Rockford Chamber of Commerce, November 2019, Melissa Westphal
Keith Country Day School
Keith Country Day School – 1974
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Rosecrance, Robert Bruce
Died Feb. 8, 2015.
Born June 2, 1923, son of Ralph C. and Winifred (Smith) Rosecrance.
Graduate West High School 1941.
Graduate Stanford University 1947, after serving as Lieutenant Junior Grade in the U.S. Naval Construction Battalion, the Seabees, during WWII, in Hilo, Hawaii, and Sasebo, Japan.
Worked for Rockford Fibre Container Co. for 10 years, then for Atwood Vaccuum Machine Co. for 29 years, as President for 21 of those years.
Formerly a member of Rotary, University Club, and Rockford Country Club. Board member of numerous banks and community organizations.
Olson Funeral and Cremation Services; Private burial in New Milford Civil War Cemetery.
Source: Rockford Register Star 2/22/2015.
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Miss Mellie John
Miss Mellie John
Resigned from faculty at East High School in June
Becoming a consultant to the Keith School, Fall 1944
At work on fourth textbook
Author of: “Natural English”, “English For You” and “Grown Up English”
The article features a photograph of Miss John with students
Source: Rockford Morning Star, 08/13/1944
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Gerry, Barbara Eisner – Sock Monkey Tales
Note: Rockford Public Library has several copies of Gerry’s book “Rockford Sock Monkey Tales.” One copy is always available in the Local History Room, and the others can be checkout out.
Source: The Rock River Times, Oct. 15-21, 2014, Vol. 21, No. 52, pages 16 and 44.
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Camp Robinhood – 1952
Source: Rockford Register-Republic June 26, 1952
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Judge Rosemary Collins
1 photograph of Collins as judge
Honorable 17th Circuit Division Judge Rosemary Collins
St. Louis native
graduate John Marshall Law School in Chicago
came to Rockford in 1980
hired as Assistant State’s Attorney by State’s Attorney Dan Doyle
Collins started serving on the bench in 1989
board president for Children’s Safe Harbor
board member for Keith Country Day School
her husband is attorney Paul Gaziano, a federal public defender
Source: Northwest Quarterly magazine, Winter 2913, Vol. 10, No. 5, page 107
