Naming a building after a person further implies that the person honored possesses the appropriate qualities necessary to be recognized in such a permanent fashion, and that the individual was, in some respects, the embodiment of the community's shared values. Here, Moran analyzes the naming of public school buildings in Kansas City MO between the 1940's and early 1990's while exploring the values which were implicit in the selection of names, as well as the individuals or groups that had the greatest influence in the process of selecting names. (Contains 1 footnote.)