BARHOF Inductee Barbara Taylor 2013

Barbara Taylor

San Diego-born Barbara Taylor received a bachelor’s degree in speech communication and a master’s in counseling from San Diego State University. After college, she worked briefly as a social worker. She changed careers, starting with […]

BARHOF Inductee Dan Rusanowsky 2013

Dan Rusanowsky

 Dan Rusanowsky arrived in the Bay Area when the San Jose Sharks entered the National Hockey League in 1991. He was one of the first people hired by the Sharks organization and at the time […]

BARHOF Inductee Henry Leff 2013

Henry Leff

Henry Leff helped found the broadcasting program at City College of San Francisco in the 1940s and served as its head for nearly four decades. Many Bay Area broadcasters would credit Leff with playing a […]

BARHOF Inductee Jane Morrison 2013

Jane Morrison

Born in Oklahoma’s Red River country near the small town of Frederick, Jane Morrison graduated from Oklahoma State University. Her first job was as a newspaper editor in Perry, OK–a job only available to her […]

BARHOF Inductee Roy Trumbull 2013

Roy Trumbull

Roy Trumbull is widely recognized for his technical expertise as an engineer in both radio and television and for his encyclopedic knowledge of the Bay Area’s broadcasting history.  A Marin County native, Trumbull worked as […]

BARHOF Inductee Mike Pechner 2013

Mike Pechner

Meteorologist Mike Pechner spent many years telling Bay Area resident what kind of weather to expect. He says he became interested in meteorology after witnessing a rare snowstorm in Novato in 1957. Described in a […]