Mr. James Young, class of 1940, is retired after working at the Young & Sons Funeral Home from 1946 to 1983. He served in the United States Army Air Corps from November 18, 1940, until December 25, 1945.

He recently completed his book, "Before I Forget..." which tells the story of his life in the service during the World War II years. As Randy Pribble, Publisher and Editor of The Republic-Monitor explains on the book cover, "it is a fascinating story of how a young man’s desire to fly led him to become one of the few servicemen without a college education who made the grade as pilots with a non-commissioned status." And as Joel M. Vance, editor/writer, tells of Mr. Young’s book, "When you know Jim Young for as long as I have and when you meet his friends through these pages, you can easily see why we won World War II. These are true men and true heroes...and the real heroes don’t go around bragging about it. Jim doesn’t either, but he tells about hair-raising adventures in the War with the same lack of brag that he talks about his hunting and fishing exploits."

Mr. Young’s community involvement has included the Perryville Lion’s Club, the Sportsman Club and the Perry County Wildlife Chapter, where he served as president of all three clubs. He was also president of the 32,000 member Conservation Federation of Missouri for two years, and he was awarded Conservationist of the Year in 1973, which is the highest conservation award in Missouri.

Mr. Young lives in Perryville with his wife, Marie (Tackaberry) Young.

Dr. Larry Hoehn, a 1960 graduate, has been a Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, since 1979. He served as Assistant Professor from 1979 to 1984; Associate Professor from 1985 to 1989; and full Professor from 1990 to the present.

Dr. Hoehn received his Master of Arts in 1971 and his Doctorate in 1973 from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with a major in mathematic. His under graduate work was completed at Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau in 1964.

In 1985, Dr. Hoehn co-authored the Hoehn-Niven Theorem with noted mathematician, Ivan Niven. The theorem appeared in "Averages on the Move" which was published in the Mathematics Magazine.

Again in 1993, Hoehn published another theorem called, Hoehn’s Theorem for Polygons in an article entitled, "A Menelaus-Type Theorem for Pentagrams" which was published in the Mathematics Magazine. (Very few mathematicians ever get a theorem named after them.)

Dr. Hoehn has published extensively, listing to his credit approximately 70 articles, and has given numerous talks to various professional organizations.

In addition to his works in mathematics, he has published seven genealogical publications, which include his most recent book, "The Hoehn Families: From Runtzenbeim to Friedenberg."

Among Dr. Hoehn’s numerous honors and awards are the Pioneer Award from APSU in 2002, for developing web-based courses, Erdös Number of Two (An Erdös number is named for the late Paul Erdös, the most prolific mathematician of all time. It is an honor for mathematicians to have an Erdös number of any order), four consecutive nominations for the SEMO Alumni Merit Award, 1997-2000, and the Hawkins Award for Scholarship & Creativity at APSU.

Dr. Hoehn currently lives in Clarksville, Tennessee, with his wife, Carol.

Dr. Lynn Trapp, class of 1981, is a professional church musician, serving as Director of Worship & Music , Organist at the Church of St. Olaf in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he directs an extensive worship department with choral and liturgical ministry, concert series, and radio and television ministry.

Dr. Trapp received his Bachelor of Music degree in 1985 from Southern Illinois University. In 1988, he received his Master of Music degree from the University of Notre Dame and 1996 he received his Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Kansas.

His work is represented as a member of the Liturgical Organists Consortium, a group of five artists and clinicians chartered and sponsored by World Library Publications, Chicago, IL, and the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. He is heard on three Consortium CD recordings to date released by WLP, The Sacred Legacy of Paris (winning the national Golden Ear Award presented by Audio Sound, America’s premiere audiophile publication) Divinum Mysterium, and Chant Mosaic. LOC performances have been heard on the nationally-known radio program, Pipedreams.

Dr. Trapp is an active recitalist and has performed for churches, cathedrals, and universities in many major cities of the U.S. and Europe including regional and national conventions of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians and the American Guild of Organists.

A lengthly list of career engagements includes serving as co-conductor and organist of the 700 member choir for the internationally televised Papal Mass of World Youth Day with Pope John Paul II in Denver, Colorado, in 1993, serving as composer in residence at the New York City Litrugical School of Music and St. Louis Cathedral, and preparing a chorus for a 2001 Carnegie Hall concert in New York.

He is co-founder/director of Sacred Music on the Prairie, a national institute for church musicians held each fall in Cheyenne, Wyoming. With more than 50 publication titles to his name, his keyboard and choral music is published by Oxford Univ. Press, World Library Publications, GIA Publications, Morning Star Music Publishers, Concordia, and Selah Publishing Company. His commissions have been premiered in many prestigious places including the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. and by professional ensembles such as the Kansas City Chorale.

Dr. Trapp is the founder of Scholarship/Concert Funds at University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, Perryville High School and St. Olaf Catholic Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

He is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Waldemar Trapp of Perryville.