Pradya Ramdhany 2024 Recipient
The Teeters/Tierney Scholarship Fund was created in 2023 through a donation from Jim Teeters in memory of his parents, Dr. John W Teeters ’30 and Alma Tierney Teeters ’31-Ja. AHS graduating senior applicants who demonstrate an eagerness to pursue their education beyond high school will be considered by the AHS Foundation Scholarship Committee.
Jim Teeters graduated from Marlington High School in 1964, but he attended Alliance City Schools through the ninth grade. His one class at AHS (the old Broadway and Arch building) was an English Literature class in the summer of 1963 taught by Marguerite Hillman. Jim’s family had moved to the Marlington District on west State Street (approximately in the present day parking lot of Marc’s Grocery store) sending him to Marlington for his high school years.
John Teeters and Alma Tierney met in high school. John went on to graduate from Mount Union College, then to the University of Louisville (Kentucky) earning a DDM in dentistry in 1938. Alma helped him open a Dental Practice in Navarre, Ohio. Early in 1942, Dr. Teeters was inducted into the Army. He served nearly four years at Gorgas Hospital in the Panama Canal Zone and eventually was discharged in as a Captain in 1946.
Alma was the daughter of Hugh Bernard Tierney who died while ‘on duty’ with the Alliance Fire Department on February 1, 1930. With the loss of their father, Alma, her sister, Adelaide Tierney Lehnis ‘29 and brother, Hugh Bernard Tierney, Jr. ‘34 all took work to support the family. Bernard Jr. attended Mount Union before graduating from the University of Southern California (USC). He worked for American Steel Foundries, later becoming Corporate Secretary/Treasurer of Amsted Industries, parent company of American Steel. Bernard served four years in the U S Army Transportation Corps in Persia during WW II, assisting in the Burma ‘Hump’ Operation as a Captain. He and wife Carmen lived most of their lives in Chicago and Ottawa, Canada. Bernard died in 1980 and Carmen in 1998.
John and Alma settled in Alliance after the war. The Teeters’ Dental office was first located at Market St. and Linden Ave. and by 1950, had moved to Market and Freedom Ave. Dr. ‘Bill’ Teeters retired in 1976.
Alma volunteered through the First Presbyterian Church where she helped Dr. Sally Reed establish the ‘Good Samaritan Clinic’ in the Church. She also volunteered at the Church and at Alliance City Hospital throughout her life.
John died in 1999) and Alma died in 2005). Together they raised four children: Cheryl Teeters Egan, AHS ’59 (dec’d 2013), Tom Teeters, AHS ’61 (dec’d 2011), Jim Teeters MHS ’64 (dec’d 2023), and David Teeters MHS ’69.
We appreciate the confidence shown in entrusting this Fund to the administration of the AHS Foundation.
Jim Teeters graduated from Marlington High School in 1964, but he attended Alliance City Schools through the ninth grade. His one class at AHS (the old Broadway and Arch building) was an English Literature class in the summer of 1963 taught by Marguerite Hillman. Jim’s family had moved to the Marlington District on west State Street (approximately in the present day parking lot of Marc’s Grocery store) sending him to Marlington for his high school years.
John Teeters and Alma Tierney met in high school. John went on to graduate from Mount Union College, then to the University of Louisville (Kentucky) earning a DDM in dentistry in 1938. Alma helped him open a Dental Practice in Navarre, Ohio. Early in 1942, Dr. Teeters was inducted into the Army. He served nearly four years at Gorgas Hospital in the Panama Canal Zone and eventually was discharged in as a Captain in 1946.
Alma was the daughter of Hugh Bernard Tierney who died while ‘on duty’ with the Alliance Fire Department on February 1, 1930. With the loss of their father, Alma, her sister, Adelaide Tierney Lehnis ‘29 and brother, Hugh Bernard Tierney, Jr. ‘34 all took work to support the family. Bernard Jr. attended Mount Union before graduating from the University of Southern California (USC). He worked for American Steel Foundries, later becoming Corporate Secretary/Treasurer of Amsted Industries, parent company of American Steel. Bernard served four years in the U S Army Transportation Corps in Persia during WW II, assisting in the Burma ‘Hump’ Operation as a Captain. He and wife Carmen lived most of their lives in Chicago and Ottawa, Canada. Bernard died in 1980 and Carmen in 1998.
John and Alma settled in Alliance after the war. The Teeters’ Dental office was first located at Market St. and Linden Ave. and by 1950, had moved to Market and Freedom Ave. Dr. ‘Bill’ Teeters retired in 1976.
Alma volunteered through the First Presbyterian Church where she helped Dr. Sally Reed establish the ‘Good Samaritan Clinic’ in the Church. She also volunteered at the Church and at Alliance City Hospital throughout her life.
John died in 1999) and Alma died in 2005). Together they raised four children: Cheryl Teeters Egan, AHS ’59 (dec’d 2013), Tom Teeters, AHS ’61 (dec’d 2011), Jim Teeters MHS ’64 (dec’d 2023), and David Teeters MHS ’69.
We appreciate the confidence shown in entrusting this Fund to the administration of the AHS Foundation.
