North High Hall of Fame Inductee - 2005 Claradell (Gergely) Shedd Class of June, 1953
05/05/05: Claradell (Gergely) Shedd, orphaned at six by a tornado which claimed the lives of both of her parents, lived thereafter with relatives and friends, to include a farm and mining community in southern Iowa, before making her home with acquaintances of her late parents during her elementary, Warren Harding, and North High days. A child of the Depression, Claradell learned early and applied well the work ethic and discipline to serve her significantly in the future. After North High graduation, came Drake and KRNT Radio-TV, followed by the U. S. Foreign Service in Washington, D.C. Married in 1958 at West Point, Claradell and her husband, Harry, traveled and lived worldwide, with Claradell being employed as a legal secretary, special assistant to the CEO of Carl's Jr. restaurants (now Hardee's), executive assistant to the CEO and president of Ling Electronics (eventually LTV/Ling-Temco-Vought; electronics/aerospace firm in Texas/Southern California); and, with her husband's transfer to Seattle, she served as assistant to seven vice presidents and the president of The Boeing Aerospace Company, where she received many awards and accolades. During this 33-year tenure at Boeing, she received her B.A. in business, ensued by considerable post graduate study. Following Boeing, in pursuit of academic credentials emphasizing web and graphic design, she graduated magna cum laude, acknowledged at commencement by the president of the college as "the overachiever of the class." Claradell has worked full time for two years (as of 05/05/05) on the creation of a website as a "gift to her 1953 class and to the spirit of North High," encompassing classes from 1893 to present. Acknowledged as the finest high school archive in the nation and awarded a university citation as a "model website," industry has placed a substantial dollar value on the continually expanding site. http://ndmhs.com   Claradell's interests include snow skiing in the Cascades, golf at our "back yard" Sahalee course, quilting...a quilt a month (100+ shown online), conducting garden tours/roses (blue ribbons in competition), gift wrapping (seminar/cruise presentations), blue ribbons for her floral arrangement designs, conducting annual holiday tours of miniature villages in their home (500 visitors per Christmas season); and teaching needlepoint, sewing, tailoring, interior design, and crafts. In the art field, Claradell is a nationally recognized authority on water color. Computing skills include relational databases for golf scoring at Junior America's Cup, men's amateur, and women's collegiate tournaments, as well as working media in PGA and NEC events. Websites on her home page number approximately thirty-two. Computer photographic restoration work (Emma Case Moulton) now hangs in the halls of old North High. At one time active golfers themselves, Claradell and her husband now regularly host collegiate, amateur, and professional golfers playing in local tournaments, as well as assisting golfers in getting started in the professional ranks. In the 1980's, they sponsored six immigrants who lived with them during the orientation phase. Professionally, Claradell is active in Phi Theta Kappa, international scholastic honor society, and Phi Gamma Nu, co-ed business fraternity. She is currently working on an autobiography of her life. Credo: "Attitude more than age determines energy." Additional interests can be viewed at hshedd.com .   Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
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