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2005 Recipients
Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States, congratulates Kathleen Cochrane Kean (photo by Joyce Naltchayan).
The Institute presented the 2004 History Teacher of the Year Award to Kathleen Cochrane Kean, an advanced placement U.S. history teacher at Nicolet High School in Glendale, Wisconsin. For the past twenty-five years, Mrs. Kean has taught advanced placement U.S. history as well as other history courses, including a course for at-risk students. Over a decade ago, she helped create an interdisciplinary American studies program in which teachers work to build connections between American literature, history and the arts. She introduced the study of American architecture into the program and helps plan an annual field trip for juniors to visit historic neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States, presented Mrs. Kean with her award at a ceremony at the New-York Historical Society on October 19th.

2004 State Winners
  • Alabama
    Winner: Marjo Gann, Hoover High School, Hoover
    State Coordinator: Susan DuBose
  • Alaska
    Winner: Patricia S. Behner, North Pole High School, North Pole
    State Coordinator: Steve Ex
  • Arkansas
    Winner: Michael D. Polston, Cabot High School, Cabot
    State Coordinator: Carolyn Pittman
  • Arizona
    no winner chosen
  • California
    Winner: Kenneth E. Hooper, Bakersfield High School, Bakersfield
    State Coordinators: Jack Bareilles and Linda Mehlbrech
  • Colorado
    Winner: Karen Green, Aspen High School, Aspen
    State Coordinator: Mary Anne Hoffman
  • Connecticut
    Winner: Jeanne Marie Benoit, Putnam Middle School, Putnam
    State Coordinator: Daniel W. Gregg
  • Delaware
    Winner: Sandy Furbush, Sussex Technical High School, Georgetown
    State Coordinator: Lewis Huffmann
  • Florida
    Winner: Regina Stuck, Homestead Middle School, Homestead
    State Coordinator: Rafael Ricardo
  • Georgia
    Winner: Andrew G. White, Morrow High School, Morrow
    State Coordinator: Peggy Caldwell
  • Hawaii
    Winner: Wray Jose, Moanalua High School, Honolulu
    State Coordinator: Mary Anne Soboleski
  • Idaho
    Winner: Gail Chumbley, Eagle High School, Eagle
    State Coordinator: Daniel Prinzing
  • Illinois
    Winner: Robert A. Rodey, Marian Catholic High School, Chicago Heights
    State Coordinator: Richard Carlson
  • Indiana
    Winner: Stephen S. Hardwick, Indian Creek Elementary School, Indianapolis
    State Coordinator: Don Adams and Christopher McGrew
  • Iowa
    Winner: James Daniel, Valley High School, West Des Moines
    State Coordinator: Thomas Connors
  • Kansas
    Winner: Martha Howard, Indian Hills Middle School, Prairie Village
    State Coordinator: Kris Shaw
  • Kentucky
    Winner: Patricia J. Morris, Ballard High School, Louisville
    State Coordinator: Rebecca S. Hanly
  • Louisiana
    Winner: Jane Texada, Pineville High School, Pineville
    State Coordinator: Nikki Bray-Clark
  • Maine
    Winner: Gail Lamb, Monmouth Academy, Monmouth
    State Coordinator: Steve Bromage
  • Maryland
    Winner: Robert Alan Handy, Bel Air High School, Bel Air
    State Coordinator: Donna Olszewski
  • Massachusetts
    Winner: W. Dean Eastman, Beverly High School, Beverly
    State Coordinator: Deborah Walker
  • Michigan
    Winner: Timothy J. Evans, Marysville Middle School, Marysville
    State Coordinator: James Cameron
  • Minnesota
    Winner: Lonni Skrentner, Edina High School, Edina
    State Coordinator: Charles Skemp
  • Mississippi
    Winner: Todd E. Boucher, Biloxi High School, Biloxi
    State Coordinator: Jennifer Nance
  • Missouri
