Harry Kalas will never forget 2002. He was named winner of the Ford C. Frick Award (given to a broadcaster who had made major contributions to the game of baseball) and recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the March of Dimes Philadelphia AIR Awards. Most significant of all, on July 28th Harry was inducted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

Harry Kalas has graced the radio business for over 40 years. In the early 1960's he served as Sports Director of KGU radio in Hawaii, and in 1965 became part of the Houston Astros original broadcast team. His radio history also includes University of Houston and Notre Dame football, Southwest Conference and Big Five basketball, and since 1971, of course, the Philadelphia Phillies.

Harry has lent his name and talents to many charitable causes over the decades. Most notable among these are The Richie Ashburn Celebrity Golf Tournament to benefit special-needs scouts of Boy Scouts Of America, and the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the ALS ("Lou Gehrig's disease") Association.

In 1983 Harry met an ALS patient and vowed to do anything he could to help strike out ALS. He's the "voice of the ALS Association" and consistently makes appearances on behalf of the Association's work to find a cure. He has MC'ed every Chapter luncheon since 1985 and has donated speaking fees to ALS research. Since it began in 1989 Harry has served as host of the Phillies Charities Autograph Party & Auction. In total, Phillies Charities has raised over $6.5 million for research and patient services.

Harry receives his Award from David Montgomery and Don Tollefson.