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Maine West alumni make their mark on world.

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Publication Date: 31-MAY-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Maine West alumni make their mark on world.(News)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Jean Murphy Daily Herald Correspondent

Hans Wahl has traveled the world in his 30 years as an international human rights activist, but he'll tell you it all started in Des Plaines.

Wahl, Class of 1969, was one of two Maine West Warriors honored Friday when the high school bestowed its second Distinguished Alumni Awards at the Senior Awards Assembly.

The second honoree was Kenneth Piest, an accomplished ophthalmologist and the president of the Class of 1972, who died in 2007 after a battle with leukemia. His sister and mother were at Maine West Friday to accept the award on his behalf.

Wahl, 58, flew to Des Plaines from Paris this week to talk with students and...

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