They’re playing arcade games, wielding ping pong paddles or pool cues, or hurling a bowling ball down a lane. On the fifth floor of the Marvin Center outside the Hippodrome, about 150 George Washington staff, students and faculty are captured in caricatures on the university’s Wall of Fame.
The wall was introduced in 2000 as a way “to honor the men and women who as students, staff or faculty provided leadership and service, and contributed to the quality of student life at the George Washington University.”
“The Wall of Fame represents a wonderful cross section of students, faculty and staff who have dedicated themselves to GW,” says Michael Peller, assistant vice president of events and venues. “Their spirited service and leadership has played a large part in what GW is today.”
Previous honorees include former president Stephen Joel Trachtenberg; professors Honey Nashman and Richard Zamoff; Laura Taddeucci Downs, president of the GW Alumni Association; Louis Katz, executive vice president and treasurer; and former Student Association presidents Nicole Capp and Omar Woodard.
Inductees choose how they want to be depicted, and, for the past five years, the caricatures have been drawn by local artist Marcia Klioze Hughes.
Nominations will be accepted through March 10 and can come from any member of the GW community. The induction ceremony will be held in late April or early May.