Illinois Master Teacher 1984

Founder of the Learning Skills Center, a resource program for both teachers and students, 1985-1987, designated a "National Center of Excellence" by the National Council of Teachers of English

Top Ten Soccer Announcer according to Daily Herald, "Voice of Glenbard West Soccer" 1995

Referenced in Problems as Possibilities: Problem-Based Learning for K–16 by Sara Sage and Linda Torp and in Brain Matters: Translating Research into Classroom Practice by Pat Wolfe

Featured and taped speaker for Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, March 1997, "Problem-Based Learning: A Showcase for a New Vision"