Does Glenn Miller belong in a state Hall of Fame?
The good folks who run the Nebraska Hall of Fame have deleted Glenn Miller from their list of candidates for their 2012 Hall of Fame election. Here is Glenn's list of states that he lived in; Miller was born on a farm in Clarinda, Iowa. He went to grade school in North Platte in western Nebraska. In 1915, Miller's family moved to, Missouri. In 1918, the Miller family moved again, this time to Fort Morgan, Colorado. Later Glenn, as a professional musician, lived in California, New York and New Jersey.
The Garden State may have a better reason (except Iowa) to add Miller to their list, that includes Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Count Basie, Bruce Springsteen and Meryl Streep, since Glenn had his earliest success at the famed Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook Ballroom in Cedar Grove, New Jersey and lived in Bergen County during his peak pre-Army days. His final concert was in Passaic, NJ, prior to entering the US Army Air Corp.
Here is the quote from the Nebraska Journal-Star: "Musician and army band man Glenn Miller, Heisman trophy winner and war hero Nile Kinnick and Navy Admiral Dr. Richard Shippen Silvis weren't born in Nebraska, nor did they gain their fame in the state, the commission said Friday.
"All are worthy of recognition, but we get to choose one every five years for the Nebraska Hall of Fame, and they don't make that cut," Commissioner Harold Andersen said. "They've all had wonderful careers, and I hope they get recognition somewhere."
What do you think?
The Garden State may have a better reason (except Iowa) to add Miller to their list, that includes Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Count Basie, Bruce Springsteen and Meryl Streep, since Glenn had his earliest success at the famed Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook Ballroom in Cedar Grove, New Jersey and lived in Bergen County during his peak pre-Army days. His final concert was in Passaic, NJ, prior to entering the US Army Air Corp.
Here is the quote from the Nebraska Journal-Star: "Musician and army band man Glenn Miller, Heisman trophy winner and war hero Nile Kinnick and Navy Admiral Dr. Richard Shippen Silvis weren't born in Nebraska, nor did they gain their fame in the state, the commission said Friday.
"All are worthy of recognition, but we get to choose one every five years for the Nebraska Hall of Fame, and they don't make that cut," Commissioner Harold Andersen said. "They've all had wonderful careers, and I hope they get recognition somewhere."
What do you think?
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