LYNNE NOLAN
Class of 1982Alumni Recognition Award, 2000
Lynne Nolan becomes the second member of the distinguished Class of 1982 to receive the Alumni Recognition. Lynne’s good friend, Terri Laughlin-Galanti was a member of the Alumni class of 1996.
Lynne began running at a very young age, and she has not stopped running since. While at Naperville Central, Lynne was a four-year member of the Redskin track and cross-country teams. She still holds the record for the fastest mile. Lynne also served on the Student Council, worked on the school yearbook (Arrowhead), and on the student newspaper (Smoke Signals). Lynne was named to the National Honor Society as a junior at NCHS.
Ms. Nolan earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Following her graduation from Illinois, Lynne spent a year studying cell physiology overseas at the University of Nice. Lynne is fluent in French.
It was during her tenure in Champaign that Lynne discovered another passion, Ultimate Frisbee. Lynne has been involved with Ultimate as the captain of the Chicago Nemesis Team, an organizer of national level tournaments, as secretary of the national governing body for the sport, and as the publisher of Chicago Area Disc Sports Magazine.
Ms. Nolan returned to Naperville Central in 1988 to join the faculty as a teacher of biology and physics. She received the Sallie Mae Outstanding First Year Teacher Award. During her years as a member of the Science Department at NCHS, Lynne served as the creator and advisor to the Rotary Interact Club, the advisor to the senior class, and a coach of JV girls’ soccer. Ms. Nolan was also involved in the creation of a Frisbee team and was involved in the origins of the NCHS Alumni Recognition Committee.
Lynne Nolan moved to Neuqua Valley High School in 1997. At Neuqua, Lynne founded Interact and visited schools in New Zealand during a five-week Rotary International Exchange study tour. She is also the head girls’ soccer coach at Neuqua, and she facilitates Neuqua’s New Teacher Induction Program.
MS. NOLAN’S MESSAGE FOR NCHS STUDENTS: None of us is in this world for themselves; we are here for one another. Choose to make a difference.
