Derby Announces Class of 2020
(L-R) Giuseppe Cusano, the work of John Cloues, and Dr. Albert Phillips
Mayor Richard Dziekan is pleased to announce the selection of the 14th anniversary
class for the Derby Hall of Fame. This year's class of three chosen by
the Hall of Fame Committee brings the number of Hall members to 55.
Normally, the members are announced in conjunction with Derby Day, but
because of the coronavirus issue, it will not be held this year.
Mayor Dziekan said, "Dziekan said, “This year's class is diverse in its
accomplishments. It includes an Italian immigrant who became the first from
Derby to die in service to his new country in World War I, the man who
designed the streetscape of what was the Borough of Birmingham and is better
known as downtown Derby today, and the distinguished physician who served as
Derby's fifth mayor as well as the first chairman of the board at Griffin
Hospital.
Click here to learn more about the Class of
2020. The first members of Derby Hall of Fame were admitted in 2007.
In 2015 the Derby High School Athletic Hall
of Fame was started, and you can learn more about that
here. Two members of the City Hall of Fame were also in the inaugural
class of the High School Athletic Hall.
The Derby Hall of Fame is made up of Derby natives and residents who have helped to shape the course of history through their achievements at the local, state, national or international level. Each of these individuals selected was either born in Derby or lived here at some point in his/her life.
Living individuals are not eligible for selection.
The Class of 2020
will be
inducted on Derby Day in June, but you can
nominate someone anytime by clicking here
to send an e-mail. Please make sure that you provide biographical
information about the person that you are nominating and not just a name.
Nominations are kept on file for three years.
Microsoft Word form
Adobe Acrobat PDF
form
The Hall of Fame is part of this plaza on the Derby Greenway.
The initial class of eleven individuals was inducted into the Hall of Fame on September 1, 2007. Click here for the story. Click here
for the Class of 2008, here for the Class of
2009, here for the Class of 2010,
here for the Class of 2011,
here for 2012 and
here for 2013. Click here to learn more
about the Class of 2014, here for 2015,
here for 2016 or here for
2017. The 2018 class can be found
here.
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