Hall of Honor
Delone Catholic High School has established a Hall of Honor to recognize people who have made a significant contribution to the school over a sustained period of time.
The Inaugural Class was inducted at the school's 75th Anniversary celebration on Sept. 19, 2015. Through the Class of 2022, the Hall of Honor contains 35 inductees in seven induction classes. The inductees to date include alumni from the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, administrators, faculty and staff members, those who have made a direct impact on Delone Catholic and others who have bettered the world around them. The physical plaque gallery can be found in the hallway on the main floor.
Are you thinking about someone who ought to be inducted into the Delone Catholic Hall of Honor?
The deadline for nominations for each year's class of inductees into the Delone Catholic Hall of Honor is Sept. 1.
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Hall of Honor
Inaugural Class
Inducted Sept. 19, 2015
Rev. Cyril J. Allwein (Sept. 8, 1910-Jan. 8,1957) was one of the key bridges from Central Catholic High School to Delone Catholic High School. He was the principal at Central Catholic at the time of the fire. He was charged with keeping the education of his students on track in the aftermath of that devastating event. Classes were taught in several locations throughout McSherrystown from February 1938 through the 1939-40 school year. Father Allwein was named principal of the new Delone Catholic High School, and served as its leader until 1949. In gratitude for his leadership in difficult and uncertain times, we induct Revered Cyril J. Allwein into the Delone Catholic High School Hall of Honor.
The first inductee of the Delone Catholic Hall of Honor is the man who gave his name to our school. Charles J. Delone (Feb. 9, 1864-Jan. 17, 1940) was a true leader in the greater Hanover community and in its Catholic community. He was a member of numerous civic organizations in Hanover. He was a trustee of the Paradise Protectory, and Mr. Delone was a member of the Hanover Council of the Knights of Columbus and of the St. Joseph’s Parish Roman Catholic Beneficial Society.
For Delone Catholic High School, his greatest contribution was the gift that made the founding of the school possible. For more than 75 years, his name has lived on despite his not having any direct descendants. It was initially Mr. Delone’s intention, however, to not place his name on this school. At the laying of the cornerstone on Nov. 5, 1939, Most Rev. George L. Leech, Fifth Bishop of Harrisburg, cited a “sincere and unfeigned desire on the part of Mr. Delone that his benefaction might remain anonymous.” Bishop Leech further explained why he asked Mr. Delone to reconsider.
He said, “There are times, however, when the most high-minded personal wishes may properly and profitably yield in order that they may serve the cause of many. And because the donation of this high school building is a fine example to the laity of the Diocese of Harrisburg and a source of genuine edification, showing as it does what our people ought to do with their worldly possessions which they have received from God as the stewards of God, I have asked the donor of this building to allow the name of his family and his forbears to be associated with this building in order that he and they may be perpetually remembered in the prayers of those who throughout the future years will come to profit by his priceless benefaction, and so I am very happy to announce to you now that this new institution will be known as the ‘Delone Catholic High School’.”
It was especially appropriate that Bishop Leech called for the community to perpetually remember the Delone family in prayer because less than three months later, Mr. Delone passed away, never seeing the completion of his gift.
At the school’s dedication on Sept. 2, 1940, Bishop Leech said, “Mr. Charles J. Delone, through whose munificence this building has been erected, loved his church, his country, and his fellow man. The means he chose to show that love is the wisest means, as years will prove when the graduates of Delone Catholic High School take their places in church, and nation and local communities. He did this deed for God and his fellow man.”
This building will always be a memorial to Mr. Delone, but more importantly, the lives of faith, service, and achievement lived by the school’s students and alumni, will serve as a perpetual tribute to his generosity. For these reasons, Charles J. Delone is the first inductee of the Delone Catholic High School Hall of Honor.
Rev. Msgr. William R. Lyons (June 1, 1918-Jan. 19, 1993) is a man who led Delone Catholic High School for longer than anyone else. Msgr. Lyons became principal in May 1949, a role in which he served until 1977. Over those 29 years, he oversaw the additions of the 1955 and 1963 classroom wings and the Sheppard Gym, which opened in 1969.
After his tenure as principal, Msgr. Lyons continued to serve Delone Catholic in numerous capacities. Notably, he was a counselor to the students, as well as a member of the Board of Directors in his role as pastor at St. Aloysius parish in Littlestown.
His steady leadership and ability to involve the greater community in supporting the mission of Delone Catholic still serve as an inspiration to our administrators and Board of Directors. We are pleased to induct Rev. Msgr. William R. Lyons into the Delone Catholic High School Hall of Honor.
The Sisters of Christian Charity, Mendham, N.J. (founded on Aug. 21, 1849) are one of three inductees who were discussed as a group because their collective contributions to Delone Catholic are so closely linked. As in communities all across the United States, religious sisters gave their lives in service to many different institutions, notably Catholic schools.
These women comprised the entire faculty for most of the first two decades of Delone Catholic’s existence and continued to serve here for decades beyond. Their dedication to instilling the Catholic faith in their students while teaching them the skills they needed to succeed in life still serves as an example for our faculty and staff.
We wish to acknowledge all of the sisters from all orders that have served at Delone Catholic over the years.
But in a special way, we celebrate three orders of sisters, including the Sisters of Christian Charity, with induction into the Delone Catholic High School Hall of Honor, recognizing their enduring legacy and example of service and excellence. We induct the orders collectively in recognition that it took the prayers and efforts of every sister in each community, whether they were assigned here or not, to provide the academic and spiritual foundation of Delone Catholic.
The Sisters of Mercy, Dallas, Pa.(founded on Dec. 12, 1831), are one of three inductees who were discussed as a group because their collective contributions to Delone Catholic are so closely linked. As in communities all across the United States, religious sisters gave their lives in service to many different institutions, notably Catholic schools.
These women comprised the entire faculty for most of the first two decades of Delone Catholic’s existence and continued to serve here for decades beyond. Their dedication to instilling the Catholic faith in their students while teaching them the skills they needed to succeed in life still serves as an example for our faculty and staff.
We wish to acknowledge all of the sisters from all orders that have served at Delone Catholic over the years.
But in a special way, we celebrate three orders of sisters, including the Sisters of Mercy, with induction into the Delone Catholic High School Hall of Honor, recognizing their enduring legacy and example of service and excellence. We induct the orders collectively in recognition that it took the prayers and efforts of every sister in each community, whether they were assigned here or not, to provide the academic and spiritual foundation of Delone Catholic.
The Sisters of Saint Joseph, Chestnut Hill, Pa. (founded in 1650), are one of three inductees who were discussed as a group because their collective contributions to Delone Catholic are so closely linked. As in communities all across the United States, religious sisters gave their lives in service to many different institutions, notably Catholic schools.
These women comprised the entire faculty for most of the first two decades of Delone Catholic’s existence and continued to serve here for decades beyond. Their dedication to instilling the Catholic faith in their students while teaching them the skills they needed to succeed in life still serves as an example for our faculty and staff.
We wish to acknowledge all of the sisters from all orders that have served at Delone Catholic over the years.
But in a special way, we celebrate three orders of sisters, including the Sisters of Saint Joseph, with induction into the Delone Catholic High School Hall of Honor, recognizing their enduring legacy and example of service and excellence. We induct the orders collectively in recognition that it took the prayers and efforts of every sister in each community, whether they were assigned here or not, to provide the academic and spiritual foundation of Delone Catholic.