Widerberg serves as inspiration
President William Perry talks with Willard Widerberg before the Illinois Teacher of the Year Hall of Fame dedication Monday afternoon. Widerberg was the first Teacher of the Year in Illinois in 1954.
Widerberg serves as inspiration
His silhouette will represent all of the Illinois Teachers of the Year past and present. To Joe Fatheree, the 2006-2007 Illinois Teacher of the Year, he is an inspiration and the father of the Teacher of the Year Program.