Archive for the In Memoriam Category

SAMSON CHAN

On / 1995, In Memoriam, Individual

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1995 [Posthumous] During a short, courageous life he built a legacy of social change here and overseas.

On / 1995, In Memoriam, Individual

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1995 [Now Deceased] A psychotherapist and social worker, for many years Caryn Berman worked professionally and as

On / 1994, In Memoriam, Individual

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1994 [Now Deceased] Born on Chicago’s South Side and raised in the Pullman and Roseland neighborhoods, Elizabeth

On / 1994, In Memoriam, Individual

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1994 [Posthumous] Nationally known for research in Chicago lesbian and gay history, Gregory A. Sprague co-founded the

On / 1994, In Memoriam, Individual

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1994 [Now Deceased] Earnest E. Hite, Jr., was born and reared in Champaign, Illinois, and he cites

FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY | Inducted 1994 [Now Deceased] A Chicago native, having spent her childhood in Garfield Park and

On / 1994, In Memoriam, Individual

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1994 [Posthumous] Samuel F. Davis, Jr., entrepreneur and attorney, was a man who put his energy and

On / 1994, In Memoriam, Individual

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1994 [now deceased] Since 1971, John Chester has been a leader in lesbian and gay rights efforts,

FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY | Inducted 1994 [Now deceased] Lori Cannon – was drawn into Chicago’s organized gay and lesbian

On / 1994, In Memoriam, Individual

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1994 [Now Deceased] James A. Bussen spent his formative years in the small towns of downstate Illinois,