Alabama -- Nell McLure Arnold; Russelville High School, AL -- Home Economics
Alaska -- Archie W. Demmert; Grater Sitka Borough School, AK -- 6;
National Teacher of the Year Finalist
Arizona -- Richard Gardea; Safford Elementary School, Safford, AZ -- 8
Arkansas -- Marion (Charleen) Hickey; Central High School, AR -- Spanish, 2-4
California -- Lawrence Newman; California School for the Deaf, CA --
Mathamatics, 7-12
Colorado -- Richard Baker; Lake County High School, CO -- Biology
Connecticut -- Sheila Mary Schmidt; Clover Street School, Windson, CT --
Teacher of mentally retarded
Delaware -- Ellen Harmeson; Special School District, Dover, DE -- Special Education
Florida -- Barbara Goleman; Miami-Jackson High School, FL -- Language Arts;
1969 National Teacher of the Year ( NTOY Information )
Georgia -- Robert Morgan; Druid Hills High School, DeKalb County, GA --
Social Studies, 11-12
Guam -- Rosario M. Naputi; Inarajan Elementary School, Inarajan, GU --
Special Education
Hawaii -- Emido Kuraoka; Kauai High School, Lihue, HI -- Language Arts, non-graded
Idaho -- Helen Kirby; Van Buren Elementary School, Caldwell, ID -- Elementary, Junior First Grade
Illinois -- Dean DePoy; Wheeling High School, Wheeling, IL -- Music Instructor, 9-12
Indiana -- Carl Ebel; South Ripley Community Schools, Versilles, IN
Iowa -- Jane Sharp; Grant Elementary School, IA -- Elementary, 3-4
Kansas -- James Hood; St. John Kansas High School, KS -- Physics/Chemistry/General Science
Kentucky -- Flossie Slusher; Harmony Elementary School, Pineville, KY -- 8
Louisiana -- June Moore; Mermentau Elementary School, LA -- Language Arts/Social Studies/Physical Education
Maine -- Emmett Stevens; Schenck High School, East Millinocket, ME --
Business Education
Massachusetts -- Ruth K. Doorly; Westwood Public Schools, MA --
Special Education
Minnesota -- Richard A. Hanson; Burnsville Senior High School, Burnsville, MN --
Mathematics; National Teacher of the Year Finalist
Montana -- Matilda Malicot Johnston; Rattle Snake School, Missoula County, MT --
Elementary, 1
Nevada -- Karl W. Meuster; Western High School, Las Vegas, NV -- Social Science/ American Government
New Hampshire -- Matilda Ernst; Lebanon High School, NH -- Science
New Jersey -- George O. Cureton; Morton Elementary School, Newark, NJ -- Elementary, 1; National Teacher of the Year Finalist
New Mexico -- Mary Joe Fitzgerald Clendenin; Cloudcroft High School, NM -- General Science
New York -- Lowell B. Fox; Attica Junior-Senior High School, Attica, NY -- Mathematics
North Dakota -- Kristian Monson; Williston High School, Williston, ND -- Biology
Ohio -- Charles G. Rousculp; Worthington High School, OH -- English
Oklahoma -- Frank (Trudy) McFarland; Will Rogers Elementary School, Stillwater, OK -- Elementary, 5
Oregon -- Arlene Nelson; Lake Oswego Junior High School, OR -- Home Economics
Pennsylvania -- Richard S. Smith; Marple Newtown Senior High School, PA -- Biology
Rhode Island -- Mary D. Parks; Warren High School, Warren, RI -- English
South Carolina -- Agnes H. Wilson; Lincoln High School, Sumter, SC -- French/ Journalism; National Teacher of the Year Finalist
South Dakota -- Arline Autio; Lead Public Schools, SD -- Principal & Teacher, 1
Texas -- Ruth Spear; San Marcos Public Schools, TX -- Science, 7-8
Utah -- Alta Gassman Moffitt; Kearns Junior High School, Kearns, UT --
Home Economics
Washington -- Larry Peterson; Bothell High School, Bothell, WA -- Mathematics
West Virginia -- Edythe Reeder; Dunbar Elementary School, Dunbar, WV -- Elementary, 3
Wisconsin -- Albert Goerlitz; Wisconsin Public Schools, Neenah, WI --
Teacher of mentally retarded
Wyoming -- Karl D. Allen; Thermopolis County High School, Hotsprings, WY -- Civics/ Contemporary Problems, 12
