Inductee Profiles

1921 – 1988

C.J. McLin, Jr. represented Dayton in the Ohio State Legislature for 22 years.

1800 – 1868

Reverend Leo Meyer, S.M. (Society of Mary) was one of the founders and the first President of the University of Dayton.

1923 – 2021

John E. Moore, Sr., a World War II veteran and former chief of civilian personnel at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, gave more than 40 years of volunteer leadership to Montgomery County’s corporate, non-profit, local government, faith-based and grassroots organizations.

1833 – 1923

John A. McMahon has been called “the greatest lawyer in Dayton’s history,” and served in the U. S. Congress for 7 years.

1889 – 1944

Thomas Midgley, Jr. was regarded as one of the nation’s greatest chemists.

1878 – 1975

Arthur E. Morgan was the designer and first Chief Engineer of the Miami Conservancy District.

1877 – 1963

George Mead belonged to a small group of Dayton business empire builders who changed the city.

1883 – 1965

Daniel W. Mikesell was an innovator and entrepreneur dedicated to doing the common thing of making potato chips uncommonly well.

1955 – Present

Edwin C. Moses is a graduate of the Dayton Public Schools system, the holder of two Olympic gold medals (1976 and 1984) and several world records in hurdling, and is a member of the Olympic Hall of Fame.