Hall of Fame
2015 Triton Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame Inductees
Bruce Shimkat
- A.A. Degree, Iowa Central Community College
- B.S. Accounting/Marketing; Iowa State University
- Shimkat Motor Company, President
- Ambassador for Great Fort Dodge Growth Alliance
- Member of Fort Dodge Noon Rotary (Past President)
- Friendship Haven, Inc. Board
- First American Bank Board
- Trinity Regional Medical Center Board
- Greater Fort Dodge Chamber of Commerce Board
- Dorms, Inc. (IC) Board
- Twin Lakes Restoration Association Board
- Boy Scouts, Mid-America Council Board
- Fort Dodge Salvation Army
- National Automobile Dealers Associates Member
- Iowa Automobile Dealers Association Board
Bruce Murman
- A.S. Food Marketing, Iowa Central Community College
- Recipient of Hy-Vee Legendary Service Award
- Fort Dodge Tennis Association (Past President)
- Noon Sertoma
- Character Counts Board
- Rotary Club
- Fort Dodge Junior Open Tennis Tournament
- Staff Parish Committee, Trinity United Methodist Church
- Fundraising Board, United Point Cancer Center
- Fort Dodge Senior High School Booster Club
Ben Smith
- A.A., Iowa Central Community College
- Member of Triton Football Team and a lead in two musicals
- B.A., Buena Vista University (also named as Academic All-American in Football and had the lead in two BVU musicals)
- J.D., Drake University with honors
- Sac County Attorney (present)
- Assistant Attorney General, State of Iowa
- Captain of Iowa Army national Guard Judge Advocate General Corps
- Member of Iowan’s for Life
- Co-head junior high wrestling coach, East Sac Community School District
Denisa Gace
- A.S. Medical Laboratory Technician, and A.A., Iowa Central Community College
- B.A. Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology and B.S. in Biology at Drake University
- Doctor of Osteopathy, University of New England
- Masters of Public Health, Des Moines University
- Assistant in Medicine, Mass General Hospital
- Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Member, American College of Physicians
- Member, Massachusetts Medical Society
- Member, American Osteopathic Medical Association
- Member, American Medical Association
- Excellence in Teaching & Leadership Award
- Academic Hospitalist Award
- Noteable Teaching In Medicine Clerkship
- North Shore Cancer Walk Event Organizer
- T Bone/Marrow Event Organizer
- Biddeford Free Clinic Volunteer
- Biddeford Soup Kitchen Volunteer
Elias Johnson
- Attended Iowa Central Community College 2002-2003
- Academic All-American Honors, Iowa Central Golf
- B.A. Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University
- Good Morning Iowa Anchor/Reporter, WOI-TV ABC5, Des Moines
- KNRV NBC News 4 News/Anchor Reporter, Reno, Nevada
- Public Information Office, Pinal County Sheriff, Arizona
- PPHO CBS 5 Reporter/Multi-Media Journalist, Arizona
- WHO-TV NBC Channel 13 Reporter
- KDSM Fox 17 Reporter/Anchor, Des Moines
- Edward R. Murrow Award Investigative and Hard News and Feature Reporting
- Emmy Nominated Academy of Television Arts & Science – San Francisco chapter
- Excellence in Journalism – Best Videograph Associated Press Television – Radio
- Best Serious Video Feature – National Press Photograph Association
- Founder, Tournament Director, Joel L. Middleton Scholarship Fund, Manson, Iowa Central Community College
Iowa Central is awesome. There are personable teachers, a large campus feel, excellent music and drama departments, and the college is generous with scholarships. I’ve had some of the best experiences of my life here.
