Irish America Hall of Fame
Irish America Hall of Fame The Irish America Hall of Fame was founded by Irish America magazine in November 2010. It recognizes extraordinary figures in the Irish American community who have had a profound effect on the Irish in America and strengthened the bonds between the United States and Ireland.
Honorees
Donald Keough : Chairman of the Board of Allen & Company Inc.; Former president, COO, and a director of The Coca-Cola Company— Inducted November 2010
Dr. Kevin Cahill : Medical Doctor and Chief Medical Advisor for Counterterrorism — Inducted March 2011
Bill Clinton : 42nd President of the United States — Inducted March 2011
Mary Higgins Clark : World renowned author of suspense novels — Inducted March 2011
Charles Feeney : Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, and Humanitarian — Inducted March 2011
Michael Flatley : Lord of the Dance — Inducted March 2011
William Flynn : President and CEO of the Mutual America and chairman of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy — Inducted March 2011
Denis P. Kelleher : Founder, chairman and CEO of Wall Street Access - Inducted March 2011
Jean Kennedy Smith : American diplomat, former United States Ambassador to Ireland, founder of Very Special Arts — Inducted March 2011
James D. Watson : Nobel Prize winner for mapping the structure of DNA — Inducted March 2011