Westinghouse Hall of Fame

Westinghouse High School Wall of Fame
:February 19, 2007 by Ervin Dyer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Where available, achievements are noted.
===ARTISTS===
* Henry Fiore
* Howard Russell
* Mary Lois Verilla (the woman who paints Pittsburgh)
===ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT===
* [[Al Aarons -- performed with Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones and Frank Sinatra
* Hal Brown 'HB' -- WAMO deejay
* Gerald 'Jerry' Byrd -- performed with Jimmy Smith and Jack McDuff
* Leslie Carrington-Parr
* Danny Vonn
* Sally Cosgrove & Bill Thompson -- dancers
* Frank Cunimondo -- composer/keyboard
* Keith Edmonds & Karl Edmonds -- Mime ministries, evangelist outreach
* John Ford -- historian
* Erroll Garner -- jazz musician
* Linton Garner -- performed with Billy Eckstine and Erroll Garner, his brother
* Nelson Harrison, Ph.D., composer -- performed with Count Basie
* Ahmad Jamal -- jazz musician
* Claude Jay -- gospel recording artist
* James 'Sunny' Kelsey -- WAMO
* The Larells -- all-male band, recorded "Everybody Knew"
* Loran Mann -- WPXI-TV reporter/minister
* Don E. McNeil
* Grover Mitchell -- conductor with Count Basie orchestra
* Art Nance -- performed with Count Basie
* Birdie Nichols -- "Glorious Rebirth"
* Bill Nunn Sr. & Bill Nunn Jr. -- editors Pittsburgh Courier
* Peggy Pierce-Freeman
* Pat Prattis-Jennings -- principal keyboardist of the Pittsburgh Symphony
* Paul Ross -- Pittsburgh Symphony violinist
* Wyatt Ruther -- performed with Count Basie, Erroll Garner and Lena Horne
* Naomi Simms -- first black supermodel, an Oprah Legend
* Bev Smith -- national TV and radio talk-show host
* Lynnwood Sloan -- National Endowment for the Arts
* Dakota Staton -- jazz musician, performed on "Late, Late Show"
* Billy Strayhorn -- composed the "A Train" worked with Duke Ellington
* James Tripp-Haith -- TV producer with "Moesha" and "Eve"
* Adam Wade -- singer, actor and first black to host a game show
* Mary Lou Williams -- piano prodigy; composed masses for the Pope, worked with Duke Ellington
===AUTHORS===
* John Brewer -- "African Americans in Pittsburgh"
* Albert "Kippy" French -- "Billy Boy"
* Dennis Schatzman -- "The Simpson Trial in Black and White"
===BUSINESS===
* John Brewer -- the Greater Pittsburgh Coliseum Trolley Station & Oral History Center
* Jack Burley -- executive with Heinz Co.
* Tom Burley -- international business developer -- Westinghouse Electric Co.
* Riley Davis Sr. -- Star Optical
* Cornelius Dorsey Sr. -- Dorsey's Records
* Gladys Edmonds -- Edmonds Travel Consultants
* Norman Farrish -- Norman & Co., international import
* Robert Goode -- senior vice president, Mellon Bank
* Eugene Harrison -- The Harrison Group
* Robert Lavelle -- Dwelling House
* Lemuel "Rip" Nixon -- Nixon & Associates
* Alfred Whatley -- CEO Thalhimers Dept. store chain.
* Oliver Byrd -- Chair of the August Wilson Center for African American Culture.
* Esther Bush -- head of the Urban League of Pittsburgh
* Doris Carson-Williams -- president of the African American Chamber of Commerce in Pittsburgh
===CIVIL RIGHTS===
* Euzell "Bubby" Hairston
* Wilbur Nelson
* Bill Nunn Sr.
* Wyatt Williams -- coordinator with the Pittsburgh contingent of the 1963 March on Washington
===COMMUNITY SERVICE===
* Malik Bankston -- head of Kingsley Association
* Carolyn Bright-Smith -- vice president "Generation Hope"
* Joan Bruce-Griffin -- executive with Washington County Redevelopment Authority
* Leslie Carrington-Parr -- actress/mayor's council for persons with disabilities
* Floyd Cephas
* Marcus Harvey -- founder of Strength Inc.
* Curtis Hefflin
* Jennifer Henderson-Germany -- Youthbuild
* Marshall Howard
* Kenneth Jennings Jr. -- first African American management intern for the Social Security administration
* Joe Lewis Jr. -- head of Homewood YMCA
* Lawrence Mason -- regional council, Boy Scouts of America
* Horace Miles -- head of SCORE
* Wilbur Nelson -- head of Homewood-Brushton Community Improvement Associations
* Walter Reid
* Doris Sloan-Roberts -- director of human services, Chesapeake, Va.
