The HEF Board of Directors will evaluate each grant request based upon all facts and circumstances, including the following guidelines:  -Grant application should be done independently from other submissions. If the grant is related to another submission from your team or building, please let the committee know if they can be grouped or shared. Group […]

Howard Perrin has been an upstanding citizen of Hudsonville over the years, and he has helped the community in many unforgettable ways. In 1959 he became involved with the Little League Baseball program. Then he helped arrange to have hundreds of little league players transported to Detroit Tigers games where they often experienced their first […]

Stanley Emelander graduated from HHS in 1977 and is a 1981 graduate of the United States Military Academy where he majored in physics. After graduation, he was assigned to numerous Army posts with advancing levels of responsibilities. He was rifle company platoon leader and company commander, battalion and brigade operations officer, and assistant dean for […]

Marshall Elzinga graduated from HHS in 1956. He was born and raised on a small farm near Hudsonville and attended the two-room Corwin Elementary School. While attending HHS, he served as Junior Class President, he was President of the Student Council, played trombone in the band, and was catcher on the baseball team. He attended […]

Steven Byle was born and raised in Hudsonville and graduated with honors from Hudsonville High School in 1986. He pursued a career in engineering, law and then started his own company in the energy industry. This career has brought him to live in eleven US cities and five foreign countries, where he learned to speak […]

Thomas W. Warke graduated from Hudsonville High School in 1958 as co-valedictorian, an accomplished athlete, and an involved member of his student council and National Honors Society board. Upon his graduation, Thomas (Tom) accepted the General Motors National Scholarship, which he used to pursue his bachelor of arts degree from Kalamazoo College in 1962. From […]

Kurt VanderSchuur is a sixth-generation Dutch immigrant and was born and raised in Hudsonville. Kurt has been active in the Hudsonville community his entire life and was a recent member of the Hudsonville Education Foundation board working to serve the Hudsonville Public School district’s students and faculty. His passion for young people led him to […]

Dr. James (Jim) Serum graduated from Hudsonville High School in 1961. He received a B.A. in Chemistry from Hope College in 1965 and was awarded a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Colorado in 1969. Following grad school, Jim was awarded the “King’s Lecturer” position in Ghent, Belgium, where he taught chemistry and conducted […]

Larry Gemmen was born on January, 22, 1948, and moved to Hudsonville with his family at the age of five. Larry was enrolled in the Hudsonville Public School district and greatly enjoyed his time there, especially in the music program. In 1966, Larry graduated from Hudsonville High School and went on to attend Central Michigan […]