
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.
Dr. Peggy Fagan Radford
Class of 1966
Hall of Honor 1987
Dr. Peggy Radford is annually recognized by the families of babies she has successfully delivered despite complications.
After graduating in three years from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s pre-med program, she entered the University’s Medical School in the fall of 1969. She began her residency in Omaha in 1973 in Pediatrics and Neonatology.
Dr. Radford is now the Director of Neonatology at Children’s Hospital in Omaha. Her writing has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine.