The unveiling of Central High School’s Hall of Fame was held Wednesday morning and dedicated in the name of William Enright.

According to the St. Joseph School District Bill Enright (1920-1998) was known statewide for his work in the banking and financial industry.  Bill served his county in WWII and Korea.  He was a member of the Board of Regents and Trustees for Missouri Western State University and had five kids, three of which attended Central High School.  He also, established a trust to provide financial support for St. Joseph School District educational and infrastructure projects.

The district said in recognition of the Enright family the Academic Hall of Fame was established to honor Central High School graduates for significant contributions in their career and academic endeavors.

Three Central alimni were inducteed into the Hall of Fame following the dedication ceremony.

Those inductees include, Daniel Belcher who graduates in the class Salutatorian at Central and went on to graduate from William Jewell and then Julliard.  Belcher won his first Grammy Award in 2011 in the category of Best Opera Recording for his work on “Saariaho: L’Amour de Loin.”

Robert Duncan graduates from Central and earned his Ph.D. in physics

from the University of California-Santa Barbara in 1988.  He went on to work for NASA and led research groups at the University of New Mexico and the California Institute of Technology where he discovered a new phenomena associated with the superfluid transition in liquid helium.

Kristi Kirschner was also inducted Wednesday.  She graduated in the top 10 at Central then graduated magna com laude from Carleton College in 1982 and earned her M.D. degree at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.  She is a national leader and pioneer in the field of disability ethics. In 1996 she was featured as one of the 50 Most Positive Doctors in America.  She has also contributed to several books and published many journal articles.