Chuck Schaden (June 29, 1934) is a broadcaster/historian who has produced and hosted Those Were The Days since 1970 and has been nationally recognized for his efforts. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1993, the only radio fan to be so honored.A former newspaper editor and marketing executive, he turned his hobby into a vocation and draws from a collection of more than 50,000 vintage broadcasts to prepare his programs.He is the founding editor and publisher of the Nostalgia Digest; author of WBBM Radio: Yesterday and Today, a history of station WBBM, Chicago; and author of Speaking of Radio – Chuck Schaden’s conversations with the stars of the Golden Age of Radio, published by his Nostalgia Digest Press.From October, 2006 thru September, 2007 he hosted the nationally syndicated old-time-radio series When Radio Was, replacing Stan Freberg. The program was heard in more than 200 markets from coast-to-coast.A founding member of the Board of Directors of Chicago’s Museum of Broadcast Communications, he is the Midwest’s leading radio historian and a resource for public libraries, metropolitan daily and community newspapers, and colleges and universities throughout the country. He has provided archive materials to the Library of American Broadcasting at the University of Maryland and is an active member of the First Generation Radio Archives, an organization devoted to preserving radio's past.

Fred Marsh (February 5, 1924-2006) - Marsh was an American infielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1949 to 1956 for the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles, primarily as a third baseman. Born in Valley Falls, Kansas, Marsh was signed originally by the Chicago Cubs in 1942 after graduating from Chicago's Steinmetz High School in 1941. Marsh joined the Navy during World War II and was discharged in 1945. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Marsh

Hugh M. Hefner, (April 9, 1926 - Present) Founder and former CEO of Playboy Enterprises.  

Louis Lason attended Plamondon Elementary School (class of 1935) and Harrison High School (class of 1939). At Harrison, Louis was 1st chair saxaphone in the band. He went on to become the first and only Conductor of the Chicago Fire Department Band, during it's 20-year life-- a position for which he was hand-picked by Mayor Richard Daley, and proudly led that band to three U.S. Presidential Inauguration's. Lason also conducted a band at the University of Chicago. After serving in the U.S. Army and attending college, Mr. Lason taught at Calumet and Steinmetz High Schools where he was the Director of Bands where he impacted so many lives -- giving subsequent generations of CPS students a taste of his passion for music. After a lifelong career in the Chicago Public Schools, Louis Lason retired in 1985. Mr. Lason continued his musical career as the first Director of the Arlington Heights Community Concert Band. Mr. Lason passed in 2002 and is missed by many.

Anthony Robert "Tony" Canadeo (May 5, 1919 - 2003) was a professional football player, a halfback and quarterback for the NFL's Green Bay Packers from 1941-1944 and 1946-52, having missed the 1945 season while serving in the army during World War Two. Canadeo played college football at Gonzaga University in Spokane, where he was first known as the "Gray Ghost," due to his prematurely graying hair. He was the first Packer to rush for 1000 yards in a season and the third player ever in the NFL to accomplish this feat. Canadeo is one of only six Green Bay Packers to have his number (3) retired by the team. Canadeo continued his association with the team and in 1974 was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1974.