Program Set for CLHOF's 5th Annual Induction Ceremony

Scholars, Artists and Family to be Present 

What: CLHOF's 5th Annual Induction Ceremony

When: Saturday, Dec. 6, 7-9 p.m.

Where: Roosevelt University's Ganz Hall, 430 S. Michigan Ave., 7th Floor

How: Register To Ensure Your Seating

                                       PROGRAM

Rick Kogan .....................Opening Remarks
 
Herbert K. Russell ............Presenting for Edgar Lee Masters 

Nellie Ognacevic................Reading Lydia Puckett, Pauline Barrett and Lucinda Matlock from Spoon River Anthology 

President Teresa Amott .....Accepting on behalf of Knox College for Edgar Lee Masters 

Useni Eugene Perkins ........Presenting for Margaret Walker

Sandra Seaton....................Reading from Margaret Walker’s For My People 

Marion Coleman ..................Accepting for her mother Margaret Walker 

Bayo Ojikutu .......................Presenting for Willard Motley 

Leslie Holland Pryor .............Reading from her great-grand uncle Willard

Motley’s Knock On Any Door 

K. Sheldon Bailey .................Accepting for his great uncle Willard Motley 

Carolyn Saper .......................Presenting the Rutledge Awards prizes 

Kathleen Rooney ...................Presenting for Margaret Anderson 

Cynthia Judge .......................Performing from June Skinner Sawyers’ Life Without Roses 

Nell Taylor .............................Accepting on behalf of the Read/Write Library for Margaret Anderson 

Dmitry Samarov ......................Presenting for Shel Silverstein 

Mitch Myers.............................Accepting for his uncle Shel Silverstein 

Marta Collazo .................Presenting for David Hernandez and reading Why I Deal Words 

Batya and Matea Hernandez will be among the many
family member on hand to celebrate. 

Julie Parson-Nesbitt .........Reading David Hernandez’s
The Day Chicago Blew Up
Jaime Diego Rivera ...........Reading David Hernandez’s Rooftop Piper and Kid Love
Matea Collazo ...................Playing violin to accompany her father’s poetry
Batya Hernandez............ Accepting for her husband David Hernandez
Rick Kogan ..................... Closing