Members of this year's anniversary classes have chosen 10 alumni to be inducted into the Wheeling Jesuit University Hall of Honor.

Created by Wheeling Jesuit University's Alumni Council, the Hall of Honor provides alumni with a voice to recognize former classmates, faculty and staff for his or her contributions to their profession, society and the greater WJU community.

Now in its third year, the 2011 Hall of Honor induction marks the second year each class had the opportunity to nominate and induct one person. In 2009, in honor of the University’s first 50th anniversary, only Sr. Joanne Gonter, a member of the first graduating class, was inducted.

In 2010, 10 members of the WJU community have been elected by anniversary classes for induction into the Hall of Honor

The 2011 induction class includes the following people:
John Yasinsky 1961
J. Davitt McAteer 1966
Sr. Kathleen Durkin, CSJ 1971
Victoria Casey 1976
Michael Fortunato, M.D. 1981
Stephen Marshall 1986
Katherine Torpey 1991
Christopher Kreger 1996
William Mitchell 2001 (posthumously)
Pete Harlan 2006

Members of the Hall of Honor will be recognized at the President’s Dinner during Alumni Weekend 2011. Events for the Weekend run from June 24-26 on the WJU campus.

“I would like to congratulate all of the 2011 Hall of Honor winners. Alumni Council looks forward to honoring each recipient this year during Alumni Weekend,” said Dick Riley '84, president of Alumni Council.

“What makes selection into the Hall so special is that each person is chosen by his or her classmates,” said Kelly Klubert ‘85, director of Alumni Relations. “This year’s class has representatives from business, medicine, education, social services, entertainment, research, law and religious life.”

While WJU has several awards given to alumni, only those graduates celebrating a reunion determine the selection of Hall of Honor inductees.