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HIASAA - Highland Community School District 5
Highland Community School District 5
HIASAA - St. Paul Catholic School - Highland, IL
St. Paul Catholic School
HIASAA - Highland Community School District 5
Highland Community School District 5
HIASAA - St. Paul Catholic School - Highland, IL
St. Paul Catholic
School
HIASAA
Highland Illinois Area School Alumni Association
HIASAA
Highland Illinois Area School
Alumni Association
HIASAA
Highland Illinois Area School Alumni Association
HIASAA - Highland Community School District 5
HIASAA - St. Paul Catholic School
Gathering
Gathering
Gathering
Staff, Classmates and Alumni
Staff, Classmates and Alumni
2015 HIASAA Hall of Fame Member
Otto Jakel ( Deceased ) - Business
HIASAA Otto Jakel was born in 1924 in Pierron, Illinois. At the age of eight the family moved to Highland. Otto attended St. Paul grade and High School but left school a few months prior to graduating to join the Navy during WWII.

In 1946 Mr. Jakel started a small tool and die and metal stamping shop in the alley by the Lory Theater. In 1951 he expanded and built a building on West Broadway and began manufacturing sub-fractional horsepower motors for many household appliances, fans and pumps. He designed and built a lot of the equipment used to make the motors. During 38 years of manufacturing in Highland, the Jakel companies and family have provided steady employment for as many as 400 employees. Otto helped to form the Highland Manufacturing Association and served as President. He also served on the Boards of SIU-E Foundation, the Eagle Bank and the Eagle Bank Corporation. He was awarded the “Key to the City” of Palestine, IL and White City, IL. At the time of his death in 1984 Jakel Manufacturing had plants in Greenville and Palestine, IL as well as Highland. Otto also was a member of the American Association of Industry Management, Illinois Manufacturers Association and on the Board of Illinois Small Business Association. Otto was very active in the community as a member of the Highland Chamber of Commerce, American Legion, Helvetia Sharpshooters Society, and St. Paul Church and its organizations. Otto sponsored many sporting activities in the community such as softball, baseball and bowling teams and he helped the Boy Scouts. He taught young boys to build and fly model airplanes. They flew planes at the Highland VFW and various empty lots in town. He helped initiate the Eastside Radio Control Club and Field at SIU-E.

Otto Jakel always thought very much of Highland and its people. He used to tell his children how great it was to live here.
2021 Inductees
Dr. Bonnie Gelly, MD - Arts & Sciences
Mr. Jeremy Corray - Arts & Sciences
Ms. Pat Jacoby - Business
Mrs. Shirley Bellm - Career Public Service
2019 Inductees
Lori Ruebhausen - Arts & Sciences
Commander William M. Tschudy - Career Public Service
Marion Alch - Lifetime Achievement Award
2018 Inductees
Larry Mueller - Arts & Sciences
James Burgett - Career Public Service
Robert Dauderman - Business
Joel Hawkins - Sports
2017 Inductees
Pat Imming - Arts & Sciences
John "Jack" Cygan - Career Public Service
Dennis Luber - Sports
2016 Inductees
Bruce Case - Arts & Sciences
Tom Ulmet - Career Public Service
Erwin Weder - Business
Jake Odorizzi - Sports
2015 Inductees
Dr. Mark Edwin Frisse - Arts & Sciences
Pat Schwarm - Career Public Service
Otto E. Jakel - Business
2014 Inductees
Dr. Richard Streiff - Arts & Sciences
Jerome Zobrist - Career Public Service
Dennis Rinderer - Public Service
2013 Inductees
Dr. Robert W. Buchheim - Arts & Sciences
Robin McGee - Arts & Sciences
Dr. Carl Ernst - Business
Kevin Hemann - Public Service
2012 Inductees
Melissa Glassmaker - Arts & Sciences
Jerry Dauderman - Business
Brig. Gen. Scott Zobrist - Public Service
2011 Inductees
Allan Killion - Arts & Sciences
David R. Ford - Business
Jay Ward - Sports
Jeanne Baumann Meyer - Public Service
2010 Inductees
Carl Basler - Business
Earl Wirz - Sports
Roland Harris - Public Service
Olin Stratton - At Large
2009 Inductees
Dr. Arlo Landolt - Arts & Sciences
Robert Mueller - Arts & Sciences
Robert Scott Tibbetts - Arts & Sciences
Martin Wick - Business
Jay Boulanger - Business
Terry Riffel - Business
Jennie Kaeser - Public Service
Joe Michaelis - Public Service
Lynn Rehberger - Public Service
2008 Inductees
Brenda (Hemann) Harris - Arts & Sciences
Ron Jacober - Arts & Sciences
Jesse Kamm - Arts & Sciences
Louis Latzer - Business
Ralph Korte - Business
Edwin Frisse - Business
Ed Hilbert - Sports
Darell Bellm - Public Service
Jack Klaus - Public Service
Larry "Biddy" Essenpreis - Public Service
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