Nominations for the Grand Island Senior High School Hall of Honor are accepted throughout each year. Nominations are reviewed each year and inductees are named. We are excited to announce the Hall of Honor Banquet & Celebration is projected to be held again in 2024.
The Hall of Honor, inaugurated in 1983, recognizes Grand Island Senior High School alumni who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the betterment of society. Nominees must have graduated more than 20 years ago from the high school. Each year, at least one person is inducted into the Hall of Honor.
Nomination Form
Online nominations are encouraged using the online form below. Email foundation@gips.org with questions.
Paper nominations also accepted using the PDF below. Paper nomination forms must be returned to the Grand Island Public Schools Foundation, Attn: Kari Hooker-Leep, 123 S. Webb Rd., PO Box 4904, Grand Island, NE 68802.
Capt. Monte L. Moorberg
Class of 1957
Hall of Honor 1986
U.S. Air Force Captain Monte Moorberg was an outstanding Senior High graduate who gave his life for his country in the Vietnam War.
Moorberg graduated fourth in a class of 270 students at Grand Island Senior High. He was the first Senior High athlete to win four varsity letters in a single year. He played two years of varsity football at the Air Force Academy where he graduated in 1961.
Captain Moorberg had served three months in Vietnam when he was reported missing in action after failing to return from a successful combat mission he had led on December 2, 1966.
In April of 1968, the Air Force presented Capt. Moorberg’s widow, Judy, with the Distinguished Flying Cross, the nation’s second-highest valor award. Moorberg’s remains were buried at Arlington National Cemetery on November 25, 1985.
