Archive for the In Memoriam Category

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

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

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

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1994 [Now Deceased] As journalist, activist, actor, and minister, George S. Buse made his mark on Chicago’s

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1994 [Now Deceased] Robert J. Adams is a native of Macomb, Illinois. He earned his degree of

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1993 [Now Deceased] From 1978, he was a prominent Chicago gay and lesbian community leader and a

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1993 [now deceased] A native New Yorker, who began her activism in New York shortly after the

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1993 [now deceased] As a successful businesswoman, she contributed time, energy, and resources to numerous community organizations.

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1993 [Now Deceased] A Chicago resident for more than 50 years, Bruce C. Scott successfully fought federal

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1993 [Now Deceased] As an openly gay physician he co-founded the first comprehensive HIV/AIDS clinic at Cook