20th Class of California Hall of Fame Unveiled: Maxine Hong Kingston, Nancy Pelosi, Metallica and Robin Williams Among Inductees
California Governor Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom on November 12 unveiled the 20th class of the California Hall of Fame in Sacramento, the final class of their tenure. The honorees will be formally enshrined in December during a ceremony at the California Museum in Sacramento.
The class spans athletics, civil rights, culinary arts and entertainment, and includes actor Edward Asner, wine industry leader Andy Beckstoffer, home run king Barry Bonds, centenarian park ranger Betty Charbonnet Reid Soskin, three-Michelin-star chef Dominique Crenn, filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, street artist Shepard Fairey, actor Diane Ladd, Huey Lewis of Huey Lewis and the News, education pioneer Felicitas Méndez, the band Metallica, singer Joni Mitchell, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, singer Bonnie Raitt, director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Reiner, Esprit and The North Face co-founder Susie Tompkins Buell, and the late comedian Robin Williams.
Chinese American author Maxine Hong Kingston is also among the inductees. Raised by Chinese immigrant parents, she brought Chinese American experiences to a wide readership with “The Woman Warrior” (1976), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award, and “China Men” (1980), which won the National Book Award; she has also received the National Humanities Medal and the National Medal of Arts.
Launched in 2006, the California Hall of Fame honors trailblazers selected annually by the Governor and First Partner.
(Source: Office of the Governor of California)
Source: Office of the Governor of California
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