CHAMBERLAIN — Ten new inductees will join the South Dakota Hall of Fame at ceremonies later this year. This year’s list of inductees includes Marilyn Hohm Hoyt of Huron, in the category of Public Service Innovator.
Other nominees include Ray Peterson of Brookings, Rod Parry, Tom Loveland, John Porter and Anne Rieck McFarland of Sioux Falls, Roger Musick of Mitchell, Kennebec’s Rod Bowar and the late Cleveland Abbott and Nicholas Black Elk.
Hohm Hoyt has served her community and South Dakota in many capacities that have advanced economic and quality of life issues across the state and for the generations.

She began her long involvement with community and South Dakota with Huron College in 1982 when she was elected to the Board of Trustees. She served for nearly 20 years and was board chairman when the school transitioned from a church-related institution to the private sector as a campaign was waged to save it. Hohm Hoyt delivered the commencement address in three different decades, including 2005 at the final graduation from the school as it was closing its doors.
She is a founding member of the Spirit of Dakota Commission that has honored statewide Women Leaders who represent South Dakota in social, economic and cultural impacts. Her impact in the Huron community has influenced statewide outcomes. She was the chair of several economic and quality of life projects such as a wellness facility - now the Nordby Center - a $2 million renovation of the Crossroads Hotel, the Huron Event Center taskforce; and in 2013 served as fundraising and marketing chair on a project that raised $4 million in six weeks to redevelop the former college campus into a first-class water park, city park and educational center. Hohm Hoyt has served on the South Dakota Board of Education, is on the Christen-Hohm-Lusk Foundation Board, the Spirit of Dakota Award Society, and is currently a board member for the South Dakota Community Foundation.
Since 1974, more than 700 South Dakotans have become members of the South Dakota Hall of Fame, which is designated as the state’s Hall of Fame. There are more than 200 living inductees, with the achievements of all inductees continuing to impact the state by the Hall of Fame’s mission to “Champion a Culture of Excellence: One Act at a Time.”
The Honors Induction Ceremony will be held in Chamberlain/Oacoma on Sept. 7 and 8 and is open to the public. Tickets will go on sale June 1, and can be purchased on the Hall of Fame website at sdexcellence.org or by calling the Hall at 605-234-4216.