* Joanne Sloan-Glover -- assistant director Allegheny County Department of Public Assistance
* Celeste Taylor
* John Tibbs
* Tommy Tucker
===EDUCATORS===
* Rick Adams -- dean Community College of Allegheny County
* James Boyd -- U.S. Army education specialist
* Harry Budd -- dean Slippery Rock University
* Robert Burley
* Lance Carter
* Joann Cobb-Burley -- executive officer at Penn State
* Charlene H. Cole-Newkirk -- dean at Prince Frederick Community College of Southern Maryland
* Elaine Casey-Davis
* Jim Ellis -- developed inner-city swim team in Philadelphia; subject of the movie "Pride"
* Yvonne Holt-Edwards
* Helen Faison -- Pittsburgh's first female, African American high school principal and the first female, African American school superintendent in the Pittsburgh Public school system
* Dr. Leon Haley
* George Harris
* Elmer Haymon Jr. -- dean, student development at Community College of Allegheny County
* Carole Coles-Henry
* Gloria Hill -- assistant provost Carnegie Mellon University
* Joan James
* Victor Jonnotti -- teacher of the year
* Jake Milliones -- president of Pittsburgh board of Education
* Dr. Dwight Mosley
* Rachel Poole -- first African American associate professor -- Department of Mental Health at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
* Ernestine Reed
* Dr. Edward Rhodes -- vice chancellor, Indiana University
* Ronald Thornhill -- principal at CAPA
* Gertrude Wade -- the first female, African American principal in the Pittsburgh Public schools
* George Webb
* Leo Woods
* Erroll B. Davis Jr. -- chancellor, University of System of Georgia.
* Capt. Wilbur C. Douglass III -- Chaplin of the U.S. Navy Coast Guard
===HEALTH CARE===
* Dr. Allison Smith-Barnett
* Dr. Earl Childs
* Dr. Robert "Moose" Edwards
* Joan Bruce-Griffin
* Dr. John Hairston
* Dr. Charles Hefflin
* Art Nance -- director St. Joseph Hospital
* Margaret Washington -- president, Washington Associates
* Russell Washington
===MILITARY===
* Capt. Sherrill Brown
* Lt. Col. George Charlton Jr. -- a Buffalo Soldier
* Capt Carlton Cherry
* Marshall Fields -- Tuskegee Airmen
* Major James Hilton Greene
* Thomas Gunn -- Tuskegee Airmen
* Brigadiere Gen. Robert W. Smith III.
===POLITICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT===
* Reginald Bridges -- attorney
* Earl Buford Jr. -- Pittsburgh chief of police
* Ophelia "Cookie" Coleman -- co-founder & vice president P.A.C.T.
* Lt. Col. Hawthorne Conley
* Tony Deluca -- Pennsylvania state representative
* Alfonso Gibson -- chief of detectives, Washington, D.C.
* Linda Perkins
* Channing Phillips -- first black to be nominated by Democrats to run for U.S. President
* Wendell Phillips -- House of Representatives, Maryland
* Joe Rhodes -- Pennsylvania state legislator
* Joe Preston -- Pennyslvania state legislator
* Hon. Edward Tibbs
* Richard Utley -- commissioner, Bureau of Professional & Occupational Affairs, Pennslyvania
* Deborah Walker
* Hon. Warren Watson -- one of the first black judges in Allegheny County
* Leslie Wiley -- director, office of International Visitors, U.S. Department of State
* Lamonte Wilson -- first black fire captian/head of 911
===RELIGION===
* Bishop Dwayne Darkins]] -- Greater Faith Tabernacle
* Richard Goode -- pastor and developer, Atlanta.
* Rev. Gerald Lloyd -- Fountain of Life
* Rev. Loran Mann --- Pentecostal Temple COGIC
===SPORTS===
* Clarence Bruce -- played with Homestead Grays
* Chuck Cooper -- Boston Celtics, first black drafted in NBA
* Clarence Doak -- track and field world-class athlete
* Ed Fleming -- professional with Cincinnati Royals; swim coach at Westinghouse
* Wes Garnet -- professional football player with San Diego Chargers
* Eugene Harrison -- player with Pittsburgh Steelers
* John Henderson -- player with Pittsburgh Steelers
* Kenneth Hudson -- first black full-time referee for the NBA
* Tony Liscio -- player with Dallas Cowboys
* Melvin Myricks -- played with Kansas City Chiefs
* Orin Richburg -- Olympic track coach
* Maurice Stokes -- played with Cincinnati Royals
* Joseph "Showboat" Ware -- all letter man
===HONORARY INDUCTEE===
* Carl McVicker Sr. -- Westinghouse music instructor, teacher to all of the musicians in the Hall of Fame
==Links==
* Westinghouse High School