1989
John H. Dunderdale

John Dunderdale began an international career in the YMCA as the Boys’ Work Secretary of the Windsor, Ontario YMCA-YWCA. After completing a graduate degree from Columbia University in 1935, he returned to Canada as the Young Men’s Secretary of the Toronto Central YMCA. For the next twenty-seven years, Dunderdale worked as the Boys’ Work Secretary for the National YMCAs of India, Burma, Pakistan and Ceylon. He served as a Lecturer at the YMCA College of Physical Education, Director of the Staff Training School, Secretary of the Personnel Committee, and District Secretary. During WWII, he participated in the Emergency Services of the National Council, overseeing 225 centers serving Allied Forces in India and later served as the Secretary of the Program and Leadership Committee for the World Alliance of YMCAs. After his official retirement, he served six months as the Secretary of the Ottawa Office of the Canadian National Council of YMCAs and then served a one-year appointment as Secretary for Refugee Services in Bangladesh. Dunderdale was honored by the YMCA College in Madras and with the Fellowship of Honor from the National Council of YMCAs of Canada.

1989
Donald S. Hayward

A graduate of George Williams College, Donald Hayward began his career as the Boys’ Work Secretary and Physical Director at the Dallas (TX) YMCA. He was appointed Community Secretary of the Fort Worth YMCA in 1939, and three years later moved to the Los Angeles (CA) YMCA as the Executive Secretary of the South West Branch. He became the Program Director of the Metropolitan Los Angeles YMCA in 1952, where he initiated an international partnership with the YMCA in Nagoya, Japan. Hayward was instrumental in the expansion of a number of YMCA programs, including the concept of comprehensive youth involvement from Indian Guides to Gra-Y to Junior Hi-Y and Hi-Y. He remained in the Metropolitan Los Angeles YMCA for twenty-three years until his retirement in 1975. In retirement, he continued to devote his time and energy to the YMCA Family Communication Skills Center.

1989
Fred Y. Hoshiyama

Born at a YMCA community for Japanese immigrants, Fred Hoshiyama lived his entire life in association with the YMCA. He served as the Boys’ Work Secretary at the San Francisco Japanese YMCA Branch. In 1942 he was interred at the Government Internment Camp in Utah, where he helped to create YMCA based programs to help address the social, educational, and recreational needs of the Japanese-Americans held in the camp. An offer to study at Springfield College provided Hoshiyama with an early release from the Camp. In 1946, he served as the Community Youth Program Director in Honolulu, before returning to San Francisco in Branch Executive roles. In 1971, he was appointed Associate Staff of the National Program and Urban Development Division. He developed NYPUM (National Youth Program Using Mini-Bikes), a program that eventually engaged 250,000 high-risk youth in productive activities. From 1976-83 he assisted in the formation of the National Association of Student YMCAs. In retirement, Hoshiyama continued to serve in numerous training and consulting roles, maintaining an active presence in YUSA’s Principles and Practices training.

1989
William A. Howes

William A. Howes graduated from Springfield College in 1939 and began his career at the Summit (NJ) YMCA as the Youth Program Director. He served in the Army Medical Service Corps in WWII and returned to the Greater New York YMCA for the next 36 years. He was the Program Secretary of the McBurney YMCA in 1946 and Senior Director of the William Sloan House in 1964 before being named President in 1966. Howes helped reaffirm the YMCA’s commitment to urban efforts during the 1960s with his report Strategy for the Inner City. He served on the steering committee of the World Urban Committee of YMCA Executives until his retirement in 1982.

1989
John O. Root

John O. Root’s career and education were interrupted by a five year term as an Air Force Officer during WWII. After the war, he returned to George Williams College, graduating with a Physical Education degree in 1946. After many years of YMCA service, he became President of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago (IL) in 1963 and served in that capacity for twenty years. He left a legacy of broadening the scope of the YMCA while expanding and strengthening its traditional programs. A number of Chicago’s new program initiatives became national models for YMCAs and other human service agencies. Under his leadership, the Y replaced inner city buildings with new facilities and implemented a new Human and Community Development Center concept in collaboration with other non-for-profit agencies. He served on numerous national, regional, and local YMCA Boards as well as on municipal and community agency committees.

1990
Erie D. Chapman

Erie D. Chapman held various program and camping positions from 1922 to1941with YMCAs in Elyria, Cleveland, and East Cleveland, Ohio. During the World War II era, he was the General Director of the Lockport (NY) YMCA. Beginning in 1945, he served ten years as the Executive Director of the YMCA in Hollywood, CA. In 1955, he moved to the Toledo (OH) Association as Executive Vice President, and for fifteen years helped to sustain expansive growth in program, facility, endowment and camping. Over the course of his forty-eight year career, and into retirement, he was a passionate advocate of physical fitness and camping programs. During his tenure, the Storer Camps quadrupled in size and its budget grew tenfold. Chapman served as a volunteer in numerous civic associations and was inducted into the National Volleyball Leader’s Hall of Fame. In 1981, Chapman was a Congressional appointee to the White House Conference on Aging. In 1985, he was named a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International.