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Junior Achievement of SW Indiana Hall of Fame Laureates

Barry Cox - 2025
President
The Cox Group
 
Malcolm Koch - 2025
Executive Vice President
George Koch Sons
 
Jim Ryan - 2025
Chairman & CEO
Old National Bank
 
President
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
 
Co-Founder
Kimball International
 
Robert Siebert - 2024  — (1927-2020)
Owner and Manager
Siebert's Clothing
 
President Emeritus
U.B. Klem Furniture Company
 
George Mesker - 2024  — (1857-1936)
Founder and President
George L. Mesker & Co.
 
CEO
Evansville Regional Economic Partnership and immediate past Mayor of City of Evansville
 
President Emerita
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana
 
James Igleheart - 2023  — (1922-2007)
President and Chairman
International Steel Co.
 
Williard McCurdy - 2023  — (1853-1930)
Owner and Founder
Hercules Buggy Company
 
Retired Co-CEO and President
Evansville Regional Economic Partnership
 
Retired Chairman and CEO
German American Bancorp
 
Owner
Ackerman Oil Company
 
Owner
Meyer Distrubuting
 
Thomas Traylor - 2022  — (1940-2013)
President and CEO
Traylor Brothers
 
Consultant and Founder
South Western Communications Inc
 
Douglas Bawel - 2022
President
Jasper Engine and Transmission Exchange
 
A.B Brown - 2022  — (1900-1992)
Chairman and CEO
SIGECO
 
President
Holland Dairy
 
CEO
Matrix Integration
 
Retired Agent and Broker
State Farm Insurance
 
Willard Carpenter - 2021  — (1803-1883)
Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
Willard Library
 
Chief Executive Officer
American Water
 
Walter G. Koch - 2021  — (1904-1970)
Chairman of the Board
International Steel
 
Jerry Seger - 2021  — (1925-2003)
President & CEO
Wabash Valley Produce
 
Chairman & CEO
MasterBrand Cabinets
 
Wendell Dixon - 2020  — (1923-2017)
Chief Executive Officer
Interstate Finance/CrediThrift Financial
 
Founding Partner
Lechwe Holdings LLC
 
Chief Executive Officer
Deaconess Women's Hospital
 
Norman P. Wagner - 2020  — (1923-1998)
Chief Executive Officer
SIGCORP
 
Chairman & CEO
Jasper Engines & Transmissions
 
Robert "Bob" Menke Sr. - 2019  — (1919-2008)
Chairman of the Board
OFS/Styline
 
President Emerita
University of Southern Indiana
 
Dr. Robert Z. Morris - 2019  — (1914-2001)
Founder
Morris Grain, Imperial Plastics, and The River House Hotel
 
Chief Executive Officer
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.
 
Stanley Krempp - 2018  — (1927-2016)
Founder
Aristokraft
 
Chairman & CEO
German American Bank
 
William Albert "Bill" Koch Sr. - 2018  — (1915-2001)
Chief Executive Officer
Holiday World & Splashin' Safari
 
Past Chairman (Retired)
Robert M. Kent Automotive
 
Chief Executive Officer
American Patriot Group, LLC and White Stallion Energy, LLC
 
President & CEO
OFS Brands
 
Gervase Schwenk - 2017  — 1923-2012
Chairman of the Board
Jasper Engines & Transmissions
 
Richard "Dick" W. Shymanski - 2017  — (1936-2010)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Harding, Shymanski and Company, P.S.C.
 
Attorney at Law and Owner
Wilfred C. Bussing, III, Attorney at Law and Evansville Otters
 
President and Chief Executive Officer
Wabash Plastics, Inc. and Crescent Plastics, Inc.
 
President
Best Home Furnishings
 
Alvin C. Ruxer - 2016  — (1908-1991)
Founder
Jasper Engines & Transmissions
 
Chairman of the Board
Mid-States Rubber Products, Inc.
 
Charles H. Braun, Sr. - 2016  — (1910-1998)
Chairman
Industrial Contractors, Inc.
 
Senior Vice President
Toyota North America
 
Arnold Habig - 2015  — (1907-1999)
President & Chairman
Kimball International
 
Chairman of the Board
SERVUS!
 
Founder
Hafer Associates
 
Guthrie May - 2015  — (1909-1984)
Founder
The Guthrie May Company
 
Wilfred "Bud" C. Bussing Jr. - 2015  — (1925-2008)
President
Bussing Construction Corp.
 
Thomas "Tom" J. Morton, Jr. - 2014  — (1900-1993)
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Hoosier Cardinal Corporation; Fiberfil
 
John D. Engelbrecht - 2014  — (1951-2020)
Chairman
South Central Incorporated
 
Past President and Chief Executive Officer
Deaconess Health System
 
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Old National Bank
 
Dr. David L. Rice - 2013  — (1929-2020)
President Emeritus
University of Southern Indiana
 
Kenny C. Kent - 2013  — (1905-1985)
Chairman
Kenny Kent Chevrolet
 
Francis J. Reitz - 2012  — (1841-1930)
President
National City Bank
 
Executive Vice Chairman
Koch Enterprises
 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Dunn Hospitality Group
 
Benjamin Bosse - 2011  — (1874-1922)
Entrepreneur, Mayor
City of Evansville
 
Past Director of Values
Holiday World & Splashin' Safari
 
Chief Executive Officer and President
United Companies
 
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Berry Plastics Corporation
 
President
Crescent Plastics Inc.
 
President
Holiday Management Foundation
 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Industrial Contractors, Inc.
 
Marjorie Soyugenc - 2009  — (1940-2012)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Welborn Baptist Hospital
 
Charles B. "C.B." Enlow - 2009  — (1909-1961)
Chairman and President
National City Bank
 
Dan Mitchell - 2008  — (1928-2014)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Old National Bank
 
Joseph "Joe" E. O'Daniel - 2008  — (1912-2001)
President
O'Daniel-Ranes, Inc.
 
Chairman of the Board (Retired)
Escalade, Inc.
 
Chairman of Board of Directors
George Koch Sons, Inc.
 
John H. Schroeder II - 2007  — (1889-1953)
Chairman and Founder
Crescent Plastics, Inc.
 
Past President and Chief Operating Officer
Vectren Corporation
 
Edward Mead Johnson - 2007  — (1852-1934)
President and Founder
Mead Johnson and Company
 
Chairman of the Board
Koch Enterprises, Inc.
 
Past Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Vectren Corporation
 

 

 

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