Former Perry Mayor Glenn Theulen will join the pantheon on the Soumas Court Wall of Witnesses in ceremonies to be held Thursday, Oct. 2 at 5 p.m. in the Hotel Pattee ballroom and Soumas Court, the Hometown Heritage at the Carnegie Library Museum announced Friday.
“Mr. Theulen was a lifelong advocate for the city of Perry and for the students and staff of the Perry Community School District,” the announcement said. “Serving as mayor for two terms, he arranged the design and construction of the Perry Veterans Memorial Park and was instrumental in securing the Milwaukee Railroad caboose that commemorates Perry’s rich railroad history.”
Theulen was also a Hall of Fame athlete, coach and educator. He was a 1962 graduate of Buena Vista University and was inducted into the university’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001. He coached at Keene Stale College in Keene, N.H. from 1968 to 1984, compiling 210 victories, four New England State College Athletic Conference championships and three National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Tournament appearances, making him among the winningest men’s basketball coaches in KSC history.
Theulen served as mayor of Perry from 1990 to 1994. He died in 2013 at the age of 88.
Through an open nomination process, Theulen was nominated and met the following criteria:
1) had a tie to Perry
2) had an impact on the Perry area
3) had an interesting story
The committee reviews all nominations and selects a Perry resident who best reflects the nomination criteria.
Light refreshments will be served after the program. For more information, call the Hometown Heritage at the Carnegie Library Museum at 515-465-7713.
