14 to be inducted into ZHS Hall of Fame

ZANESVILLE − Zanesville City Schools will induct 14 new members to its Hall of Fame at 6 p.m. Saturday at Zanesville High School. The new inductees are members of two classes after a previous ceremony was canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic

The Class of 2020 includes:

Donald Cain, Lash High School graduated from Zanesville High School in 1949. "For almost three decades, Donald Cain advocated for the students, educators, boards of education, and the public-school systems in the city of Zanesville, state of Ohio, and the nation with distinction," reads Cain's hall of fame biography. He served on the Zanesville City Schools Board of Education for 16 years, from 1976 to 1991, and the Muskingum Area Joint Vocational School District Board of Education from 1976 to 1981. He also served at the regional, state and national level of various school board associations.

Anthony Tabler was both athletically and academically talented in high school. He graduated from West Point with a bachelor of science degree, then obtained a master's from the Air Force Institute of Technology. Following a 22 year-career in the Army, Tabler has worked as a defense contractor for a number of communications companies. He has also served in a variety of church ministries. He graduated from ZHS in 1975.

Bob Haynes, Zanesville High School class of 1964, graduated from the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine and organized a free medical clinic operated by seniors. He became a clinical assistant professor of cardiology at the University of Washington in Seattle, later founding his own cardiology practice. He served as chief of medicine and cardiology and was chief of the medical staff at Evergreen Medical Center. Rated as one of the top doctors in the area, he also has taught advanced cardiac life support and consulted in cardiology in Gaza.

Eric Zurbrügg was co-captain of the football team and a state track meet qualifier at Zanesville High School. Zurbrügg graduated from the United States Air Force Academy, and then Washington University School of Medicine. He served as an Air Force physician during the Vietnam era, then completed residency training and board certification in pediatrics and child neurology. Zurbrügg was the medical director of the Illinois Deaf Blind School, the Marklund Home, and the Little Angels Home (residential schools for children with severe and profound neurologic disabilities). He taught pediatrics and neurology to family practice residents and served as consultant to special education cooperatives for childhood neurologic conditions. He has practiced and taught at Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital of Atlanta, performed disability evaluations for veterans with traumatic brain injuries and is a physician reviewer for Georgia Medicaid. He graduated from ZHS in 1961.

Eric Land graduated from Zanesville High School in 1969. Land graduated Ohio University in 1973 with a bachelor's degree in Communications. He has had a 59-year career in television broadcasting, including time at WHIZ, WOUB, WCPO in Cincinnati. He was named chief operating officer of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2005. He returned to television and is overseeing three television stations in Birmingham. Land and and his wife Cindy established the Allan and June Land Award (endowed) at Ohio University in 1976, which grants scholarships to students in the Scripps College of Communications.

Lee Eppley served aboard the USS Johnston from 1957 to 1963, following his graduate from M&M High School in McConnelsville. After leaving the Navy, he worked at Finlaw Lumber and then AK Steeel before retiring in 2004. Eppley was active in youth athletics, including serving as commissioner for Y-City Midget League for 40 years. He coached pee-wee football for more than 20 years, and was active in the ZHS Quarterback Club, Zanesville Athletic Boosters, ZHS Tip Off Club, and the Devilette Boosters. Eppley was elected to the Zanesville City School Board in 2004, and served three four-year terms.

Ted Hannahs, ZHS 1975, followed his high school dream of becoming a professional bowler and bowled on the Professional Bowlers Association Tour from 1980 to 1988. He won three national titles, 23 regional championships, and an American Bowling Congress doubles title along with Zanesville grad Bob Blakey. In 1982 Hannahs finished fourth place on the year-end earnings list.

The class of Class of 2023 includes:

Slade Galloway graduated from Zanesville High School in 1995. A talented basketball player, he was a member of the Blue Devils 1995 State Championship basketball team. He lead the team in scoring during the final, netting 17 points, including five 3-pointers. Galloway attended Ohio University earning a bachelor's degree and then graduated with honors from Ohio State University College of Optometry. He now has an optometry practice in Zanesville.

Logan Aronhalt was a four-year varsity basketball starter and lead the Blue Devils to the regional finals twice. He scored a school-record 1,623 points, and finished his career second in rebounds, with 602. He was named first team All-Ohio twice, and the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association Player of the Year for the 2007-08 season.Aronhalt earned a Division I athletics scholarship to the State University of New York at Albany, where he scored more than 1,000 points, then completed his collegiate career at The University of Maryland as a graduate transfer for the 2012-13 season. He played professionally in Italy for a season following his collegiate career. He joined the Navy in 2016 and served for six years.

Charles "Dick" Bell graduated from Zanesville High School in 1960. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering in 1965, and from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering in 1970. Bell had a 32-year career in nuclear engineering, with an emphasis in nuclear safety. He worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico for 27 years, where he held various technical leadership and management positions. He worked on projects associated with liquid-metal-cooled breeder reactors, space reactors, production reactors for nuclear materials, highly radioactive nuclear waste cleanup, and secure storage of plutonium from dismantled Russian nuclear weapons. Bell is an an elder in the Presbyterian Church in America.

Jordan Lear, a ZHS 2003 graduate, earned 10 varsity letters in four sports. He was named All Ohio in basketball and football, and was all-district goalkeeper for the soccer team. Jordan earned a full football scholarship to the University of Cincinnati, later transferring to Tusculum College in Greeneville, Tenn., on a full basketball scholarship. He and a cousin founded and operate the DEL Foundation in memory of his uncle Darrell Lear, a long-time Zanesville City School employee. The foundation provides annual scholarships to Zanesville High School students and donates proceeds to local cancer fighting organizations.

Henry Lee graduated from ZHS in 1855 and then from West Point in 1960, where he was ranked 82 of 500 class cadets. He served several military assignments in the far east, including Vietnam, Okinawa and Korea. He earned two master of civil engineering degrees at the University of Michigan and received his professional engineer license from the Commonwealth of Virginia. He retired from the military in 1984 as a LT. Colonel. He later served on the Sacramento County California Mental Health Board, as well as performing consulting work for the California State Mental Health Division.

Jennifer Huffman Stewart graduated from ZHSl in 1968. She taught Spanish for Zanesville City Schools and also volunteered in a number of school programs. Stewart was elected to the Zanesville City Schools Board of Education, and was appointed to the Mid-East Ohio Career Center Board, serving as president. She became an elected member of the State Board of Education, served as vice president, and represented the board on the Joint Council with the Ohio Board of Regents. She was the central area director for the National Association of State Boards of Education. Stewart returned to teaching Spanish at ZHS, and retired in 2015. She was also instrumental in forming the Zanesville Alumni Association.

Keturah Lofton graduated from Zanesville High School in 2000. She was a three-sport athlete, earning six letters. She competed in the Ohio State High School Division I track and field meet three consecutive years. She broke the school record in the discus throw her senior year. She walked onto the Ohio State University track team and earned a full athletic scholarship, competing in the shot put, discus, weight, and hammer throws. Lofton broke the OSU school records in the indoor weight throw and outdoor hammer throw her junior year. She was a two-time BigTen Conference Champion, three-time All-America, six-time NCAA Championship qualifier, and two-time Olympic Trials qualifying finalist. In 2008, she became the assistant strength and throws coach for the female throwers at OSU. In 2012 Keturah, was inducted into The Ohio State University Hall of Fame. She has a bachelor's degree in dental hygiene.

Tickets for the Hall Fame event are $25. For more information and to order tickets, call Johanna Riley at 740-454-9751.

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