GREENSBURG — Greensburg Community High School has announced two new inductees for its Hall of Fame Class of 2026, honoring a longtime public servant with deep local ties and a Greensburg native whose career carried her to national prominence.
One of the inductees is Dan Manus, whose career has spanned decades of service to both the city and its schools. Manus worked 28 years for the City of Greensburg in public safety, serving as a police officer, firefighter, fire captain and later fire chief. He also spent 12 years working at the junior high school, first as a custodian and later as assistant athletic director, remaining closely connected to students and school athletics. In addition to his public safety and school roles, Manus served as mayor of Greensburg.
The second inductee, Catherine Lanham Miller, will be honored posthumously. A 1934 graduate of Greensburg High School and a 1938 graduate of Indiana University, Miller worked in Washington, D.C., during World War II for the Office of War Information. There, she played a role in national efforts designed to limit the spread of sensitive information during wartime, including work associated with the widely known “Careless Talk Costs Lives” campaign.
Following the war, Miller pursued a career in advertising before settling in the Philadelphia area, where she combined raising three children with professional writing. Beginning in the late 1960s, she authored hundreds of articles for national publications such as Good Housekeeping, Harper’s Bazaar and Ladies’ Home Journal. Her 1971 book, How to Say Yes to Life: A Woman’s Guide to Beating the Blahs, brought conversations about women’s emotional well-being into the mainstream and helped introduce the word “blahs” into everyday use. Miller later became a syndicated newspaper columnist and a familiar presence on television talk shows, including The Mike Douglas Show.
School officials say the Hall of Fame Class of 2026 reflects two distinct paths that began in Greensburg — one centered on decades of local public service, and another that reached a national audience through government work, writing and media.
The induction ceremony is scheduled for mid-January at Greensburg Community High School, with the honorees recognized prior to a boys basketball game.
The Hall of Fame was created in 2014 by Superintendent Tom Hunter and now includes 22 members. Inductees must be graduates of Greensburg Community High School, be at least 60 years old if living, and have made a significant contribution to the local community, a profession, or society as a whole.
