October 2006

2006 JHS Hall of Fame Inductees
Dr. Ernest Little graduated from JHS in 1907, earned degrees from the University of Rochester and Columbia University and did graduate work at the University of Graz in Austria. He was appointed Dean of the New Jersey College of Pharmacy in 1926, was instrumental in the college’s incorporation into the State University of NJ at Rutgers and was elected President of the American Pharmaceutical Association. Dr. Little is deceased.

Major General Daniel C. Doubleday graduated from JHS in 1923, then from the US Military Academy in 1929 and the National War College in 1950. He was prominent in the development of aviation communications and navigation equipment, including the first use of instrument landing systems, aircraft bombing radars and many other forerunners of today’s standard equipment. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Legion of Merit and the Order of the British Empire. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Richard McGuire graduated from JHS in 1945, earned a BS from the United States Merchant Marine Academy, an MA from Columbia University, an MST from Union College and school administrator’s certification from SUNY Albany. He began a long and distinguished career in education in 1951, serving as a science teacher, physics teacher, and coach, retiring as principal of Scotia Glenville High School in 1990 and then serving as GJSD Interim Superintendent. He is active in community service and recently completed a six-year term on the GJSD Board of Education.

Barbara McMartin, Valedictorian of the JHS Class of 1949, graduated cum laude from Vassar College, earned a Master’s degree from Hunter College and a PhD from the Graduate Division of City University of New York. An environmental advocate for the Adirondack Park and Forest Preserve, she was the prolific author of twenty-five guidebooks and histories of the Adirondack region, and served on the NYS DEC Forest Preserve Advisory Committee for twenty-three years. Ms. McMartin is deceased.

G. Wallace Hart, a 1978 graduate of JHS, became the youngest ever GJSD Board of Education member when elected in 1979. He attended Fulton Montgomery Community College, established a popular local business formerly known as Wally’s Diner, and currently serves as President of the Fulton County Regional Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Mr. Hart is a member of numerous community service organizations, and generously volunteers his personal time and financial support to many worthwhile causes.

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