Our Laureates

Junior Achievement of SW Indiana Hall of Fame Laureates

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
 
President Emerita
University of Southern Indiana
 
Founder
Morris Grain, Imperial Plastics, and The River House Hotel
 
Chief Executive Officer
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.
 
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
 
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.
 
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
 
Founder
Hafer Associates
 
Guthrie May - 2015  — (1909-1984)
Founder
The Guthrie May Company
 
Wilfred "Bud" Bussing Jr. - 2015  — (1925-2008)
President
Bussing Construction Corp.
 
Thomas "Tom" Morton, Jr. - 2014  — (1900-1993)
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Hoosier Cardinal Corporation; Fiberfil
 
John 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 Rice - 2013  — (1929-2020)
President Emeritus
University of Southern Indiana
 
Kenny Kent - 2013  — (1905-1985)
Chairman
Kenny Kent Chevrolet
 
Francis 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" 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 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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