Inductee Profiles

1907 – 1996

Calvin J. Werner was an engineer, inventor, corporate and community leader, and lifelong Daytonian.

1867 – 1912

Wilbur Wright focused his attentions on the theory and mechanics of controlling the airplane during flight.

1891 – 1987

Dr. Charles H. Wesley was a noted educator, author, historian, President of Wilberforce University, and founder of Central State University.

1864 - 1922

Young’s 32-year career in the Army was filled with extraordinary accomplishments. In 1889, he was the third African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He became the first African American national park superintendent, the first African American military attaché, and the first African American to attain the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army.

Beyond his career, Young was also a musician, author, and educator. He wrote poems, scores of music, and a five-act play on the life of the Black General of the Haitian Revolution, Toussaint L’Overture. He mentored future generations of Army officers, including Benjamin O. Davis Sr. and students at Wilberforce University in Ohio. Beyond these personal achievements, Young was a son, a friend, a leader, a husband, and a father.

1871 – 1948

Orville Wright was one of a pair of Dayton brothers who taught the world to fly.