The charter members of the Russellville High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame will be inducted on Friday, Oct. 11, in Jim Young Gymnasium at RHS.

Jean Sosh Reynolds, who is president of the Russellville Alumni Association, says this event will replace the annual Alumni Meet and Greet this year. In fact, this would have been the year her graduating class of 1974 would have been the focal point.

She says, “Meet and Greet friends, please come!!! It’s going to be a very nice catered meal by Sister to Sister Catering. The JROTC will present the colors, deGraffenried Chorale will perform, and your honorees will make RHS proud.”

Call the high school at 270-726-8421 to make a reservation, preferably by this Friday.

The inductees are as follows:

Dr. Jitana Benton-Lee, Class of 1965

                Doctor of Nursing Practice

                Doctor of Nursing

                Degrees in English, Business, Health Administration, Health information

                CEO at Culture Remedy LLC

                Associate Professor of Graduate Nursing at Northern Kentucky University

                Adjunct Professor at Kentucky State University

Dr. Keith Carver, Class of 1958

                Professor in Electrical Engineering at the University of Kentucky, New Mexico State University and the University of Massachusetts

                Held positions at NASA

                Distinguished Lecturer at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Maj. Gen. Richard Davis, Class of 1958

                Captain during Vietnam War

                Staff Officer at the Pentagon

                Assigned to Germany on three different tours as a Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel and Brigadier General

Judge William G. Fuqua, Class of 1948

                University of Louisville Distinguished Alumnus

                Served in Southern France as Special Agent in the Counter Intelligence Corps

                Circuit Judge for Logan and Todd counties from 1970-1995

`             Served as an Associate Justice on the Kentucky Supreme Court

                Volunteer of the Year Award from the 16-state Southern Industrial Development Association after leading recruitment of Logan Aluminum

George Hardy, Class of 1948

                Commissioned Navy officer

                Commanded Navy diver training operations and research

                Aerospace career with NASA during the most intense years of the space race

Maj. Gen. Jerry Humble, Class of 1965

                Sworn officer with the FBI, Joint Terrorism Task Force

                Tennessee Director of Homeland Security

                34-year Military Career

                Recipient of the Navy League of America

                National Award for Exceptional Leadership in Advancement of Naval Operations

Harreld Kirkpatrick, Class of 1937

                Highly decorated World War II veteran

                Earned five Purple Hearts

                Kentucky Commissioner of Mines and Minerals

                Won over one hundred golf tournaments

Dr. Peter Luckett, Class of 1968

                Doctor of Pulmonology Critical Care, Intensive Care Unit at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, Texas

                Medical Director and Attending Physician

                Professor of Pediatrics at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas

W.P. Sosh, Class of 1933

                Owner and general manager of WRUS radio

                Brought cablevision to Russellville

                President of Kentucky Broadcasters Association

                Recipient of Kentucky Mic Award

Granville Taylor, Class of 1955

                Award winning architect in Memphis

                President of the Tennessee Chapter of the American Institute of Architecture

                Instrumental in preserving the beautiful landscape of Memphis