Archive for the Individual Category

MODESTO “TICO” VALLE

On / 1998, Individual

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1998 Modesto Valle founded the Chicago NAMES Project in 1989. While on the NAMES national board, he

VICTOR A. SALVO, JR.

On / 1998, Individual

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1998 After chairing Chicago’s 1987 National March on Washington Committee, Victor Salvo helped to found the Lesbian

DEAN ROBERT OGREN

On / 1998, Individual

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1998 Dean Ogren is an exemplar volunteer who has tirelessly shared his talents with many organizations, including

RENAE OGLETREE

On / 1998, In Memoriam, Individual

Photo by: Israel Wright

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1998 [Now Deceased] Renae Ogletree engaged in wide-ranging volunteer and professional activities that brought people together around

IRA H. JONES

On / 1998, In Memoriam, Individual

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1998 [Posthumous] In Mattachine Midwest and other venues, for well over 20 years Ira Henry Hillyard Jones

ARTHUR L. JOHNSTON

On / 1998, Individual

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1998 During two decades, he has been a community activist. As partner in the innovative video bar

JORJET HARPER

On / 1998, Individual

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1998 For almost two decades, Jorjet Harper has been a journalist and columnist, commenting on a panorama

JEANNETTE HOWARD FOSTER

On / 1998, In Memoriam, Individual

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1998 [Posthumous] Born in 1895, Jeannette Howard Foster was and educator, librarian, translator, poet, scholar, and author

LAURIE J. DITTMAN

On / 1998, Individual

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1998 Active in local independent politics and in gay and lesbian organizing, Laurie Dittman was a chief

THOMAS R. CHIOLA

On / 1998, Individual

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1998 Tom Chiola is best known for being the first openly gay candidate to be elected to