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The following is a collection of videos and photo slideshows from the Nov. 3-4 Hall of Honor Induction weekend. Ten West Aurora High School graduates became charter members of the new Distinguished Alumni Hall of Honor.
Photographs
Included are photographs of five honorees who spent the day with West High students on Nov. 3, 2006. They are retired Army major general Max Baratz ‘52, retired Navy admiral and current energy company executive H. William Habermeyer ’60, Harvard University associate professor Dr. Arthur Lage ’61, artist and illustrator Wendell Minor ’62 and satellite television pioneer Robert Taggart ’61.
All 10 honorees were honored at the Nov. 4, 2006 banquet and induction ceremony. Photographs of this event also are included here. The other five honorees are former broadcast journalist John Drury ‘45, teacher and artist Ruth Van Sickle Ford ’15, opera singer Eric Halfvarson ‘70, health care executive Paul Ormond ’67 and meteorologist Tom Skilling ’70.
The Hall of Honor inductees have their plaques, along with their biographies, displayed in the foyer of the high school auditorium. The alumni association will be considering additional members in subsequent years.
Video
Included here is video of the Nov. 4, 2006 induction ceremony as well interviews of honorees and the family of Ruth Van Sickle Ford conducted by West High students on the EOS and Red and Blue staffs
- W.A.H.S. Distinguished Alumni Hall of Honor Induction, Nov. 4, 2006, pt. 1 of 4
- W.A.H.S. Distinguished Alumni Hall of Honor Induction, Nov. 4, 2006, pt. 2 of 4
- W.A.H.S. Distinguished Alumni Hall of Honor Induction, Nov. 4, 2006, pt. 3 of 4
- W.A.H.S. Distinguished Alumni Hall of Honor Induction, Nov. 4, 2006, pt. 4 of 4
- West Aurora Hall of Honor Interview, part 1, Max Baratz, Nov. 3, 2006
- West Aurora Hall of Honor Interview, part 2, Max Baratz, Nov. 3, 2006
- West Aurora Hall of Honor Interview, Barbara Ford McQuiston, Nov. 3, 2006
- West Aurora Hall of Honor Interview, H. William (Bill) Habermeyer, Nov.3, 2006
- West Aurora Hall of Honor Interview, part 1, Dr. Arthur Lage, Nov. 3, 2006
- West Aurora Hall of Honor Interview, part 2, Dr. Arthur Lage, Nov. 3, 2006
- West Aurora Hall of Honor Interview, Paul Ormond, Nov. 3, 2006
- West Aurora Hall of Honor Interview, Tom Skilling, Nov. 3, 2006
- West Aurora Hall of Honor Interview, Robert B. Taggart, Nov. 3, 2006
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