ILHS Union Hall of Honor

The Union Hall of Honor of the ILHS is a mythical abode of persons and institutions deemed by the Executive Board of the Illinois Labor History Society to be worthy of the honor. It is NOT a Union Hall of Fame. We induct those who have worked well in the vineyards, as often as the mighty whose names may be well known. Induction takes place at the Annual Awards Dinner of the Illinois Labor History Society.

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1981 Mollie Levitas Joseph D. Keenan	1982 Ralph Helstein Milton P. Webster	1983 Victor Olander Samuel Levin Napoleon Gillette Giovanni Pippan	1985 William Garvey Daniel McLaughlin Agnes Wieck
1986 Peter J. McGuire George Bynum William Lee Lillian Herstein	1987 John Mitchell Edward Nockels & John Fitzpatrick	1988 Herbert March Agnes Nestor Sol Brandzel	1989 A. Philip Randolph Edward F. Brabec
1990 Roosevelt University Labor Education Division University of Illinois Labor Education Program	1991 Rev. Addie L. Wyatt Msgr. John J. Egan Rabbi Jacob J. Weinstein	1992 Margaret A. Haley	1993 Eugene Debs Jennie Curtis William J. Adelman
1994 Jacqueline Vaughn	1995 Margaret Blackshere Mary McDowell Louis Pardo	1996 Federation News Labor Paper	1997 Gov. John Peter Altgeld
1998 Alma Washington William Walker Paul Robeson	1999 Joyce Miller Jane Addams Bessie Abramowitz Hillman	2000 John Brown Lennon Patrick H. Morrissey Studs Terkel	2001 Marvin Gittler Irving Friedman Eugene Cotton
2002 Mother Jones Mollie Lieber West	2003 Herman Lilien Peter Fosco	2004 Father Martin Magnan Leslie F. Orear	2005 Joe Hill Upton Sinclair Franklin & Penelope Rosemont
2006 Richard Rowe George W. Geary	2007 Reg Weaver Ella Flag Young