Former Kings Island employees Chuck Ingram and the late Ruth Voss will be inducted as the newest members into the Kings Island Hall of Fame.

The 2011 Hall of Fame class will be inducted Saturday, Oct. 8 at Kings Island during a 10:45am ceremony on International Street .

Mr. Ingram worked as a seasonal associate at Kings Island from 1978 to 1985. He spent his first two years in the merchandise department before transferring to entertainment, starting out in tech services. Mr. Ingram was promoted to an area supervisor responsible for the park’s roving entertainment, including the Clown Band, Juggles and Mimes. He has spent the past two decades working in radio in Cincinnati at 50,000-watt 700 WLW, where he has served as an on-site broadcast engineer, promotions and operations director, and director of traffic operations.

Ms. Voss spent 15 years as Kings Island ’s public relations manager from 1974 until her retirement in 1989. During her tenure she met and worked with Dick Van Dyke, Jonathan Winters, Dinah Shore , Evel Knievel, Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna on park projects and special events. Ms. Voss is credited for naming The Beast roller coaster in 1979. She came to Kings Island after 29 years in journalism. United States President Richard M. Nixon invited her to meet with him at the White House on October 21, 1971 after reading the articles she had written in The Cincinnati Enquirer and learning about the amount of time she had given working on projects for teens.

The class of 2011 was selected by the Kings Island Hall of Fame Selection Committee, raising the number of inductees to nine. Lewis Johnson and Rob Pottorf were inducted last year; Gary Wachs and Rich Walburg in 2009; and Carmen Electra, Dennis Speigel and Janeen Coyle in 2008.

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