Rogers Walk of Fame to install inductees

Six new members of the John R. Rogers High School Walk of Fame will be inducted at 9:10 a.m. on Oct. 17 during the school’s homecoming assembly in the Carl “Tuffy” Ellingsen Athletic Center on the school campus, 1622 E. Wellesley Ave.

This year’s inductees:

Andy Berg, Sr., class of 1944. Berg was a radioman in the U.S. Navy during World War II and worked as a geologist for the U.S. Bureau of Mines. He was also later appointed to the Bureau of Land Management’s Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council and was a member of the Advisory Board for the College of Science, Mathematics and Technology at Eastern Washington University.

Lynda Hayashi graduated from the school in 1966 and received a master’s degree from Gonzaga University. Hayashi was president of the Spokane Education Association from 1989 to 1992 and was involved in many charitable activities. She also worked as a mediator for Spokane Public Schools.

Len Renner graduated from Rogers in 1975 and earned a master’s in business administration from Gonzaga University. He has served as treasurer of Junior Achievement of the Inland Northwest and the Spokane Scholars Foundation. He is involved in activities such as the Spokane Community Gardens, the Spokane Area Chamber of Commerce’s K-12 Education Committee and regularly works with elementary, middle and high school students to teach them about economics.

Richard Schuerman, class of 1960, went on to attend Spokane Community College with an emphasis on fire science. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1960 to 1963, Schuerman began working with the Spokane Fire Department and retired as fire battalion chief in 1996. He has volunteers in several capacities at St. Patrick’s School, volunteers with Habitat for Humanity and was the project manager in charge of the building of nine new fire stations and the remodeling of five fire stations.

Robert D. Walker, class of 1959, went on to graduate from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, commanded the 248th Transportation Battalion and spent 43 years in the Washington Army National Guard and the U.S. Army Reserve. He also worked as a patrolman, a traffic officer and member of SWAT, worked to develop the Spokane Police Department Volunteer Services Program and volunteers as director of the Winter Knights Snowmobile Search and Rescue Unit. He works part time for the U.S. Marshal’s Office in Spokane.

Ned Wogman, class of 1957, worked as a scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for 43 years and designed systems to detect nuclear proliferation. He has consulted for the Department of Energy and Defense.

A luncheon will follow the assembly and Rogers’ homecoming game will be Oct. 17 at 5:30 p.m. at Joe Albi Stadium. The school will play North Central.