CLEVELAND HALL OF FAME - The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History

The CLEVELAND HALL OF FAME consists of deceased individuals from the Greater Cleveland area who received national or international acclaim. Unveiled at Cleveland's PUBLIC SQUARE on 22 July 1971 as the highlight of the city's 175th birthday, the Hall of Fame was originally conceived by Ruth Ketteringham, a trustee of the EARLY SETTLERS ASSN. OF THE WESTERN RESERVE. Persons selected to the Hall of Fame must be listed in the Dictionary of American Biography and must have died at least 25 years before selection. At the unveiling in 1971, there were 28 names. Black-and-white portraits of the inductees went on permanent display the following year in the new Utilities Bldg. at Lakeside and 12th. In 1981 the permanent exhibit was moved to the back wall of the city hall rotunda, and 7 new names were added. Since that time, new names have been added every 5 years. Members of the Cleveland Hall of Fame in 1993 were (asterisk [*] denotes charter inductee; all caps denotes entry in the Dictionary of Cleveland Biography): FLORENCE E. ALLEN†, *NEWTON D. BAKER†, WM. H. BRETT†, JOS. W. BRIGGS†, *CHAS. F. BRUSH†, HAROLD H. BURTON†, JOS. CARABELLI†, *LEONARD CASE, JR.†, *CHAS. W. CHESNUTT†, *MOSES CLEAVELAND<.GOTO>, Dr. GEO. W. CRILE†, *Dr. HARVEY W. CUSHING†, Thos. A. Edison, SERENO P. FENN†, CLAUD H. FOSTER†, *JAS. A. GARFIELD†, FREDERICK H. GOFF†, *CAESAR A. GRASSELLI†, Chas. Martin Hall, *MARCUS A. HANNA†, *JOHN M. HAY†, *MYRON T. HERRICK†, ADELLA PRENTISS HUGHES†, *TOM L. JOHNSON†, *ALFRED KELLEY†, Adm. Ernest J. King, *JARED P. KIRTLAND†, JAS. F. LINCOLN†, *SAMUEL L. MATHER†, Wm. McKinley, *Dr. ALBERT A. MICHELSON†, Dr. DAYTON C. MILLER†, GARRETT A. MORGAN†, *Prof. EDW. W. MORLEY†, *Oliver Hazard Perry, RUFUS P. RANNEY†, *JAS. FORD RHODES†, *JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER†, REBECCA CROMWELL ROUSE†, *EDW. W. SCRIPPS†, Henry A. Sherwin, Rabbi ABBA HILLEL SILVER†, *AMBROSE SWASEY†, *CHAS. F. THWING†, *MANTIS J. VAN SWERINGEN†, *ORIS P. VAN, SWERINGEN†, *JEPTHA WADE†, *ARTEMUS WARD†, *ARCHIBALD M. WILLARD†, ALEXANDER WINTON†.

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