Hall of Fame '91 inductees

Like many YMCA professionals, Harry Brunger began his association with the YMCA in his youth, as a member of the Hi-Y Program in the Eaton/Barry County (MI) YMCA. He received degrees from Michigan State University and Yale University Divinity School. He worked with the United Church until he was recruited for service with the National Committee of the YMCAs of China.

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After graduating from George Williams College in 1940, Charles Jacobson began work as the Youth Program Director of the Southwest Branch of the Los Angeles (CA) YMCA. A year later he was named the Executive Director of the new Downey Branch.

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Howard H. Kustermann began his forty-three year career with the YMCA in 1936 as a part time youth worker while attending the University of Wisconsin. He later attended George Williams College and the University of Chicago.

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After graduating from Knoxville College in 1928, Leo B. Marsh began working at the Detroit (MI) YMCA as the Youth Work Secretary. He held a series of YMCA positions in Chicago (IL), Toledo and Columbus, Ohio. In 1944, he joined the national staff as Associate Executive Secretary of the Central Atlantic Area. He later served as the Director of the Board of Interracial and Counseling Services.

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When Robert McBurney arrived in the United States from Ireland in 1854, he took a room at a YMCA. Eight years later, he became the only employed staff person of the New York City YMCA. He was responsible for taking care of the library and programs in the few rented rooms that made up the Association.

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As a teen, Ed Singer was a member of the Zanesfield, Ohio Hi-Y Club. He began his career as a Physical Education Director in branches of first the Columbus (OH) and then Cincinnati YMCAs from 1936 to 1941. Singer served as director of the Douglas USO Club at Fort Sill (OK) and as the Itinerant Director of the Regional Army and Navy Department of the YMCA.

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