WALL OF HONOR INDUCTEES
2025 Applications are Now Available and Due by Friday, January 10, 2025!
Select one of the following:
—> Print the form and complete by hand.
—> Fill out this form online, and print to return.
Have you completed a form in the past? This year’s application has been updated; please resubmit to be considered. Email info@uahistory.org with questions.
Each year, a deceased former Upper Arlington resident who brought honor and recognition to our community is selected for the Wall of Honor, with a memorial plaque installed on the Plaza at the Municipal Services Center, 3600 Tremont Road. The idea was conceived by City administration and is a joint project of the Historical Society and the City of Upper Arlington. Its purpose is to honor a deceased resident of Upper Arlington who has contributed greatly to the city, state or nation through his or her achievements.
The honoree has a bronze plaque dedicated in his/her memory and placed on the limestone wall in front of the Municipal Services Center. Applications are made available each year in the newspapers and at the Upper Arlington libraries. The nominee must have lived in Upper Arlington and meet one or more of the following requirements:
Be outstanding in achievement in the arts, professions, politics, science, education, sports, religion, commerce, philanthropy, public service, or a reputation that brings honor to the community, or personal commitment and service to the community, or has had a lasting effect for the good of the community.
Below are links to images of every plaque since the program began in 1990. See it “live” outside the entrance to UA’s Municipal Services Center, 3600 Tremont Road.
By Year:
King G. & Benjamin S. Thompson - 1990
J. Stewart Collins - 1990
H. Roy Chope - 1990
William Michael O'Leary - 1990
William S. Van Fossen - 1990
Ruth Mouget Worrell - 1990
Wayne Woodrow (Woody) Hayes - 1991
John William Bricker - 1992
Donald Monroe Casto, Sr. - 1993
Michael A. Peppe - 1994
Roy A. Burkhart, Ph.D., D.D. - 1995
Walter B. Heischman - 1996
John W. Wuichet, Sr. - 1997
Monsignor George J. Kennedy - 1998
Ruth Weimer Mount - 1999
Paul R. Gingher - 2000
John A. Dawson - 2001
John Peter Minton, M.D., Ph.D., FAACS - 2002
Arthur G. James, M.D. - 2002
Governor James A. Rhodes - 2003
L. Marvin Moorehead - 2004
Robert J. Murphy, M.D. - 2005
Frederick R. Taylor - 2006
John W. Galbreath - 2007
C. William O'Neill - 2008
Howard Dwight Smith - 2009
Cindy Dyas - 2010
Stefanie Spielman - 2010
John Elam - 2011
Dave Thomas - 2012
James T. Miller - 2013
George Haddad - 2013
Mary Egerton Miller - 2014
Robert S. Crane, Jr. - 2015
Bertha A. Bouroncle, MD - 2016
Claude S. Perry, MD - 2016
Norman O. Rothermich, MD - 2016
John A. Dunkel - 2017
J.W. Jones - 2018
Clark Poston Pritchett, Jr. - 2018
Jeanne (McCoy) Purnhagen Schaal - 2018
Jacob L. "Jake" Will - 2018
Lawrence E. Hughes - 2019
Blaine T Sickles - 2019
Linda Ready - 2021
Ken Thompson - 2021
Donald Dodrill - 2022
Dr. Robert W. Wagner - 2022
Robin Hess Comfort - 2023
Joanie Igel Dugger - 2023
W. Reed McClelland - 2024
Link McKinley Murphy - 2024
Alphabetically:
Bertha A. Bouroncle, MD - 2016
John William Bricker - 1992
Roy A. Burkhart, Ph.D., D.D. - 1995
Donald Monroe Casto, Sr. - 1993
H. Roy Chope - 1990
J. Stewart Collins - 1990
Robin Hess Comfort - 2023
Robert S. Crane, Jr. - 2015
John A. Dawson - 2001
Donald Dodrill - 2022
Joanie Igel Dugger - 2023
John A. Dunkel - 2017
Cindy Dyas - 2010
John Elam - 2011
John W. Galbreath - 2007
Paul R. Gingher - 2000
George Haddad - 2013
Wayne Woodrow (Woody) Hayes - 1991
Walter B. Heischman - 1996
Lawrence E. Hughes - 2019
Arthur G. James, M.D. - 2002
J.W. Jones - 2018
Monsignor George J. Kennedy - 1998
W. Reed McClelland - 2024
James T. Miller - 2013
Mary Egerton Miller - 2014
John Peter Minton, M.D., Ph.D., FAACS - 2002
L. Marvin Moorehead - 2004
Ruth Weimer Mount - 1999
Link McKinley Murphy - 2024
Robert J. Murphy, M.D. - 2005
William Michael O'Leary - 1990
C. William O'Neill - 2008
Michael A. Peppe - 1994
Claude S. Perry, MD - 2016
Clark Poston Pritchett, Jr. - 2018
Linda Ready - 2021
Governor James A. Rhodes - 2003
Norman O. Rothermich, MD - 2016
Jeanne (McCoy) Purnhagen Schaal - 2018
Blaine T Sickles - 2019
Howard Dwight Smith - 2009
Stefanie Spielman - 2010
Frederick R. Taylor - 2006
Dave Thomas - 2012
Ken Thompson - 2021
King G. & Benjamin S. Thompson - 1990
William S. Van Fossen - 1990
Dr. Robert W. Wagner - 2022
Jacob L. "Jake" Will - 2018
Ruth Mouget Worrell - 1990
John W. Wuichet, Sr. - 1997