Nominations for the Grand Island Senior High School Hall of Honor are accepted throughout each year. The Hall of Honor Committee will review all submitted nominations and honor inductees every other year. We are excited to announce the Hall of Honor Banquet & Celebration will be held again on Tuesday, March 12, 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.
Roberta A. Lawrey
Class of 1949
Hall of Honor 1991
Roberta A. Lawrey is no stranger to Grand Island. After a very successful academic record through the Grand Island Schools, she completed her undergraduate degree at Hastings College, and her graduate degree in Library Science from Denver University. She returned to the Grand Island Public Library in 1956 and became its director in 1959.
Roberta has served her community by seeing it through an extensive building program resulting in the construction of the beautiful Edith Abbott Memorial Library in 1974. She served as the director until her retirement in 1991.
