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*Historymakers™ Gala & Recognition Program

Who are Historymakers?
Historymakers are men and women who have distinguished themselves with noted achievements in such diverse areas as the arts, athletics, communications, community service, education and entertainment and who have maintained their ties to Arizona.

How are they selected?
Members of the Central Arizona Chapter of the Arizona Historical Society nominate living men and women. The names are submitted to a panel of Historical League members for final selection.

Objectives
To raise funds with a Gala unique to the Historical League, for education, exhibits and other programs that assist the Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park.

To contribute to the Museum's artifact, oral history and photographic collections.

To increase public awareness for the history Museum at Papago Park.

To recognize and honor outstanding Arizonans and to celebrate Arizona's Statehood Day, February 14, 1912.

Recognition Program
Prior to the Gala event, each Historymaker participates in oral history, video and portrait sessions, and contributes memorabilia significant to his/her Arizona experience.

Gala
Historymakers Gala, is a formal celebration held to present the honorees. The highlight of the program is a video screening that depicts each Historymaker's unique life story and accomplishments. The Gala also features an exhibit of memorabilia each Historymaker has donated to the permanent collection of the Museum.

 

Historymakers Hall and Historymakers Wall

These exhibits at the Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park feature portraits and biographies of each Historymaker. Historymakers' artifacts are exhibited on a rotating basis, with additional information available through slide presentations. An interactive display allows visitors access to a portion of their photographs and oral histories. A comprehensive collection of photographs and oral histories are housed in the Library and Archives of the museum.

Historymakers Hall
 
 

2008 Historymakers
Barbara McConnell Barrett
Joe Garagiola
Ed Mell
Elisabeth Friedrich Ruffner
Alice Wiley "Dinky" and Richard Snell

2005 Historymakers
Bruce Babbitt
Cloves Campbell, Sr.
John Driggs
Navajo Code Talkers
Alberto Rios

2003 Historymakers
Calvin C. Goode
Jack Pfister
Bill Shover
Esther Don Tang
Virginia Melody Ullman

2001 Historymakers
Eddie Basha
Jerry Colangelo
Joanne Stephens "Stevie" and Karl Eller
Paul J. Fannin
John F. Long

1999 Historymakers
Adam Diaz
Robert T. McCall
Katherine Kierland "Kax" and G. Robert
Herberger
Rose Perica Mofford
Newton Rosenzweig

1997 Historymakers
Roy P. Drachman
Bennie Montague Gonzales
Jewell MacFarland and Del Lewis
Polly Cutler Rosenbaum
Morrison F. Warren

1995 Historymakers
Ben Avery
Joe Beeler
Tom Chauncey
J. Lawrence Walkup
Mark Wilmer

1993 Historymakers
Erma Fiste Bombeck
Edward "Bud" Jacobson
William "Bill" Masao Kajikawa
Dwight "Pat" Patterson
John Jacob Rhodes, Jr.
John "Jack" Williams

1992 Historymakers
Philip C. Curtis
Barry M. Goldwater
Robert W. Goldwater, Sr.
J. Eugene Grigsby, Jr.
Bil Keane
Sandra Day O'Connor
Frank L. Snell
The Wallace and Ladmo Team:

Ladmo Kwiatkowski, Pat McMahon,
Bill Thompson

 

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