    Winner: Joan W. Musbach, Ladue Middle School, St. Louis
    State Coordinator: William Gerling
  • Montana
    Winner: Norman F. Anderson, Great Falls High School, Great Falls
    State Coordinator: James Bruggeman
  • Nebraska
    Winner: Mark Hunt, Boone Central High School, Albion
    State Coordinator: Larry Starr
  • Nevada
    Winner: Carol Hines, The Darrell C. Swope Middle School, Reno
    State Coordinator: Susan Davis
  • New Hampshire
    Winner: Thomas Gilfoyle, Nashua North High School, Nashua
    State Coordinator: Kenneth Relihan
  • New Jersey
    Winner: Beverly Jones, Trenton Central High School, Trenton
    State Coordinator: John Dougherty
  • New Mexico
    Winner: Jim Smith, Mayfield High School, Las Cruces
    State Coordinator: Pat Concannon
  • New York
    Winner: Celestine DeSaussure, Mark Twain Intermediate School, Brooklyn
  • North Carolina
    Winner: Allen Guidry, J.H. Rose High School, Greenville
    State Coordinator: Steven Weber
  • North Dakota
    Winner: Jeffrey C. Stotts, Devils Lake High School, Devils Lake
    State Coordinator: Cindy Grabe
  • Ohio
    Winner: Linda Darus Clark, Padua Franciscan High School, Parma
    State Coordinator: Bill Ross
  • Oklahoma
    Winner: Stephen G. Stevens, Latta High School, Ada
    State Coordinator: Kelly Curtright
  • Oregon
    Winner: Kristie Duyckinck, Century High School, Hillsboro
    State Coordinator: Andrea Morgan
  • Pennsylvania
    Winner: Angela Matt, Loomis Elementary School, Broomall
    State Coordinator: Parker E. Martin
  • Rhode Island
    Winner: Robert A. Scappini, Central Falls High School, Central Falls
    State Coordinator: Marie Parys
  • South Carolina
    Winner: Priscilla McPheeters, Coughman Road Elementary, Columbia
    State Coordinator: James Bryan
  • South Dakota
    Winner: Vikki Hasche, Arlington Elementary School, Arlington
    State Coordinator: Jeffrey Mammenga
  • Tennessee
    Winner: Mary Catherine Bradshaw, Hillsboro High School, Nashville
    State Coordinator: Michelle Ungurait
  • Texas
    Winner: Melony Glynn Speer, East Central Heritage Middle School, San Antonio
    State Coordinator: Sandra Woodruff
  • Utah
    Winner: Conn James Wood, Dixie Middle School, St. George
    State Coordinator: Dawn L. Hauser
  • Vermont
    Winner: Jerry Desmaris, Spaulding High School, Barre
    State Coordinator: Sigrid Lumbra
  • Virginia
    Winner: Barbara W. Weaver, Thomas Eaton Middle School, Hampton
    State Coordinator: Colleen Bryant
  • Washington, DC
    Winner: Annie C. Miller, Jefferson Junior High School
    State Coordinator: Roceal N. Duke
  • Washington State
    Winner: Marshall Mah, Mount Spokane High School, Mead
    State Coordinator: Kathleen Huttenmaier
  • West Virginia
    Winner: Robert Wilson, Parkersburg High School, Parkersburg
    State Coordinator: Sharon Flack
  • Wisconsin
    Winner: Kathleen Cochrane Kean, Nicolet High School, Glendale
    State Coordinator: Walter Herscher
  • Wyoming
    Winner: Kevin Cates, McCormick Junior High School, Cheyenne
    State Coordinator: Sherry Tavegie
  • Puerto Rico
    Winner: Elsa Castro, University Gardens High School, San Juan
    State Coordinator: Damaris Mercado
  • U.S. Virgin Islands
    Winner: Leonice Donovan, Edith Williams Elementary School, St. Thomas
    State Coordinator: Annie Smith
  • U.S. Territories
    Winner: Letoa R. Atafua, Tafuna High School, Pago Pago
    State Coordinators: Bernadette Eshima and Harvey Lee
  • Department of Defense Education Agency
    Winner: N. Wayne Craig, Quantico Middle High School, Quantico
    State Coordinator: Yvonne L. Bolling
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