Three people have been inducted into the Exeter Alumni Association’s Academic Hall of Fame.
Inductees are chosen for their contributions to society and their impact and credit they’ve brought to the Exeter School District through their achievements, volunteerism or work.
Inducted last Saturday were Dr. Daniel A. Hemberger, Dr. Nicholas J. Corbo and Lauren C. Unger Fisher.
Hemberger is a 2003 Exeter graduate who went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in physics from Oberlin College and a Ph.D. in astronomy from Cornell University.
While attending Exeter, Hemberger discovered his lifelong passion for physics as a senior. In his research, Hemberger studied Einstein’s theory of general relativity, black holes and pulsars.
As a postdoctoral scholar at California Institute of Technology, his supercomputer simulations of black hole collisions aided the first detection of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory in 2015.
Hemberger is employed as technologist by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he has worked since 2018.
Corbo worked in education for 40 years, last serving as the superintendent of the Exeter School District.
He began his career as a chemistry teacher in York County, where he held various administrative positions, including superintendent of the South Eastern School District, until he moved to Exeter’s superintendency in 1998.
While at Exeter, Corbo oversaw the expansion of the high school and construction of the Reiffton School. Near his retirement in 2007, Corbo helped establish the Exeter Community Education Foundation to help support students, teachers and educational initiatives that the district’s budget is unable to fund. He serves as an emeritus trustee as he continues to support the foundation.
Unger Fisher graduated from Exeter High School in 2000 and went on to graduate with honors from the University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor’s degree in political science and government.
Following graduation from Pittsburgh, she worked as an NBC page for the “Nightly News with Brian Williams” and as an award-winning reporter and anchor in televised news in Michigan, Louisiana, New Jersey and Germany.
Since 2011, she has worked in executive communications for the international humanitarian organization World Vision USA to raise the public’s attention to the plight of children in crises around the world.
Fisher was unable to attend the ceremony because she is working in Jordan. She was represented by her parents, Larry and Eileen Unger.
