Historymakers

Historical League’s Arizona Historymakers™

Arizona Historymakers™ are men and women who have distinguished themselves with noted achievements in such diverse areas as the arts, athletics, communications, community service, education and entertainment, and who have maintained their ties to Arizona.

To see the YouTube Video of the documentary about the Arizona Historymakers™ from 1992-2023, with the 2025 inductees named at the end, please click here

Arizona Historymakers™ 1992-2023 Oral Histories

Sponsored by the Historical League since 1992, Arizona Historymakers™ honors outstanding Arizonans who have made significant impacts in our community and state. Celebration events are held to recognize them. We preserve their life stories in oral histories housed at the Arizona Historical Society’s archives and library at the Arizona Heritage Center in Papago Park, Tempe.

Be inspired by these Historymakers and their stories of dedication and persistence.

  • Chuck Lakin
  • Del Lewis
  • Maxine Cortelyou Lakin
  • Jewell McFarland Lewis
  • David Lincoln
  • Joan Rechlin Lincoln
  • John F. Long
  • Merrill Mahaffey
  • Robert T. McCall
  • Patrick John McMahon, Wallace & Ladmo Team
  • Ed Mell
  • Rose Perica Mofford
  • Sandra Day O’Connor
  • SISTER ADELE O’SULLIVAN, CSJ, M.D.
  • Bill Owen
  • Harry Papp
  • Rosellen Papp
  • Dwight W. “Pat” Patterson
  • Jack Pfister
  • F. RONALD ‘RON’ RAYNER
  • ERIC M. REIMAN, M.D.
  • Denise D. Resnik
  • John Jacob Rhodes, Jr.
  • Alberto Rios
  • Edwynne “Polly” Cutler Rosenbaum
  • Newton Rosenzweig
  • Elisabeth Friedrich Ruffner
  • Bill Shover
  • Merril Sandoval, Navajo Code Talker
  • Alice “Dinky” Wiley Snell
  • Frank L. Snell
  • Richard “Dick” Snell
  • Robert F. Spetzler, M.D.
  • Warren H. Stewart, Sr.
  • Vernon D. Swaback
  • Esther Don Tang
  • Bill Thompson, Wallace & Ladmo Team
  • Jeffrey M. Trent, Ph.D.
  • Marshall Trimble
  • Virginia Melody Ullman
  • Daniel D. Von Hoff, M.D.
  • J. Lawrence Walkup
  • Morrison F. Warren
  • Elizabeth J. White
  • John R. “Jack” Williams
  • Mark Wilmer
  • DUANE M. WOOTEN, M.D.