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.
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.
