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.
Frederick E. Gaines
Class of 1955
Hall of Honor 1992
Fred Gaines started writing with some seriousness as an eighth grader at Walnut Junior High when one of his plays was performed at a school assembly.
As a member of the Marine Corps, he made the decision to pursue writing as a career. He was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship and in 1965 studied at Manchester University in England. His first real professional break was at the Asolo Theatre in Sarasota, Florida where four of his plays were produced.
Fred was appointed Associate Professor of Theatre at Lawrence University in Wisconsin in 1978. He is presently teaching and producing plays in Washington, D.C., Minneapolis, and Appleton.
