Honors & Awards

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has presented 27 individuals, teachers, staff members and health professionals with Healthy School Hero awards. The awards honor individuals who have created programs or assisted in the overall improvement of student nutrition and physical activity. The winners will receive a plaque and a $1,000 grant.

The winners are listed below alphabetically.

Dan Albertson , Watertown Middle School, Watertown, SD; Barb Allen , Johnston Middle School, Johnston, Iowa; Julie Allington , Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Madison, Wis.; William E. Bates , Cambridge Public Schools, Cambridge, Mass.; Terry Beasley , Fairhope Elementary School, Fairhope, Ala.; Margie Bradford , Bardstown Independent School District, Bardstown, Ky.; Marilyn Briggs , California Department of Education, Sacramento, Calif.; Dennis Burstein , Alexandria City Public Schools, Alexandria, Va.; Mary Clotts , Beechwood Elementary School, Columbus, Ohio; Robert Deignan , Lowell Public Schools, Lowell, Mass.; Jacqueline Domac , Venice High School, Los Angeles, Calif.; Ginny Ehrlich , Oregon Department of Education, Salem, Ore.; Susan Foerster , California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, Calif.; Beverly Girard , Sarasota District Schools, Sarasota, Fla.; Robert Hagemann , McIntosh Middle School, Sarasota, Fla.; Mike Hill , American Cancer Society, Texas Division; Susan Kogut , University of Maryland Department of Kinesiology, College Park, Md.; Lloyd J. Kolbe , CDC Division of Adolescent and School Health, Atlanta, Ga.; Larry Larson , North Cache 8- 9 Center, Richmond, Utah; Dr. Darlene Lawrence , MD, Imani Health Care, Washington, DC; Paul McElwain , Kentucky Department of Education, Frankfort, Ky.; JoAnne Owens-Nauslar , American School Health Association, Kent, Ohio; Dianne Radigan , Children's Hunger Alliance, Columbus, Ohio; Sharyn Turner , Nevada City School District, Nevada City, Calif.; Catherine Voelzke , Midwest Dairy Council, Brookings, SD; Nira Warner , Auxiliary to North Jersey Medical Society, East Orange, NJ; Valerie Wiener ...