Geneva High principal Tom Rogers wins Chamber’s Wood Award

Tom Rogers was “good and aggravated” as he headed to the Geneva Chamber of Commerce Wood Award dinner on Nov. 5 at Eagle Brook Country Club in Geneva. The Geneva High School principal thought he was attending to accept the Heart and Soul of Geneva Award on behalf of the high school, but he was missing the Geneva High girls volleyball sectional tournament to do so.

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It would be worth it, however. Later on, as the video tribute that would announce the Wood Award honoree that evening began to play, the winner began to sound familiar to him. When it mentioned this year’s winner would be following in the footsteps of another winner, Rogers turned to his wife, Mary, who had a smile on her face.

“I’m truly humbled to be on this list,” he said when he went on stage to accept the award. As for following in someone else’s footsteps, Rogers’ father, Dave, had received the award in 1997. “It’s amazing to be on the same list as you,” Tom Rogers said.The Geneva Chamber presents the Wood Community Serv