Walter Payton, Jerry Rice, Deacon Jones and Eddie Robinson, the former Grambling coach, were among the first class inducted into the Black College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.
In 1991, he was among the second class of inductees at the International Motor Sports Hall of Fame in Talladega, Ala.
Melissa Verhey, a Ph.D. student in French, is among the first class of fellowship recipients.
Ewry was named among the first class of Olympians to be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, in 1983.
Hubbard won three world championships in Green Bay, then later returned to play for the Giants, and was among the first class of inductees to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963.
In a 1994 cover story in Keeneland Magazine, Jim Bolus called the couple "good-will ambassadors" to the track and added, "If Keeneland ever establishes a Racing Hall of Fame, Sadie and Leo no doubt would be among the first class of inductees".
His ties to Beijing go back to 1978, when he was among the first class of 200 students admitted to the Central Conservatory on its reopening, after it had been shuttered for a decade during the Cultural Revolution.
"Fifty years later, it brings me great joy to know that the same institution which called in the police and National Guard on us in 1969, would today, welcome us back and acknowledge that our actions contributed positively to the evolution of the university," said Catherine LeBlanc '71, a business/education consultant, who was among the fifth class of black students to enter Duke.
The Everly Brothers were among the first class of musicians inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 1986.
She is among the first class of Green Faith Fellows, a training program for religious environmental leaders, and she has committed her ministry to serving "The Great Work" - the emergence of a new ecological spirituality, ethics, and life practice.
The Hall of Fame groundbreaking announcement comes on the heels of AMI announcing the winner of the 2014 Robert Goulet Memorial Mustached American of the Year award winner - facial hair advocate Stephen Dash Brownwn of Richmond, Virginia -- who as a Goulet award winner will also be among the first class of inductees.
