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Hall of Fame
CLASS OF 2022
The Hall of Fame was established in 1993 to honor outstanding alumni and friends who have made distinctive contributions to Georgetown College. This year we inducted four new members.
Bob and Roxann (Vaughn) Hieb
Bob and Roxann Hieb met at Georgetown College. Bob, an English major, graduated in 1961, and Roxann, a biology major, in 1963. Both were teachers for many years in Louisville. Bob developed a concrete business to supplement their income; it grew into a successful business, Hieb Concrete Products. He is the retired president of American Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Kentucky, a former director of River City Housing, and a working member of Habitat for Humanity. Bob served on the College’s Board of Trustees from 2012 to 2019. The Hiebs have been generous supporters of the College with a named townhouse in Rucker Village and are members of the Pawling Heritage Society.
Dr. Shien-Biau “S.B.” Woo
S.B. Woo received his Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude, from Georgetown College in 1957 and Ph.D. in physics from Washington University in St. Louis in 1964. He was a professor of physics and a trustee of the University of Delaware. Woo was elected Lt. Governor of Delaware in 1985, and at that time it was the highest elected state office in the continental U.S. held by an Asian American. He later was an Institute Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. A life-size picture of him is displayed in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. He is a founding member of the 80-20 Initiative, the nation’s largest Asian American Political Action Committee and serves as President of the 80-20 Educational Foundation.
Dr. Macy (Akel) Wyatt
Dr. Macy Wyatt graduated from the American University of Beirut and received a master’s degree in clinical psychology and later a doctorate in counseling and educational psychology from the University of Kentucky. She began teaching at Georgetown College in 1961 and became a Licensed Psychologist Professional counseling students, teaching psychology, and later chairing the department. Macy was instrumental in establishing the GC Counseling Center. After retiring in 1998, she continued to serve part-time by supervising the counseling staff and mentoring doctoral students. Her last year on staff was 2008 and the College awarded her an honorary doctorate in 2010. Wyatt received the Kentucky Psychological Association’s Distinguished CareerAward in 2012.
