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Our Laureates

Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana Hall of Fame Laureates

Co-Principal and Co-Founder
LDG Development
 
Co-President
Heaven Hill Brands
 
Co-President
Heaven Hill Brands
 
Founder, Chairman of the Board
Mister “P” Express Inc
 
Community Builder
The Green Building
 
Managing Partner & Chief Strategy Officer
Nimbus
 
CEO/ECD
Nimbus
 
Former Chair & CEO
Commonwealth Bank & Trust
 
CEO ACRG | Founder and Advisor to TBAIN and Co, LLC
TBAIN & Co.
 
CEO
ISCO Industries, Inc.
 
CEO
Signarama Downtown Louisville
 
Founder
Mountjoy Chilton Medley LLP
 
Alice J. Schleicher - 2023
AJS Inc. and Associates
 
Michael B. Mountjoy - 2023
MCM CPAs & Advisors
 
W. Frank Harshaw - 2023
Harshaw Trane
 
Stephen E. Poe - 2022
Poe Companies
 
John F. Neace - 2022
Neace Ventures
 
Dr. Laurence N. Benz - 2021
Confluent Health
 
Tierra Kavanaugh Wayne - 2021
TKT & Associates, Inc.
 
Winston R. Pittman Sr. - 2021
Pitman Enterprises
 
David A. Jones Jr. - 2021
Chrysalis
 
George Garvin Brown - 2020
Brown-Forman Corporation
 
Larry W. Myers - 2020
First Savings Bank and First Savings Financial Group
 
Olivia F. Kirtley - 2020
Corporate Director and Consultant
 
Russell F. Cox - 2020
Norton Healthcare
 
Phoebe A. Wood - 2019
CompaniesWood
 
C. William Weyland - 2019
Weyland Ventures
 
Dr. O Wayne Mortenson - 2019
Mortenson Dental Partners
 
Matthew A. Thornton - 2018
Thorntons Inc.
 
Kerry M. Stemler - 2018
KM Stemler Company, Inc.
 
Sandra Frazier - 2018
Tandem Public Relations
 
Victor A. Staffieri - 2017
LG&E & KU Energy, LLC
 
Paul Varga - 2017
Brown-Forman Corporation
 
Diane B. Medley - 2017
MCM CPAs & Advisors
 
Dr. Mark Lynn - 2016
Dr. Mark Lynn & Associates PLLC
 
Diane B. Fischer - 2016
L & D Mail Masters, Inc.
 
Chuck P. Denny - 2016
PNC
 
Cathy Zion - 2015
Zion Publications LLC
 
Steven E. Trager - 2015
Republic Bank
 
George N. King Sr. - 2015
Mr. Klean's Janitor & Maintenance Service
 
Sandra Metts Snowden - 2014
Metts Company Realtors
 
Nicholas X. Simon - 2014
Publishers Printing Company
 
Robert W. Rounsavall III - 2014
Dixie Real Properties, LLC
 
James R. Allen - 2014
Hillard Lyons
 
Max L. Shapira - 2013
Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc.
 
Mary S. Moseley - 2013
The Al J. Schneider Company
 
Leonard E. "Lenny" Lyles - 2013
Executive and Developer
 
John R. Guthrie - 2013
Guthrie/Mayes Public Relations
 
William M. Street - 2012
Brown-Forman Corporation
 
Norman E. "Ned" Pfau Jr. - 2012
Geo. Pfau's Sons Co.
 
C. Edwin Gheens - 2012
Bradas Candy Company
 
Colonel Martin "Matt" Winn - 2011
Churchill Downs Inc.
 
Susan Stout Tamme - 2011
Baptist Healthcare System
 
W. Kent Taylor - 2011
Texas Roadhouse Inc.
 
James Breckinridge Speed - 2011
Businessman and Industrialist
 
Daniel C. Ulmer Jr. - 2010
Louisville Bats Baseball
 
Dee Maynard - 2010
Keystone Services, Inc.
 
Joseph H. Huber Jr. - 2010
Huber Family Farms
 
John A. "Bud" Hillerich - 2010
Louisville Slugger
 
James B. Beam - 2009
Jim Beam Brands Company
 
A. R. Sullivan - 2009
The Sullivan University System
 
Theodore H. Nixon - 2009
D.D. Williamson & Co., Inc.
 
Gouverneur "Bo" H. Nixon - 2009
D.D. Williamson & Co., Inc.
 
Lee B. Thomas Jr. - 2007
Universal Woods, Inc.
 
William E. Summers III - 2007
Summers Broadcasting
 
Gordon B. Davidson - 2007
Wyatt, Tarrant, & Combs, LLP
 
Stephen A. Williams - 2006
Norton Healthcare
 
Bill Samuels Jr. - 2006
Maker's Mark Distillery, Inc.
 
Wade Houston - 2006
Houston-Johnson, Inc.
 
Alice K. Houston - 2006
Houston-Johnson, Inc.
 
Michael N. Harreld - 2006
PNC Bank
 
William H. Beach - 2005
Beach Mold & Tool, Inc.
 
Nolen C. Allen - 2005
Cotton & Allen, P.S.C.
 
Merwin J. Ray - 2005
Steel Technologies Inc.
 
