Distinguished Alumni inductee Kenneth Hackman poses with, from left, Julie Ortmann Waltman, representing inductee Coleen Ortmann Kayden, and inductee Tracy Goodman.
Our own Ken Hackman was one of four outstanding Penn Manor High School graduates who were inducted on April 18, 2015 into the Distinguished Alumni Wall of Honor during the Alumni Banquet at Penn Manor High School in Millersville, PA.
“The 2015 Distinguished Alumni are Kenneth Hackman, Class of 1955; Coleen Ortmann Kayden, Class of 1973; Tracy Goodman, Class of 1988; and Jennifer Sorensen, Class of 1992. Jennifer and Coleen were unable to attend. Coleen was represented by her sister, Julie Ortmann Waltman, a 1977 Penn Manor graduate.
Here are the accomplishments of the Distinguished Alumni:
Kenneth L. Hackman (Class of 1955) During high school, Ken was vice-president of the Photography Club and was referred to in the bio section of the yearbook as a “camera bug.”
He hoped one day to become a professional photographer. Sometimes dreams do come true! Last year Ken was awarded the prestigious Joseph A. Sprague Memorial Award by the National Press Photographers Association for his military photojournalism. Ken enlisted in the U.S. Air Force out of high school in 1955. When his enlistment ended in 1960, he became an Air Force civil service photographer for the next three decades, documenting military action around the globe.
During his career, he photographed the Vietnam War, one of the last atomic bomb detonations off Christmas Island in the South Pacific, eight Olympic Games and Bob Hope’s USO tours. He also was the official photographer for Air Force One for 25 years. Ken founded the Air Force’s photojournalism training program at Syracuse University in 1971 and headed the program until his retirement in 1995.
Ken currently lives in Studio City, California.”
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