Smith-Cotton Academic Hall of Fame

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Dr. Alan Braverman

Alan Braverman is a 1979 graduate of Smith-Cotton High School and was valedictorian of his graduating class. He attended Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital for internal medicine and cardiovascular disease training. He was selected as Chief Medical Resident and was Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. In 1991, he was recruited to the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine and has been there his entire career.

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Anne C. Gardner

Anne C. Gardner was the valedictorian of Smith-Cotton High School's Class of 1978. She attended the University of Missouri-Columbia, earning a bachelor’s degrees in Finance & Banking in 1982. In 1986, Anne earned her Juris Doctorate from the Oklahoma City University School of Law in Oklahoma, where she also was active in Law Review, served on the Moot Court Board and was a member of the Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity. She has been a member of the Missouri Bar and the Pettis County Bar Association since 1986, serving as president of the latter in 1994-95. She currently is a partner at Gardner & Gardner, Attorneys & Counselors at Law, where she specializes in Local Government, Estate Planning, Probate. Collections, Real Estate, and Business Organization.

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Scott Gardner

Scott Gardner was valedictorian of the Smith-Cotton High Class of 1976, but he did much more than just hit the books. He was editor of the 1976 edition of the Archives yearbook, and a member of National Honor Society, L-Club, Student Council, Foreign Language Association and the Speech & Debate team. He earned bachelor’s degrees in Finance & Banking from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1978. In 1983, Scott earned his Juris Doctorate from the Vanderbilt University School of Law in Nashville, Tenn. He has been a member of the Missouri Bar since 1983, starting out at the firm Margolin & Kirwan in Kansas City before returning home to Sedalia to join Martin, Gibson & Gardner. He currently is a partner at Gardner & Gardner, Attorneys & Counselors at Law, where he specializes in Local Government, Estate Planning and Probate. 

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Diane Cordry Golden Ph.D.

Diane Cordry Golden is a 1974 graduate of Smith-Cotton High School and was class valedictorian. Her career began as a Clinical Instructor in Audiology at the University of Missouri in 1978. Since then, she has served as a consultant to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and has been the Assistant Director of Special Education for DESE, Special Education Coordinator at Raytown Schools, and Director of Missouri Assistive Technology. She currently serves as Policy Coordinator for the Missouri Council of Administrators of Special Education and Project/Policy Coordinator for the Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs.

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Andre Taylor Ph.D.

Andre Taylor graduated from Smith-Cotton High School in 1991. He received a Chemical Engineering degree from The University of Missouri-Rolla in 1995, a Master's Degree from The Georgia Institute of Technology in 2000, and a Ph.D. from The University of Michigan in Chemical Engineering in 2005. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Yale University. He received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers and Yale's Greer Memorial Prize in 2011.

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Dr. William Woolery

William Woolery was salutatorian of his Smith-Cotton graduating class of 1969. He attended the University of Missouri, majoring in chemistry and graduating Summa Cum Laude. He attended medical school at the St. Louis University School of Medicine; his internship and residency were completed in internal medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Woolery could have practiced medicine anywhere he wanted at more lucrative locations. However, he chose to return to Sedalia after completing his residency and started a very successful practice. That practice, Sedalia Internal Medicine, continues to be a thriving and compassionate practice that services hundreds of Sedalia area patients. 

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