Archive for the In Memoriam Category

JIM RINNERT

On / 2025, In Memoriam, Individual, Most Recent

Individual | Inducted 2025 | Posthumous Induction Artist, playwright, and activist James Hubert “Jim” Rinnert was the founding board president

TOMMY DELORENZO

On / 2025, In Memoriam, Individual, Most Recent

Individual | Inducted 2025 | Posthumous Induction Tommy DeLorenzo was the cofounder – with his husband, Drew Scott DeLorenzo –

SAM HAMILTON

On / 2025, In Memoriam, Individual, Most Recent

Individual | Inducted 2025 | Posthumous Induction Sam Hamilton was instrumental in the growth of women’s sports within the Chicago

ARICK BUCKLES

On / 2025, In Memoriam, Individual, Most Recent

Individual | Inducted 2025 | Posthumous Induction Arick Buckles devoted his life to advancing the health, housing, and dignity of

DEMETRIUS “DEM” HOPKINS

On / 2024, In Memoriam, Individual

Individual | Inducted 2024 Demetrius “Dem” Hopkins (1955-2023) made important contributions to Chicago’s LGBT community and to the city at

MARGARET HILLIS

On / 2023, In Memoriam, Individual

Individual | Inducted 2023 (Posthumous) Margaret Hillis was a conductor, chorus director, airplane pilot, veteran, educator, activist, and mentor. She

DAN WOLF

On / 2022, In Memoriam, Individual

Individual | Inducted 2022 [Posthumous] Dan Wolf, a gay, Jewish, man, and one of the few survivors of the infamous

PATRICIA LATHAM

On / 2022, Friend of the Community, In Memoriam

Friend of the Community | Inducted 2022 [Posthumous] For nearly 30 years, Patricia Ann “Patty the Pin Lady” Latham surfed

LANA HOSTETLER

On / 2021, Friend of the Community, In Memoriam

Friend of the Community | Inducted 2021 [Posthumous] It is hard to imagine a more devoted Friend of the Community

GINNI CLEMMENS

On / 2021, In Memoriam, Individual

Individual | Inducted 2021 [Posthumous] The gentle, yet radical Ginni Clemmens was known worldwide as one of the earliest openly