Six new members have been inducted into the Connecticut Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the state Legislative Office Building Monday. 

Among the inductees, Jazz great and Wilton resident Dave Brubeck.  His daughter Catherine Brubeck Yaghsizian says her father took a liking to the state after moving the family from California in the 1960s.  She says he loved to play at the Litchfield Jazz Festival.  She noted that her dad was able to get off the road and use Connecticut as a place to compose more serious pieces and found the countryside very inspiring.

The other inductees are lyricist and composer Stephen Sondheim of Roxbury, Pratt & Whitney founder Frederick Rentschler, landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead, and Judges John T Downing and Constance Baker Motley.

The Connecticut Hall of Fame is designed to recognize current or former residents of Connecticut who have distinguished themselves in their profession and performed outstanding service to our state or nation.  It also serves as an educational tool for the students who visit the Capitol.  

Past inductees include Opera singer Marion Anderson of Danbury,  author Mark Twain of Redding and Paul Newman of Westport.