Abelson, M.D. (‘70) Chair of the Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases at Cleveland Clinic; Michael Green (‘80) CEO and founder of the Center for Environmental Health; David A. Hansell (‘71), Commissioner of the New York City Administration for Children’s Services; Judy Harris (‘66), Senior Counsel in the Washington DC law firm Reed Miller; Aaron David Miller (‘67), Vice President for the New Initiatives and a Distinguished Fellow and Director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Kathy Roth-Douquet (‘82) founder and CEO of Blue Star Families; Jamil Smith (‘93) Senior Writer at Rolling Stone; and Abdul Williams (‘90), a screenwriter and winner of the 2018 NAACP Image Award for outstanding writing.

“You’re the ones closest to becoming alumni yourselves, we want you to hear from alumni and be inspired by them,” High School principal Jonathan Kuehnle told the students. After the assembly, the inductees held round table discussions and visited with high school students.