Ohio State Fair Hall of Fame Members 1976 - 2019

2019 Johnny Regula Stacey French Livestock Auctioneer/Supporter for 31 Years Ohio Expo Center & State Fair Employee for 29 Years 2017

Cindy Grover Brett D. Chance Boer Goat/Sheep/Swine Exhibitor/Supporter Ohio Expo Center & State Fair Employee For 51 years for 27 Years

Bill Isler R. Warren Flood Swine Exhibitor/Supporter for 60 years Livestock Exhibitor/Employee/Supporter for 35 Years Ron Mack Draft Horse Exhibitor/Supporter Jerry Powell For 38 years Poultry Exhibitor/Supporter for 35 Years

Fred Wilkes Jack & Donna Moore Horse/Dairy Goat Exhibitor/Supporter Llama Directors/Exhibitors/Supporters For 66 years For 25 Years

James Zehringer Joe Robertson Ohio Expositions Commission Member for 8 Years/ Supporter for 27 Years / Former Fair Supporter for 16 years Ohio Expositions Commission Member 2016 2018 F. Joe Darst Allen Auck Ohio Expo Center & State Fair Employee for 4-H Youth Development Superintendent for 33 Years 30+ Years Mark Ferrell David Dunn Choir Alumni/Youth Development Supporter for 35 Ohio Expo Center & State Fair Employee Years For 47 Years John C. “Jack” Fisher Jerry Frame Agriculture/Youth Development Supporter Sheep Exhibitor/Supporter for 60 years for 20 Years

Gerald Harkness Elizabeth Ann Mumaw Draft Horse Exhibitor/Supporter for 72 Years Sheep Department/Youth Development Supporter for 32 Years Zale Maxwell Ag/Hort/Beef Display Exhibitor/Supporter/ Volunteer for 50+ Years Nevin Smith 2013 Sheep Department/Youth Development Supporter for 27 Years Kathie Amspaugh Ohio Expo Center & State Fair Employee for 37 Years John Spreng, Jr. Ohio Expositions Commission Member/ Eldrid “E.D.” Davis Exhibitor/Dairy Cattle Director for 50 Years Ohio Expo Center & State Fair Employee for 37 Years

2015 Ralph Doak Swine Exhibitor/Supporter for 50 Years Jim Brandt Sheep Exhibitor/Supporter for 60 Years Robert Peters Sheep Exhibitor/Supporter for more than 28 Years John & Donna Greiwe Dairy Cattle Exhibitors/Supporters for 50 Years Robert Pierano Sheep Exhibitor/Supporter for 33 Years Dr. Gene Isler Swine & Youth Development Supporter for 63 Years Nathaniel Terry Boxing Official/Supporter for more than 35 Years Lucinda Miller Exhibitor/Supporter of 4-H & Livestock Shows for 2012 37 Years Lisa Frost Barb Stuckey Sheep Department Employee/Supporter for 18 Years Swine & Youth Development Supporter for 36 Years Bernard (Bernie) Heisner Joe Wilson Beef & Dairy Cattle Youth Development Supporter Ohio Expo Center & State Fair Employee for 34 Years for more than 19 Years

2014 Bryan Hetterschedit Maintenance Department Employee for 32 Years Charles Andrews Swine Exhibitor/Employee /Supporter for 64 Years Dr. Bobby Moser Youth Educational Programs Supporter for 21 Years Jeffrey Dillion Ohio Expo Center & State Fair Employee for 39 Years Kay Quinton Girl Scouts Exhibitor/Supporter for more than Scott Higgins 20 Years Dairy Cattle & Youth Development Supporter for 30 Years Ken & Janet Stiverson Pork Exhibitor/Supporter for 50 Years Luis Perez Ohio Expo Center & State Fair Employee for 39 Years Carl D. Williams Dairy Cattle Exhibitor/Supporter for 37 Years George Schmidt Concessionaire & Supporter for 80 Years Betty Wingerter Poultry Employee/Youth Development Supporter Jack Tongring for 20 Years Assistant to All-Ohio State Fair Band for 30 Years

2011 Rose Stough Agriculture/Horticulture/Poultry Exhibitor/Supporter John & Bonnie Ayars for more than 50 Years Dairy Cattle Exhibitor/Supporter for more than 40 Years 2009

Joseph Ciacchi James Chakeres, II Plasterers’ & Cement Masons Program Supporter for Youth Educational Programs/Agriculture/ 18 Years Horticulture/Livestock Supporter for 34 Years

