Community Support

The St. Louis Walk of Fame is possible due to the generous support of local businesses, organizations, and individuals. They can’t be thanked enough!

We invite you to become a supporting member of this non-profit 501(c)(3) project that brings pride, knowledge and inspiration to St. Louisans year after year.

Patrons who donate a cumulative $250 or more will have their names added to the following list of supporters in future editions of this book, be listed on the website and receive other benefits as well as gratitude.

Thank You To

The Delmar Loop

Individual Contributors

Anonymous
Bill and Mary Abkemeier
Tom Aldridge
Chuck Berry
Anne and Dick Bischoff
Mark and Ramsey Botterman
Joan Bray and Carl Hoagland
Ed Brimer
Steve Broderson
Bill Bueler Jr.
Jessica Bueler
Madelene Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Carlson Jr.
Captain Bill Carroll
Jeff Clinton
Jerry Clinton
Jeff and Rebecca Cook
Ken and Kathleen Cook
Jim Damos
Roberta Dearing
Jim Deatherage
Joe and Nancy deBettencourt
Mary and Wallace Diboll
Christine Edwards
Hope Edwards
Joe Edwards
Linda Edwards
Ed Finkelstein
Sister Margaret Finnie, S.L.
John Forrester
Margaret Garner
Marvin and Sandra Ginsberg
Lil Goldman
Mark Gorman
Mary Gorman
Salim Hanna
Ray Hartmann
Stan Hoffman
Claudia Horn
Shawn Jacobs
Rose Jonas
Dee Joyner
Mr. Ralph Kalish and
Ms. Eleanor Withers
Phil and Randa Klasskin
Robert J. Krehbiel
Dr. William Landau
Arthur Lieber Jr.
Ms. Mary Lieber
Larry and Joy Lieberman
Bob and Judy Little
Dennis Lutsky
John D. Mandelker
Dave Mastin
Alan McClain

Fran Sontag McNeal
Ted and Emilie Meiners
Eric Mink
Ralph Morse
Jeff Mugg
Talmage and Sara Newton
Won Park
Carol Perkins
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Purcell Jr.
Leon and Ann Robison
Larry and Carol Rossel
David Rothschild
Pete and Donna Rothschild
Eleanor Ruder
Jenny and Mark Sadow
Steve Schankman
Rick Schaumberger
Sondra and Milton Schlesinger
Paul and Suzanne Schoomer
Ken and Mary Schuman
Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Schwarz
Mary Ann and Mike Shanahan
Mary Ann Shaw
Dr. and Mrs. Eli and Renni Shuter
Gentry Smith
Judy and Ernest Stix
Sidney L. Stone
Steven M. Stone
Bob and Barb Suberi
Greg and Susan Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Taylor
Dan Tierney
John Thompson
Doug and Sheri Tollefsen
Dave and Alanna Trauterman
J. Kim Tucci
Norma Vavra and Wallace Klein
Nancy and Bob Wagner
Dan and Robin Wald
Lana Wald
Margaret Wald, in memory of
Sam Wald
Sandy Wald
Dave and Corinne Walentik
Don Walker
David S. Weiss
Allan Welge
Mrs. Ben Wells
Gerald and Sandy Wool
Simon Yu

Commercial & Foundation Contributors

Contributors
A. Brooks Co.
AdVentures Screenprinting
arco Construction Co.
Backstage Galleries
Big Shark Bicycle Co.
Blueberry Hill
Caring & Sharing Program, Inc.
Carl Safe Design Consultants
Central Bank

Chinese Noodle Café
Cicero’s
Colonial Carpet Co.
Commerce Bancshares Foundation
Commerce Bank of University City
Componere Gallery
Coolaire Company
Craft Alliance Gallery
Eclipse Restaurant
Emerson
Emerson Charitable Trust
Engraphix
Fitz’s
Flamingo Bowl
Fork & Stix
G.A. Sullivan
The Gatesworth
GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
Grey Eagle Distributors
Hochschild, Bloom & Company llp
H.S.B. Tobacconist
Jeffrey M. Clinton Memorial Foundation
Loop Automotive
The Loop Special Business Districts
Loop Subway
Mary Engelbreit Studios
The Melting Pot
Missouri Ornamental Iron
Moonrise Hotel
Northwest Refrigeration
Parkview Gardens Association
Peacock Loop Diner
Pin-Up Bowl
Photographic Resources
Plowsharing Crafts
Pulitzer Publishing Co. Foundation
Regional Arts Commission
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
St. Louis Design Alliance
St. Louis Smoothie
Saint Louis University
Saleem’s Restaurant
Shell/Chris Kemph
Signature Beer Co.
Smoothie King
Square
Stone & Alter Real Estate Co.
Streetside Records
Three Kings Public House
Tivoli Theatre
Vintage Vinyl
Washington University in St. Louis
William T. Kemper Foundation
Wonder Novelty

Special Thanks

To University City Mayors Janet Majerus, Joe Adams, Shelley Welsch, and Terry Crow and members of the University City Council, St. Louis City Mayors Francis Slay, Lyda Krewson, Tishaura Jones and the citizens of University City and the City of St. Louis for providing the sidewalks of The Loop as the location for the St. Louis Walk of Fame.

