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10th Annual HIGH NOTES Gala Set for Saturday, March 21, 2020
The Dexter F. and Dorothy H. Baker Foundation has provided a $2,500 grant for ASDF Bookshelf Program
ASDF Announces Honorary Co-Chairs for the 10th Annual High Notes Gala
Teacher Innovation Grant Recipients for the 2019-2020 School Year Announced
8th Annual Latin Dance Competition Features Students from 4 Middle Schools
Two New Scholarships for ASD Students Honor Well-Known Morning Call Reporters
Dan Bosket Elected New ASD President, Three New Members Join Board
10,726 Students Participated in ASD Foundation Programs in 2018-2019: ANOTHER RECORD!
Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program: $85,750 in Grants from Businesses this School Year
ASDF Summer Camp Scholarships - APPLY TODAY!
High Notes Gala - Interim Sponsorship Report
Wells Fargo Foundation Designates $15,000 for LCTI STEAM Summer Camp Scholarships for ASD Middle School Students
Save the Date - 9th Annual HIGH NOTES Gala!
Teacher Innovation Grants Announced for 2018-2019 School Year
ASD Foundation Volunteer Reading Program Rated Valuable by Volunteers
7th Annual Latin Dance Competition Features 60 Students from 4 Middle Schools
Allentown School District Foundation Receives $116,000 Grant from the Baseball Tomorrow Fund
Allentown Rotary Foundation and Capital BlueCross Designate Funds to Provide Uniforms for ASD Students in Need
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ASD Foundation Hosts First Recognition Event Honoring Champions of Education
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Save the Date: ASDF High Notes Gala 2018
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Canary Football: New Scholarship Honoring Coach Halfacre Established by ASDF
Two New Appointments to Allentown School District Foundation Board of Directors
2018-2018 Teacher Innovation Grant Recipients
ASDF Reaches High Notes Gala Goal of Over $140,000
Three New Appointments To Allentown School District Foundation Board of Directors
Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program Provides $103,500 in Grants from Businesses this School Year
Tonya M. Harris, Esq, Appointed to Allentown School District Foundation Board of Directors
Save the Date: ASDF High Notes Gala, March 24, 2018
Three Elected to ASD Foundation Board, Two New Officers Elected
77 Scholarships Awarded to ASD Graduates
Middle School Students to Compete in Salsa and Merengue
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Mary Elizabeth Leiby Scholarship
Bill Wood Track Scholarship
Richard and Joyce Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship
Fact Sheet
Donations
Donate to the ASD Foundation
Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program
High Notes- A Virtual Reality 2021
Gala 2022
Gala 2023
Calendar
Allen Alumni
Allen Alumni External Website
2018-2019 William Allen Alumni Directory Project
Dieruff Alumni
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What's New
Kurt D. Zwikl Memorial Scholarship to be Awarded in 2023
13TH HIGH NOTES GALA PLANNED
Businesses Give $51,750 in EITC Grants
ASD Foundation Announces Two New Scholarships
Teachers Innovate in Allentown School District
Mayor Tuerk Receives Book at Lehigh Parkway Celebration
Middle School Latin Dance Competition Set for November 16, 2022
CLASS OF 1970 ESTABLISHES ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED TO 52 ASD GRADUATES THIS YEAR
Tonya Harris and Ibi Balog Elected to ASD Foundation Board Officers
New Board Members Elected to Allentown School District Foundation
Inaugural Cohort of Board Directors Emeritus Elected to Allentown School District Foundation
ASDF High Notes Gala Raised More than $77,000
Allentown School District Foundation Announces Classic Car Donation
Four New Scholarships Established for ASD Seniors
Save the Dates! 12th Annual High Notes Gala Announced
ASD Foundation Receives $10,000 Endowment to Improve Literacy in Allentown Middle Schools
Teacher Innovation Grants for 2021-2022 SY Announced
William Allen HS Class of 1966 makes Memorial Gift to the ASD Foundation
SUGRA FOUNDATION FUNDS TEACHER INNOVATION GRANTS FOR 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR
Scholarships Awarded to 57 ASD Graduates This Year
Iron Pigs School Supply Collection
ASDF Welcomes Three New Board Members
Bill Wood Track Scholarship Established
Virtual High Notes Gala Raised More Than $64,000
JON AND JOLENE HAMMER FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED
Save the Date: 11th Annual High Notes: A Gala Retrospective
Angela Nolan Elected Vice President of ASD Foundation
Julie Ambrose Appointed Executive Director of the ASD Foundation
Julie Ambrose, Ph.D., Appointed Executive Director of ASD Foundation
THE HON. RASHID SANTIAGO APPOINTED TO ASD FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
School Mascot Face Masks in Production, Thanks to Donors
SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED TO 44 ASD GRADUATES THIS YEAR
Pennsylvania DCED Approves Two New EITC Programs
THE REV. MARIA TJELTVEIT AND ROB SCHMIDT APPOINTED TO ASD FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ASDF Offering FREE Reading Materials to students in Grades 2, 3, 6 & 9
ASDF Featured in Foundation Forward newsletter - May 2020
ASDF RAISES $104,000, THANKS TO GENEROUS HIGH NOTES GALA SPONSORS
ASD Spring Performance Schedule
10th Annual HIGH NOTES Gala Set for Saturday, March 21, 2020
The Dexter F. and Dorothy H. Baker Foundation has provided a $2,500 grant for ASDF Bookshelf Program
ASDF Announces Honorary Co-Chairs for the 10th Annual High Notes Gala
Teacher Innovation Grant Recipients for the 2019-2020 School Year Announced
8th Annual Latin Dance Competition Features Students from 4 Middle Schools
Two New Scholarships for ASD Students Honor Well-Known Morning Call Reporters
Dan Bosket Elected New ASD President, Three New Members Join Board
10,726 Students Participated in ASD Foundation Programs in 2018-2019: ANOTHER RECORD!
Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program: $85,750 in Grants from Businesses this School Year
ASDF Summer Camp Scholarships - APPLY TODAY!
High Notes Gala - Interim Sponsorship Report
Wells Fargo Foundation Designates $15,000 for LCTI STEAM Summer Camp Scholarships for ASD Middle School Students
Save the Date - 9th Annual HIGH NOTES Gala!
Teacher Innovation Grants Announced for 2018-2019 School Year
ASD Foundation Volunteer Reading Program Rated Valuable by Volunteers
7th Annual Latin Dance Competition Features 60 Students from 4 Middle Schools
Allentown School District Foundation Receives $116,000 Grant from the Baseball Tomorrow Fund
Allentown Rotary Foundation and Capital BlueCross Designate Funds to Provide Uniforms for ASD Students in Need
PPL Corporation Grants $4,000 for ASD Foundation Volunteer Reading Program
ASDF Announces Training for Volunteer Readers
ASD Foundation Hosts First Recognition Event Honoring Champions of Education
Archived News
Save the Date: ASDF High Notes Gala 2018
Embassy Bank Contributes $15,000 in EITC Funding for Foundation Programs
Canary Football: New Scholarship Honoring Coach Halfacre Established by ASDF
Two New Appointments to Allentown School District Foundation Board of Directors
2018-2018 Teacher Innovation Grant Recipients
ASDF Reaches High Notes Gala Goal of Over $140,000
Three New Appointments To Allentown School District Foundation Board of Directors
Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program Provides $103,500 in Grants from Businesses this School Year
Tonya M. Harris, Esq, Appointed to Allentown School District Foundation Board of Directors
Save the Date: ASDF High Notes Gala, March 24, 2018
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77 Scholarships Awarded to ASD Graduates
Middle School Students to Compete in Salsa and Merengue
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Richard and Joyce Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship
Endowed Scholarship for WWII Veterans, Electronics Teacher
The Allentown School District Foundation is pleased to award the first Richard and Joyce Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship in 2021. This award was established by Jan and Stephen Olinick in memory of Richard E. Zimmerman, former electronics technology teacher at WAHS (1961-1967) and the former Lehigh County Community College (1967-1982), and his wife, Joyce Rickert Zimmerman, to provide a scholarship for a graduating WAHS student enrolling in a two- or four-year program leading to a career in a trade or a STEM-related career.
The recipient will be a graduating William Allen High School senior who is motivated, prepared academically, and has developed skills valuable for career study and self-sustaining employment. The student must have experiential learning related to their field of study and is seeking a trade or a STEM-related career.
Richard (Dick) E. Zimmerman
b. 1924 d. 1999
AHS '42
2nd Lt., U.S. Army Air Forces; WWII
Joyce H. (Rickert) Zimmerman
b. 1925 d. 1961
AHS '44
Cpl. U.S.Marine Corps W.R.; WWII
It was a passion for all things electronic that kept Dick going through high school. That was in addition to a dream of flying airplanes in the war effort. Stationed in England and North Africa, he flew the Curtiss C-46 Commando and Douglas C-47 Skytrain military transport planes ferrying troops, cargo, wounded and medical personnel, as well as towing gliders.
Joyce was naturally creative and enjoyed drawing, photography, and swimming in the aquacade in high school. After enlisting in the Marine Corps, she was stationed at Parris Island and worked in the photo lab.
Returning to Allentown after their service in WWII, DIck and Joyce met, married, and had three children. Dick worked for Allentown's Luckenbach & Johnson, a major Philco dealer, as one of the first television service technicians in the region. Joyce worked as a radiological technician. They set their sites on the American Dream.
Tragedy struck when Joyce was misdiagnosed and died of cancer at the age of 36. Left with three young children, Dick decided to become a teacher so he could be home after school and during the summertime with his kids. Achieving the necessary teaching credentials, he taught 13th-year Electronics at William Allen High SChool for six years. When Lehigh County Community College was created in 1967, he was offered a position as a charter faculty member of the Electronics Technolgy degree program where he instructed and mentored both traditional and seasoned adult students until 1982.
He was well known for intriguing his students with unusual anecdotes and bold statements leading to thought-provoking debate in class. His lab students would recall his excitement about teaching:
"You can do anything with electronics!"
"Attitude, more than anything else, will determine your success in achieving whatever you want."
"I chose to be called a teacher, not a professor, as my goal is to teach a person how to learn, not simply profess my knowledge."
"There is nothing wrong with mistakes when you experiment. Learn from them and keep trying."
His best advice to a young 9th-grade student would be to think
now
about what type of career will fulfill him/her in the future. Get a "skill" which is sought by businesses and industry so that he/she can continue to learn and have the career they seek.
Biography is submitted by the children:
Craig D. Zimmerman, WAHS '67, LCC Electronics Technology AAS '69, US AIR FORCE, CCAF, Temple Univ. BS Ed. '87, VA Commonwealth Univ. M.Ed. '88, PhS w/o Dissertation '91, Dean of Corporate Training, San Jacinto College (ret.)
Kent B. Zimmerman, WAHS /LCVTS CP / Tech Electronics '71, LCCC Electronics Technology AAS '73, Moravian College BS Management '88, Lehigh Univ. MBA '90, Director, NCCC Center for Business & Industry, (ret.)
Jan L. (Zimmerman) Olinick, WAHS /LCVTS Architectural Drafting '72, LCCC AA '74, Penn State Univ. BS Arch. '78, President, Jan L. Olinick Architect, LLC.