WALL OF FAME

2016 WALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

• Elverage Allen

• Brett Banks

• Maurita Bryant

• Charles Hamilton Jr.

• William Hamilton

• Carol Waller Pope

• Edward Roberson

• Monte’ Robinson

• Ramon Robinson

• William A. Robinson

• Dr. Lanise Rosemond

• Greg Shealey

• John Smith

• Dr. TaTanisha Smith

• Pastor Tim Smith

• Reginald Young

• Gleyn Ward

• Cecile Washington

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2009 WALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

• Edward Ray

• Robbin Floyd-Jones

• Joseph T. Capone Sr.

• Floretta Irvin

• Robert Randall

• Cheryl Jones Banks

• Barbara Phinisee

• Elnora Fortson

• John Wallace Jr.

• Terrence Taylor

• Dorien (Doc) Russell

• Roderick Craighead Jr.

• Sylvia Burnett

• Brett C. Carter

 

ARTISTS
• Henry Fiore
• Howard Russell
• Mary Lois Verilla (the woman who paints Pittsburgh)

 

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
• Al Aarons -- performed with Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones and Frank Sinatra
• Hal Brown 'HB' -- WAMO deejay
• Gerald 'Jerry' Byrd -- performed with Jimmy Smith and Jack McDuff
• Leslie Carrington-Parr
• Danny Vonn
• Sally Cosgrove & Bill Thompson -- dancers
• Frank Cunimondo -- composer/keyboard
• Keith & Karl Edmonds -- Mime ministries, evangelist outreach
• John Ford -- historian
• Erroll Garner -- jazz musician
• Linton Garner -- performed with Billy Eckstine and Erroll Garner, his brother
• Nelson Harrison, Ph.D., composer -- performed with Count Basie
• Ahmad Jamal -- jazz musician
• Claude Jay -- gospel recording artist
• James 'Sunny' Kelsey -- WAMO
• "The Larells" -- all-male band, recorded "Everybody Knew"
• Loran Mann -- WPXI-TV reporter/minister
• Don E. McNeil
• Grover Mitchell -- conductor with Count Basie orchestra
• Art Nance -- performed with Count Basie
• Birdie Nichols -- "Glorious Rebirth"
• Bill Nunn Sr. & Bill Nunn Jr. -- editors Pittsburgh Courier
• Peggy Pierce-Freeman
• Pat Prattis-Jennings -- principal keyboardist of the Pittsburgh Symphony
• Paul Ross -- Pittsburgh Symphony violinist
• Wyatt Ruther -- performed with Count Basie, Erroll Garner and Lena Horne
• Naomi Simms -- first black supermodel, an Oprah Legend
• Bev Smith -- national TV and radio talk-show host
• Lynnwood Sloan -- National Endowment for the Arts
• Dakota Staton -- jazz musician, performed on "Late, Late Show"
• Billy Strayhorn -- composed the "A Train" worked with Duke Ellington
• James Tripp-Haith -- TV producer with "Moesha" and "Eve"
• Adam Wade -- singer, actor and first black to host a game show
• Mary Lou Williams -- piano prodigy; composed masses for the Pope, worked with Duke Ellington

 

AUTHORS
• John Brewer -- "African Americans in Pittsburgh"
• Albert "Kippy" French -- "Billy Boy"
• Dennis Schatzman -- "The Simpson Trial in Black and White"

 

BUSINESSMEN
• John Brewer -- the Greater Pittsburgh Coliseum Trolley Station & Oral History Center
• Jack Burley -- executive with Heinz Co.
• Tom Burley -- international business developer -- Westinghouse Electric Co.
• Riley Davis Sr. -- Star Optical
• Cornelius Dorsey Sr. -- Dorsey's Records
• Gladys Edmonds -- Edmonds Travel Consultants
• Norman Farrish -- Norman & Co., international import
• Robert Goode -- senior vice president, Mellon Bank
• Eugene Harrison -- The Harrison Group
• Robert Lavelle -- Dwelling House
• Lemuel "Rip" Nixon -- Nixon & Associates
• Alfred Whatley -- CEO Thalhimers Dept. store chain.
• Oliver Byrd -- Chair of the August Wilson Center for African American Culture.
• Esther Bush -- head of the Urban League of Pittsburgh
• Doris Carson-Williams -- president of the African American Chamber of Commerce in Pittsburgh

 

CIVIL RIGHTS
• Euzell "Bubby" Hairston
• Wilbur Nelson
• Bill Nunn Sr.
• Wyatt Williams -- coordinator with the Pittsburgh contingent of the 1963 March on Washington

 

