Members

Inductee
STROIA, GEORGE
STROIA, GEORGE
Born on July 26, 1931
East Chicago, IN
February 23, 2017.
Inducted On
May 5, 2019
Location Inducted
Merrillville, IN (Posthumously)
Region Number
1
Valparaiso
Merit - Official
Gary Froebel
1950
Indiana University BS 1957; Indiana University MS 1959; Oklahoma State University Ed.D.
1983
Served in the US Army 1952-1954; former teacher/coach at Lew Wallace HS; served as Gary Public Schools Director of Community Schools and Recreation Programs, then as general supervisor of health, PE, recreation, and athletic programs; 20-year adjunct professor at Calumet College; served in various administrative capacities in field of athletics and recreation at Chicago State University.
Wife, Rose; children, Mary (Bruce), Kathleen, and John; two grandchildren
Merit Contributor - Official: Football official at the high school level 1956-1982; football official in the Indiana Collegiate Conference, Heartland Conference, and Hoosier Conference 1972-1982; organized and directed teaching of football officiating for college credit at Chicago State University at satellite Indiana site.

Professional Officiating Honors: Selected to officiate three Indiana hgh school state play-off games.