Panel recommends naming new Bend High School building for Medal of Honor recipient Bob Maxwell Update: (Adding video) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- At Tuesday night's Bend-La Pine School Board meeting, a committee proposed that Bend Senior High School's new multi-purpose building be named for Medal of Honor recipient Robert D. Maxwell. The committee, which is comprised of administrators, students, and community members, unanimously agreed on the naming proposal before presenting it to the board. Maxwell, a Bend resident who passed away two years ago Tuesday at the age of 98, was the oldest Living Medal of Honor recipient in the nation at the time of his death.