Indiana Teachers of the Year

(National finalists marked with asterisks 1978, 1994, and 1996):

1957 Myrtle Burns (Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, South Bend, and Lincoln Elementary School, LaPorte)
1968 Robert Wray (South Side High School, Fort Wayne)
1969 Carl Ebel (South Ripley High School, Versailles)
1970 Kay Mendenhall (Oliver Morton Elementary School, Winchester)
1971 Rudolph Holycross (Columbia City High School, Columbia City)
1972 Ruth Swank (Riverside Elementary School, Fort Wayne)
1973 Emaline Kleinknecht (Tekopel Elementary School, Evansville)
1974 Charles Stephens (Joy Elementary School, Michigan City)
1975 Barbara D. Moore (Western Elementary School, Russiaville)
1976 Joyce McFadden (Dwight Eisenhower Elementary School, Crown Point)
1977 Oscar Underwood (Southwick Elementary School, Fort Wayne)
1978* Sue Talbot (University Elementary School, Bloomington)
1979 Robert Ciscell (South Decatur Junior-Senior High School, Greensburg)
1980 Daniel Rayschich (John Hinds Area Vocational School, Elwood)
1981 Calvin Lee (Hoagland Elementary School, Hoagland)
1982 Sofia Rodriguez (Snider High School, Fort Wayne)
1983 Victor Bardonner (Lawrence Central High School, Indianapolis)
1984 Glen Dillman (Carroll Junior High School, Flora)
1985 Paulette Cwidak (John Adams High School, South Bend)
1986 Bernard Barcio (Carmel High School, Carmel)
1987 Bob Mulligan (John Glenn High School, Walkerton)
1988 Tony Willis (Jeffersonville High School, Jeffersonville)
1989 Karen McKibbon (LaSalle High School, South Bend)
1990 Mary Kay Baker (Rise Learning Center, Indianapolis)
1991 Darcia King-O'Blenis (Navarre Middle School, South Bend)
1992 Michael Kaiser (Pine View Elementary School, New Albany)
1993 Diane Cutshall Hayes (Indian Meadows Elementary School, Fort Wayne)
1994* Francis Mustapha (South Side High School, Fort Wayne)
1995 Katherine Stahl (Maywood Elementary School, Hammond)
1996* Dan Durbin (Francis Joseph Reitz High School, Evansville)
1997 Judy Fraps (Greenbriar Elementary School, Indianapolis)
1998 Kim Giesting (Connersville Senior High School, Connersville)
1999 Larry Hurt (Ben Davis High School, Indianapolis)
2000 Kathy Politz (West Vigo Elementary School, Terre Haute)
2001 Kurran Strunk (Muessel Elementary School, South Bend)
2002 Terri L. Boutin (S. Ellen Jones Elementary School, New Albany)
2003 Robert Pickett (Marion Elementary School, Sheridan)
2004 Mark Weaver (Clay Junior High School, Carmel)
2005 Molly Seward (Snacks Crossing Elementary School, Indianapolis)
2006 Louisa LaGrotto (Westlane Middle School, Indianapolis)