Band at Ceremonies

St. Louis River Critters Band

Photographs of Induction Ceremonies

Hope Edwards, William Greenblatt, Jennifer Silverberg, Linda Edwards, Teresa Kitchens

Inductee Portrait Photo Credits
to Individual Photographers

Josephine Baker: Richard Martin

Sally Benson: Al Aumuller, World-Telegram staff photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Cedric the Entertainer: Don Tucci

Christine Brewer: Christian Steiner

Jack Buck: Larry Sherron

Dennis Edwards: Bernie Ilson, Inc., Public domain

Stanley Elkin: Joan Elkin

Mary Engelbreit: Rich Saal

Walker Evans: Metropolitan Museum of Art 1994.256.391 Paul Grotz (American, b. Germany, 1902-1990), Walker Evans, 1930-34 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Walker Evans Archive, 1994

Lee Falk: Bender Photograph

Ulysses S. Grant: from the collection of Keya Morgan of Grantarchives.com in New York City

Charles Guggenheim: Berko Studio

Donny Hathaway: Gilles Pétard Collection

Henry Hampton: Dave Henderson

Brett Hull: Jonmaxmena2

Johnnie Johnson: Joe Frisch

Scott Joplin: Scott Joplin State Historic Site

Elizabeth Keckley: Courtesy of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University Archives, Howard University, Washington DC

Albert King: Wart Enterprizes/David Horwitz ©

Gene Kranz: NASA

Rocco Landesman: Michael Eastman

Jenifer Lewis: Greg Hernandez

Elijah Lovejoy: Elijah Parish Lovejoy Society

Masters & Johnson: photograph by Buzz Taylor

Tim McCarver: Fox Sports

Nelly: Universal Records © 2004

Gyo Obata: H.O.K.

Mike Peters: Greg Preston

Joseph Pulitzer: St. Louis Post-Dispatch; portrait by John Singer Sargent, photographed by D. Gulick

Judy Rankin: David Cannon/Getty Images

Doris Roberts: Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Rockettes: Madison Square Garden

Charles M. Russell: Pollard

David Sanborn:  Henry Leutwyler

Henry Shaw: Portrait Collection, Missouri Botanical Garden Library; painting by Fairchild & Rox

George Sisler: National Baseball Library, Cooperstown, NY; courtesy St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum

Jackie Smith: NFL Photos, Prolook/Image, photographed by Herb Weitman

Willie Mae Ford Smith: Jackie Jackson

Henry Townsend: Bill Greensmith Photography

Kurt Warner: Journalist 3rd Class Isaac Needleman, USN, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Harry Weber: Bob Pitts

Inductee Portrait Photo Credits to Institutions

Missouri History Museum, St. Louis 

Josephine Baker, Susan Blow, Kate Chopin, Auguste Chouteau, William Clark, Carl and Gerty Cori, T.S. Eliot, Eugene Field, Ulysses S. Grant, Pierre Laclède, Theodore Link, Charles M. Russell, Willie Mae Ford Smith, Sara Teasdale, Helen Traubel

St. Louis Mercantile Library
at the University of Missouri–St. Louis 

Henry Armstrong, Thomas Hart Benton, Yogi Berra, Lou Brock, Harry Caray, Dizzy Dean, Dan Dierdorf, Katherine Dunham, James B. Eads, Charles Eames, William Greenleaf Eliot, Redd Foxx, Dave Garroway, Bob Gibson, Betty Grable, Al Hirschfeld, Rogers Hornsby, William Inge, Charles Lindbergh, Marsha Mason, Bill Mauldin, David Merrick, Archie Moore, Marianne Moore, Agnes Moorehead, Stan Musial, “Butch” O’Hare, Vincent Price, Harold Ramis, Branch Rickey, Irma Rombauer, Red Schoendienst, Dred and Harriet Scott, William T. Sherman, Clark Terry, Kay Thompson, Tina Turner, Mary Wickes, Tennessee Williams, Carl Wimar

Herb Weitman / Becker Medical Library
Washington University School of Medicine

Rita Levi-Montalcini 

Herb Weitman / Washington University Archives 

Arthur Holly Compton, Howard Nemerov,
Mona Van Duyn 

Smithsonian American Art Museum. 

Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Walker Hancock

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