COMMUNITY SERVICE
• Malik Bankston -- head of Kingsley Association
• Carolyn Bright-Smith -- vice president "Generation Hope"
• Joan Bruce-Griffin -- executive with Washington County Redevelopment Authority
• Leslie Carrington-Parr -- actress/mayor's council for persons with disabilities
• Floyd Cephas
• Marcus Harvey -- founder of Strength Inc.
• Curtis Hefflin
• Jennifer Henderson-Germany -- Youthbuild
• Marshall Howard
• Kenneth Jennings Jr. -- first African American management intern for the Social Security administration
• Joe Lewis Jr. -- head of Homewood YMCA
• Lawrence Mason -- regional council, Boy Scouts of America
• Horace Miles -- head of SCORE
• Wilbur Nelson -- head of Homewood-Brushton Community Improvement Associations
• Walter Reid
• Doris Sloan-Roberts -- director of human services, Chesapeake, Va.
• Joanne Sloan-Glover -- assistant director Allegheny County Department of Public Assistance
• Celeste Taylor
• John Tibbs
• Tommy Tucker

 

EDUCATORS
• Rick Adams -- dean Community College of Allegheny County
• James Boyd -- U.S. Army education specialist
• Harry Budd -- dean Slippery Rock University
• Robert Burley
• Lance Carter
• Joann Cobb-Burley -- executive officer at Penn State
• Charlene H. Cole-Newkirk -- dean at Prince Frederick Community College of Southern Maryland
• Elaine Casey-Davis
• Jim Ellis -- developed inner-city swim team in Philadelphia; subject of the movie "Pride"
• Yvonne Holt-Edwards
• Helen Faison -- Pittsburgh's first female, African American high school principal and the first female, African American school superintendent in the Pittsburgh Public school system
• Dr. Leon Haley
• George Harris
• Elmer Haymon Jr. -- dean, student development at Community College of Allegheny County
• Carole Coles-Henry
• Gloria Hill -- assistant provost Carnegie Mellon University
• Joan James
• Victor Jonnotti -- teacher of the year
• Jake Milliones -- president of Pittsburgh board of Education
• Dr. Dwight Mosley
• Rachel Poole -- first African American associate professor -- Department of Mental Health at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
• Ernestine Reed
• Dr. Edward Rhodes -- vice chancellor, Indiana University
• Ronald Thornhill -- principal at CAPA
• Gertrude Wade -- the first female, African American principal in the Pittsburgh Public schools
• George Webb
• Leo Woods
• Erroll B. Davis Jr. -- chancellor, University of System of Georgia.
• Capt. Wilbur C. Douglass III -- Chaplin of the U.S. Navy Coast Guard

 

HEALTH CARE
• Dr. Allison Smith-Barnett
• Dr. Earl Childs
• Dr. Robert "Moose" Edwards
• Joan Bruce-Griffin
• Dr. John Hairston
• Dr. Charles Hefflin
• Art Nance -- director St. Joseph Hospital
• Margaret Washington -- president, Washington Associates
• Russell Washington

 

MILITARY MEN
• Capt. Sherrill Brown
• Lt. Col. George Charlton Jr. -- a Buffalo Soldier
• Charlton Cherry
• Marshall Fields -- Tuskegee Airmen
• Major James Hilton Greene
• Thomas Gunn -- Tuskegee Airmen
• Brigadiere Gen. Robert W. Smith III.

 

POLITICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
• Reginald Bridges -- attorney
• Earl Buford Jr. -- Pittsburgh chief of police
• Ophelia "Cookie" Coleman -- co-founder & vice president P.A.C.T.
• Lt. Col. Hawthorne Conley
• Tony Deluca -- Pennsylvania state representative
• Alfonso Gibson -- chief of detectives, Washington, D.C.
• Linda Perkins
• Channing Phillips -- first black to be nominated by Democrats to run for U.S. President
• Wendell Phillips -- House of Representatives, Maryland
• Joe Rhodes -- Pennsylvania state legislator
• Joe Preston -- Pennyslvania state legislator
• Hon. Edward Tibbs
• Richard Utley -- commissioner, Bureau of Professional & Occupational Affairs, Pennslyvania
• Deborah Walker
• Hon. Warren Watson -- one of the first black judges in Allegheny County
• Leslie Wiley -- director, office of International Visitors, U.S. Department of State
• Lamonte Wilson -- first black fire captian/head of 911

 

RELIGION
• Bishop Dwayne Darkins -- Greater Faith Tabernacle
• Richard Goode -- pastor and developer, Atlanta.
• Rev. Gerald Lloyd -- Fountain of Life
• Rev. Loran Mann --- Pentecostal Temple COGIC

 

SPORTS
• Clarence Bruce -- played with Homestead Grays
• Chuck Cooper -- Boston Celtics, first black drafted in NBA
• Clarence Doak -- track and field world-class athlete
• Ed Fleming -- professional with Cincinnati Royals; swim coach at Westinghouse
• Wes Garnet -- professional football player with San Diego Chargers
• Eugene Harrison -- player with Pittsburgh Steelers
• John Henderson -- player with Pittsburgh Steelers
• Kenneth Hudson -- first black full-time referee for the NBA
• Tony Liscio -- player with Dallas Cowboys
• Melvin Myricks -- played with Kansas City Chiefs
• Orin Richburg -- Olympic track coach
• Maurice Stokes -- played with Cincinnati Royals
• Joseph "Showboat" Ware -- all letter man

 

HONORARY INDUCTEE
• Carl McVicker Sr. -- Westinghouse music instructor, teacher to all of the musicians in the Hall of Fame

 

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Feb. 19, 2007.