Mt. Lebanon High School is proud to announce the recipients of the 2026 Great Alumni Award, recognizing graduates whose achievements and contributions have made a lasting impact in their professions, communities, and beyond.

This year’s honorees are Carolyn Additon Anthony ’67, Colonel Dr. John Christopher Graybill, MD ’97, and Doyle Stevick, Ph.D. ’88.

The Great Alumni Award program is led by a student committee that researches, selects and recognizes distinguished Mt. Lebanon graduates. Through their work, students have the opportunity to learn about the accomplishments of alumni and the many ways Blue Devils make a difference beyond their years in high school.

The 2026 honorees will be recognized during a luncheon on Friday, October 2, 2026, and at that evening’s home football game.

For more information about the Great Alumni Awards, visit the alumni section of our website. 

2026 Great Alumni Award Recipients

Ms. Carolyn Additon Anthony '67

Ms. Carolyn Additon Anthony '67 served as the Director of the Skokie Library for 31 years, during which she championed the belief that libraries exist to connect community members with resources, knowledge, opportunities, and each other.  

In response to a rapidly-changing demographic landscape, she co-founded the Skokie Festival of Cultures, growing the festival from 10 cultures in 1991 to 40 today, and earning the Illinois Woman of Achievement Award in 2000. Mrs. Anthony gained national notoriety when she educated the public on the reach of the USA PATRIOT Act and gave tangible steps to protect their information, for which TIME Magazine interviewed her, and she earned the Illinois Library Association Librarian of the Year in 2003.

Within the library, she instituted teen mentorship programs; programming to help those facing unemployment become career-ready; a multi-lingual collection that spanned 18 languages across 20,000 volumes; pioneering web resources in the 1990s; and accessible resources for those with physical impairments. The Skokie Public Library received the National Medal for Museum and Library Services in 2008 because of Anthony’s efforts, and the award was presented to her by First Lady Laura Bush.

Mrs. Anthony has chaired the Public Libraries Advisory Board, served as President of the Public Library Association, and helped PLA secure a $10 million legacy grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Beyond libraries, she became one of the first female members of the Rotary Club and her chapter's first female president. She has served on the boards of the Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center, the Skokie Community Foundation, the Rochelle Lee Fund, and the Illinois Literacy Foundation.

Additionally, Mrs. Anthony has represented the ALA to the International Federation of Library Associations and Institution (IFLA), where she continues to leverage her philosophy globally. 

Colonel John Christopher Graybill, MD '97

Colonel Dr. John Christopher Graybill, MD '97, a trauma surgeon with over 21 years of service in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, recently retired from active duty. Following his graduation from Mt. Lebanon High School, he earned his degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from Penn State University and, in 2005, graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He completed his general surgery residency at Walter Reed Military Hospital in Washington, DC, and three fellowships at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, specializing in burn, critical care, and acute care surgery.

​​​​​​​Colonel Graybill was reassigned to Walter Reed in 2024, where he was Trauma Director and was responsible for orchestrating the stateside care of injured service members as well as caring for the President, Vice President, or Cabinet members in the event they were injured.

Throughout his career, Colonel Graybill deployed six times to locations including Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Honduras, and the African country of Chad. He has treated civilians, U.S. soldiers, personnel from friendly nations, and enemy prisoners of war. 

Currently, Colonel Graybill serves as a Trauma, Burn, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgeon at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland. Known as Chris to family and friends, he maintains close ties to Mt. Lebanon as the son of John and Normajean Graybill, brother of Jeffrey Graybill, brother-in-law to Katie Graybill, and uncle to Xavier and Delaney Graybill, all Mt. Lebanon residents.  Colonel Graybill is married to Colonel Sky Denniston Graybill, M.D., a fellow Penn State graduate and Army endocrinologist.

Doyle Stevick, Ph.D. '88

Doyle Stevick, Ph.D. '88 is Director of the Anne Frank Center and Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies at the University of South Carolina. In the late 1990s, a series of racially motivated crimes profoundly altered the course of Doyle Stevick's career. Determined to understand how extremist ideologies take root and how education can protect individuals and communities from hatred, he began to pursue the advancement of civic education, Holocaust education, global citizenship, and the role of schools in building tolerant, democratic societies. 

Dr. Stevick is the founding executive director of the Anne Frank Center, the only Anne Frank House partner site in North America and one of just three worldwide, with the original AFH residing in Amsterdam. Since its founding in 2018, the Center has expanded its educational programs to 25 states, brought traveling Anne Frank exhibitions to 45 states, and secured more than $5 million in philanthropic support. Through these initiatives, thousands of middle and high school students engage with lessons on human rights, civic responsibility, and the dangers of hate.

A two-time Fulbright Scholar to Estonia, Stevick has co-authored six books on civic and Holocaust education and has presented on four continents in collaboration with UNESCO, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, and the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. His leadership has been recognized with the 2023 Akers Prize for the Humanities and the 2024 University of South Carolina Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Social Justice. Throughout his career, Stevick has demonstrated how education can serve as one of society’s most powerful tools for advancing justice, understanding, and democratic citizenship.