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Includes people outstanding in the fields of architecture, all areas of artistic endeavor, and entertainers such as radio, music, and TV personalities.
Potential Nominees*: Aretha Franklin, Berry Gordy, Jay Norwood Darling, Albert Kahn, Madonna, Gilda Radner, Mary Chase Stratton, Danny Thomas, Stevie Wonder, Minoru Yamasaki
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Includes leaders of law, political and social institutions and movements or community activists
Potential Nominees*: Richard H. Austin, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Lewis Cass, Gerald Ford, Frank Murphy, Rosa Parks, Chief Pontiac, Walter Reuther, Sojourner Truth, Delia Villegas Vorhauer, Mother Waddles, Malcolm X
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Includes people known for achievements in athletics or
recreation and/or as promoters, journalists or
broadcasters in these fields
Potential Nominees*: Michael Adray, Fred Bear, Ernie Harwell, Gordie Howe, Al Kaline, Tara Lapinski, Joe Louis, Jeanne Omelenchuk, Sue Novara, Roger Penske, Gale Sayers, Sheila Young
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Includes teachers and educational administrators, those who have devoted themselves to education in non-school settings, and writers of non-technical creative works, including poetry, drama, fiction and non-fiction
Potential Nominees*: Chris Van Allsburg, Andrew J. Blackbird, John Hannah, Ring W. Lardner, Terry McMillan, Joyce Carol Oates, Henry Pattengill, Philip Slomovitz, Helen Thomas, Sarah Van Hoosen Jones
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Includes people who have pioneered or significantly changed the field of agriculture and/or production or sale of goods and services; those who have changed the way agricultural and traditional business is done.
Potential Nominees*: William E. Boeing, Henry Crapo, Henry H. Dow, William Durant, Henry Ford, Joseph L. Hudson, WK Kellogg, Fred Meijer, Alfred P. Sloan, Elton Smith, Frank Venegas |
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Includes people who restore and maintain health; or have contributed to our understanding of the environment and world or created practical innovations that make life easier
Potential Nominees*: William Beaumont, William Austin
Burt, Thomas Edison, Tsu Ming Han, Robert Kedzie, Pearl
Kendrick and Grace Eldering, Charles Kettering, Henry M.
Leland, Elijah McCoy, Larry Page
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* The above-listed names represent individuals who have made
significant contributions to the state, nation, or world in
their respective fields. While each individual warrants a
Michigan Walk of Fame nomination, they are listed here as
nominee examples.
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