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