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District 303 Announces 2014 Distinguished Alumni

Distinguished alumni to be honored at Feb. 22 GSCEF Jazz event

SOURCE: St. Charles Community Unit School District 303

St. Charles Community Unit School District 303, in conjunction with the Distinguished Alumni Award Committee and the Greater St. Charles Education Foundation, is proud to announce the recipients of District 303’s Distinguished Alumni Award for 2014. The award is given to nominees who graduated from District 303 and have demonstrated a high level of achievement in their field 
of endeavor or in their contributions to their community.


The 2014 recipients are Dan Marshall, Col. Michael Miller MD, and Karen Page. 
Dan Marshall graduated from St. Charles High School in 1980. He is a fourth-generation St. Charles native and is the owner and principal architect of Marshall Architects based in St. Charles.

His distinctive building designs are easily recognizable and include Heritage Square located at 5th Street and Illinois Avenue in St. Charles, and the Third Street Shops Renovation in Geneva. Dan also provides an internship program at Marshall Architects that every year employs and trains two District 303 high school students who are interested in pursuing careers in architecture. He is also a past president and board member of the St. Charles Downtown Partnership and currently serves 
on the Building Code Board of Appeals for the City of St. Charles.

Col. Michael Miller MD (U.S. Army ret.) graduated from St. Charles High School in 1984. He is the Director of Medical Toxicology Education at Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas. Mike spends part of his time living in Hawai’i where he is a staff physician at Tripler Army Medical Hospital. He served in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2009 as Emergency Medicine Chief of the 10th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq. Prior to that in 2006, Mike was a Theater Consultant for Medical Toxicology for deployed areas of Iraq and Afghanistan. He 
retired from the United States Army with the rank of Colonel in 2012.

Karen Page graduated from St. Charles High School in 1979. She is an award-winning author who has collaborated with her husband Andrew Dornenberg on The Food Lover’s Guide to Wine, The Flavor Bible, What to Drink with What You Eat, and Becoming a Chef. Each of those books is either a winner or finalist for the James Beard, IACP, or Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.

Their book, Becoming a Chef, was praised by Julia Child and that book is part of the Julia Child kitchen exhibit at the Smithsonian. Prior to becoming a best-selling author, Karen teamed with her husband as weekly wine columnists for the Washington Post.

The 2014 recipients will be recognized at the Greater St. Charles Education Foundation’s Night of Jazz event which will be held on February 22, 2014, at the Royal Fox Country Club. Tickets for the event may be purchased by going to www.stceducation.com.


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