On Friday, Don Halbower was inducted into the Great Bend High School Hall of Fame. Halbower was the Principal at Great Bend High School for 28 years, starting in 1963. He talked about one of his more memorable times at GBHS.

HALBOWER-HAD A GREAT STAFF by Matt Unruh

Halbower explained how it felt to be named into the Great Bend High School Hall of Fame.

HALBOWER-AS A MATTER OF FACT by Matt Unruh

Halbower had numerous honors including being selected as one of 21 US exchange educators to visit Russia during the “People to People” program in 1973. The Kansas Association of Educational Office Personnel named him Kansas Administrator of the Year in 1983. He was named Kansas Principal of the Year by the Kansas Association of Secondary School Principals in 1990. And he was inducted into the Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame in 1993.