A. Stevens Miles Jr. - 2005
First Kentucky National Corporation
 
Juanita Pauline Burks - 2004
J.P. Construction Co./Tender Loving Care Nurses Registry
 
C. Edward Glasscock - 2004
Frost Brown Todd, LLC
 
Owsley Brown Frazier - 2004
Brown-Forman Corporation
 
Bernard M. Trager - 2003
Republic Bank & Trust Company
 
David C. Novak - 2003
Yum! Brands, Inc.
 
Edward A. Ford III - 2003
Fetter Printing Company
 
Ulysses L. Bridgeman Jr. - 2002
Bridgeman Foods, Inc.
 
Henry C. Wagner - 2002
Jewish Hospital HealthCare Services
 
Al J. Schneider - 2002
Developer
 
Douglas F. Cobb - 2001
Appriss Inc.
 
Owsley Brown II - 2001
Brown-Forman Corporation
 
Christina Lee Brown - 2001
Louisville Stoneware Company
 
Warner L. Jones Jr. - 2001
Hermitage Farm
 
Samuel G. Swope - 2000
Sam Swope Auto Group, Inc.
 
Frank E. Simon - 2000
Publishers Printing Company
 
Debbie Scoppechio - 2000
Creative Alliance, Inc.
 
John H. Schnatter - 2000
Papa John's International, Inc.
 
Robert S. Allison - 1999
Doe-Anderson Advertising and Public Relations
 
James H. Thornton - 1999
Thornton Oil Corporation
 
Sam R. Rechter - 1999
Rogers Group Investments, Inc.
 
James W. Robinson - 1998
Robinson Nugent, Inc. - Caldwell Tanks, Inc.
 
Ronald G. Geary - 1998
ResCare, Inc.
 
Dwight Gahm - 1998
Kitchen Kompact, Inc.
 
Thomas H. Meeker - 1997
Churchill Downs Incorporated
 
Samuel H. Klein - 1997
Bank of Louisville & Trust Company
 
Charlie W. Johnson - 1997
Active Transportation Company
 
Malcolm B. Chancey Jr. - 1996
Bank One, Kentucky, NA
 
Charles I. McCarty - 1996
BATUS
 
Roy H. Hunt - 1996
Hunt Tractor, Inc.
 
Tommie Burns Jr. - 1995
Burns Enterprises, Inc.
 
R. Gene Smith - 1995
R. Gene Smith, Inc.
 
H. Charles Grawemeyer - 1995
Reliance-Universal/Plastic Parts Inc.
 
John Y. Brown Jr. - 1994
Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation
 
Wilson W. Wyatt Sr. - 1994
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
 
T. William Samuels Sr. - 1994
Maker's Mark Distillery, Inc.
 
Carl F. Pollard - 1994
Columbia Healthcare Corporation
 
W. Bruce Lunsford - 1993
Vencor, Inc.
 
Baylor Landrum Jr. - 1993
Alexander & Alexander of Kentucky
 
Henry V. Heuser Sr. - 1993
Frost Brown Todd LLC
 
Wendell Cherry - 1992
Humana Inc.
 
George N. Gill - 1992
The Courier-Journal
 
George E. Fischer - 1992
SerVend International
 
Mason C. Rudd - 1991
Rudd Equipment Company
 
Woodford R. Porter Sr. - 1991
A. D. Porter & Sons
 
J. David Grissom - 1991
Mayfair Capital, Inc.
 
Henry Vogt - 1990
Henry Vogt Machine Company
 
J. D. Nichols - 1990
NTS Corporation
 
Frank B. Hower Jr. - 1990
Liberty National Bank
 
Thomas C. Simons - 1989
Capital Holding Corporation
 
James A. Patterson - 1989
Pattco, Inc.
 
David A. Jones Sr. - 1989
Humana Inc.
 
Cornelius E. Hubbuch Sr. - 1988
Hubbuch's of Kentucky
 
J. Henning Hilliard - 1988
J.J.B. Hilliard-W.L. Lyons, Inc.
 
C. Lee Cook - 1988
C. Lee Cook Manufacturing Company
 
Owsley Brown - 1985
Brown-Forman Corporation
 
Barry Bingham Sr. - 1985
The Courier-Journal & Louisville Times Co.
 
Isaac W. Bernheim - 1985
Bernheim Brothers Distilling Company
 
A. B. Sawyer - 1985
Kentucky Diaries, Inc.
 
James D. Robinson - 1984
Robinson Nugent, Inc.
 
George W. Norton Jr. - 1984
WAVE Inc.
 
Maurice D. S. Johnson - 1984
Citizens Fidelity Bank & Trust Co.
 
John Harold Hardwick - 1984
Louisville Trust Company
 
Mary Helen Byck - 1983
Byck Brothers & Company
 
Dann C. Byck - 1983
Byck Brothers & Company
 
W. Armin Willig - 1983
Dixie Beer Distributors, Inc.
 
Archibald P. Cochran - 1983
Cochran Foil/Anaconda Aluminum
 
J. Graham Brown - 1982
Brown Hotel/Brown Lumber Company
 
Lee B. Thomas - 1982
Thomas Industries Inc.
 
Colonel Harland Sanders - 1982
Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation