MAGEC HALL OF FAME
When the Mid-American Model United Nations was founded in 1991, we recognized the debt we owed to those who had come before us. The countless volunteers who spent an infinite number of hours creating, building, and improving model United Nations programs in the Midwest. As a means of thanking them and honoring their legacy, we established the MAGEC Hall of Fame. Here are the members who have been inducted since 1991.
Peggy Andretz
Advisor from St. Johns High School: over 30 years of bringing delegations to Model UNs across the state.
Dr. Jack Holmes
Professor at Hope College: Founder and organizer of the Hope College Model UN.
David Artley
Founder of Eastern Michigan University Model UN and later the Great Lakes Invitational Model United Nations (GLIMUN).
Roy Unnerstall
Nearly 30 years of staffing Model UNs in Michigan as well as organizing and running Model UNs in Missouri.
Laurie Trevethan
Advisor from Davison High School and multi-time Secretary General of GLIMUN
Joe Czarnik
Multi-time Secretary-General of Grand Valley Model United Nations and of GLIMUN..
Dr. David Porter
Founder of Grand Valley Model United Nations and longtime GLIMUN staffer
Frank Rosengren
Advisor from Forest Hills Central High School for over 15 years
Dorothy Rall
Advisor from East Lansing High School and President of UNA-USA in Michigan.
Robert Ellerbusch
Advisor from Rochester High School for over 20 years.
Richard Ramsdell
Advisor from Flint Central High School for over 20 years and top executive of GLIMUN
Glenn Ruggles
Advisor from Walled Lake Central High School for 25 years and founder of the Mid-American Model United Nations.
Al Kniss
Advisor from Traverse City High School, and Traverse City West High School for 30 years.
Dan Madion
Delegate from Traverse City Central and key member of MAMUN’s staff during its first 10 years.
Judy Bergeski
Advisor from Bishop Borgess and Livonia Stevenson and has brought thousands of high school students to Model UNs.
Tom McCarthy
Advisor from Bishop Borgess, St. Ursula Academy, and Ottawa Hills, he was responsible for bringing MAGEC to Ohio.
Mark Willard
Advisor from Walled Lake Central for over 20 years.
Mark Pontoni
Co-founder of the Mid-American Global Education Council and its flagship conference Mid-American Model United Nations, involved in Model United Nations in the Midwest for 50 years.
Dan Mumford
Advisor from Maumee Valley Country Day for over 15 years and former GLIMUN delegate.
Kara Lukens
Started the Macomb Dakota Model UN Team in 2008 and built one of the most successful clubs in the state - due to her hard work, thousands of Macomb County students have been introduced to the Model UN world.