Honorees

Margaret Brewer, of Durand, Michigan, was born there on July 1, 1930. She earned a BS degree in Geography from the University of Michigan in 1952 and Read More

Duane Hackney, of Trout Run, Pennsylvania, was born in Flint, Michigan on June 5, 1947. He graduated from Flint Beecher High School where he was Read More

Alexander “Jeff” Jefferson, of Southfield, Michigan, was born on Thursday, November 15, 1921 in Detroit, Michigan. He graduated from Detroit Chadsey Read More

Charles Kettles, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, was born there on January 9, 1930. He studied engineering at Michigan Normal College (now Eastern Michigan Read More

Jack Lousma, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, was born in Pontiac, Michigan in 1935. He graduated from Pioneer High School in 1954, BS degree in Aeronautical Read More

Donald Odell, of Mt. Clemens, Michigan, was born in Pontiac, Michigan in 1935. He studied at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Read More

Joe Louis, of Detroit, Michigan, was born in Lafayette, Alabama, on May 13, 1914. He worked at the Ford Motor Company River Rouge Plant and attended Read More

Tyrone Chatman, of Southfield, Michigan, was born in Detroit, Michigan on September 26, 1952. He joined the U.S. Army in Detroit at the age of 17. Read More

John Dingell, of Dearborn, Michigan, was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado on July 8, 1926. He attended Georgetown Preparatory School and then the Read More

Keith King, of Redford Township, Michigan, was born in Highland Park, Michigan on July 19, 1950. He graduated from Thurston High School in 1968. Keith Read More

Vince Patton, of Alexandria, Virginia, was born in Detroit, Michigan on November 21, 1954. He graduated from Detroit Cass Tech High School in 1972, Read More

Michael Ilitch, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, was born in Detroit, Michigan on July 20, 1929. He graduated from Cooley High School in Detroit. Mike Read More