The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame honors those individuals, whether licensed hams or not, who have made significant contributions to amateur radio; and those amateurs who have made significant contributions either to amateur radio, to their professional careers or to some other aspect of life on our planet. The 2018 inductees (listed alphabetically) are:
• Marlon Brando, FO5GJ (SK), iconic movie actor
• David Brown, KC5ZTC (SK), NASA astronaut killed in 2003 Columbia disaster, U.S. Navy Captain, pilot and flight surgeon, posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, the NASA Space Flight Medal, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, and the Defense Distinguished Service Medal
• Kalpana Chawla, KD5ESI (SK), NASA astronaut killed in 2003 Columbia disaster, aerospace engineer and first astronaut from India; also flew on Columbia in 1997. Posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, the NASA Space Flight Medal, and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal
• Laurel Clark, KC5ZSU (SK), NASA astronaut killed in 2003 Columbia disaster, U.S. Navy Captain, flight surgeon, submarine medical officer. Posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, the NASA Space Flight Medal, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, and the Defense Distinguished Service Medal. She also received three Navy Commendation Medals; the National Defense Medal, and Overseas Service Ribbon.
• Ashhar Farhan, VU2ESE, pioneer in popularizing open-source Bit-X "semi-kits" using Arduinos for affordable QRP transceivers
• Grady Fox, W4FRM (SK), SSB pioneer; worked on Manhattan Project during World War II and the camera for NASA's lunar landers
• Wendell King, ex-2ADD (SK), African-American pioneer of broadcasting and college radio
• Fred Lloyd, AA7BQ, founder of QRZ.com, the most widely-accessed amateur radio website
• Mark Pecen, KC9X/VE3QAM, wireless communication and networking pioneer, inventor, cybersecurity expert
• Carole Perry, WB2MGP, longtime advocate for youth in amateur radio; moderator of Dayton youth forum for more than 30 years
• Ed Westcott, W4UVS, photographer who chronicled the Manhattan Project during World War II and later helped the FBI with its investigation of the Jonestown massacre
