Hall of Fame '92 inductees
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Clifford M. Carey
Clifford Carey’s connection with the YMCA was established so early in life that even his high school yearbook predicted a YMCA career. He received his undergraduate degree in 1923 from Denison University in Ohio and his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California in 1942.
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Clifton M. Drury
Clifton M. Drury began his YMCA career in the Erie (PA) YMCA in 1923. His early career took him to Ys in Michigan: Upper Peninsula, Cadillac, Detroit and Lansing.
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Luther H. Gulick
Born to missionary parents in Hawaii, Luther Gulick traveled the world by the time he was a teenager. He attended both Oberlin College and Sargent Normal School of Physical Training for short periods of time, leaving to become the Gymnasium Supervisor at the Jackson (MI) YMCA. He enrolled at New York University and received his M.D. in 1889 at the age of 24.
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Lawrence K. Hall
Born in Kansas in 1886, L.K. Hall’s first involvement with the YMCA was during his college years at Baker University. After teaching school for two years, he began working for the YMCA, helping to establish Camp Wood, Kansas in 1915.
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William A. Hunton
William A. Hunton, the son a freed slave from Canada, began his Y work in 1888 as the first employed YMCA Secretary at a “Colored YMCA” in Norfolk, VA. Three years later, when serving as the national Secretary for Colored Work, he wrote First Steps, a pamphlet describing his vision for the YMCA regarding race relations.
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John F. Long
John Long joined the YMCA as a youth member and worked as a part time staff member during his college years. He graduated from Springfield College in 1922 and began his full time career with the Brockton (MA) YMCA as the Industrial and Immigration Secretary, moving into the General Secretary position in 1938.
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