Tim & Glenda Huffman Doug & Jenny Fenton Youth Development Supporter for 24 Years Dairy Cattle Exhibitor for more than 40 Years

Mary Miller Joan Fernandez Creative Arts Exhibitor/Supporter for 38 Years Seasonal Employee/Gates/Human Resources Supporter for 24 Years Christopher Nethers All-Ohio State Fair Youth Choir Supporter for 20 Paul Mechling Years Educational Programs Supporter/Ohio Expositions Commission Member for 20 Years Nevin Taylor Youth Development Supporter for 31 Years Linda Potts Boy Scouts Program Supporter for 30 Years 2010 Todd Raines Charles Cox Beef Cattle Supporter for 25 Years Concessionaire/Food Service/Youth Development Supporter for 50 Years David & Jane Runyan Swine Director & Supporter for more than 40 Years Dennis Elliott 4-H Youth Development Supporter for more than Robert Taylor 35 Years Sheep Supporter for 41 Years

Richard Falter 2008 Beef Cattle & Sheep Supporter for 30 Years Clell Agler Opal Holfinger Poultry Exhibitor/Supporter for 47 Years Educational Programs Supporter/Ohio Expositions Director for 25 Years Commission Member for 10 Years Harold Crowe Richard Indoe Beef Cattle Supporter for more than 50 Years/ Dairy Cattle & Draft Horse Exhibitor for 59 Years Ohio Expositions Commissioner

David Madison Robert Gucker Educational Programs Supporter/Ohio Expositions Sheep Exhibitor for 59 Years Commission Member for 18 Years Elizabeth Harsh Jeff Milgrom Educational Programs/Beef Cattle Supporter for Sponsorship Program/Youth Development Supporter 20 Years for 26 Years Jean Hauff Finance Department Employee for 31 Years

Dick Isler Joan Hess Educational Programs/Swine Supporter for 20 Years Sheep Exhibitor/Supporter for 57 Years

Steve Rauch Roy Pollard, Jr. Youth Educational Programs Supporter for 10 Years Gates Department Employee for 11 Years

Richard Ricker Gary Saunders Swine Supporter for 45+ Years/Ohio Expositions Family Arts & Crafts Exhibitor for 37 Years Commissioner Alice Wolf Charles R. Snyder Sheep Exhibitor/Supporter for 36 Years All-Ohio State Fair Youth Choir Director for 16 Years 2005 Randy Starner Youth Educational Programs Supporter for 17 Years Ruth Huber Cahill Family Arts & Crafts Exhibitor for 50 Years 2007 Carolyn Banbury Nyland Edward P. Gallagher Sheep Exhibitor/Supporter for 52 Years Assistant to All-Ohio Fair Band for 19 Years Melanie Ann Stevenson Eileen S. Goodin Camp Fire USA Program Supporter for 25 Years Girl Scouts Program Supporter for 24 Years Mary Ann Taylor Mary L. Grover Ohio Expo Center Maintenance Department Boer Goats/Sheep/Swine Exhibitor & Employee for Employee for 31 Years 45 Years Mary Lou Topp Robert C. Kline Dairy Cattle Exhibitor/Supporter for 30+ Years 4-H Horse Show Supporter for 30 Years 2004 Joe M. Miller Dairy Cattle Exhibitor & Volunteer for 35 Years Thomas P. Brown Sheep/Cattle Exhibitor & Judge of Open & Junior Michael Stichler Sheep Shows for 35 Years Poultry Exhibitor/Volunteer for 40 Years Dorothy Jones Mary Ann Winfield Dairy Cattle Department Supporter / Family Arts & Crafts Exhibitor for 57 Years Ohio Expositions Commission Member for 14 Years

Donald P. Woods Peter Spike Supporter & Ohio Expositions Commission Member Junior Dairy Cattle Superintendent & for 20 Years Assistant Dairy Superintendent for 23 Years

2006 John Sullivan Assistant to All-Ohio State Fair Youth Choir for 16 Director Fred Dailey Years Supporter & Ohio Expositions Commission Member for 15 Years L. Charles Wilson Ohio Expo Center Employee for 28 Years/ James R. Esswein Director of Maintenance for 15 Years Assistant to All-Ohio State Fair Band for 37 Years

2003 Dan Zimmerman Swine Supporter for 25 Years Dottie Bates Exhibitor/Judge/Employee/Supporter of Youth 2000 Gardens Program for 34 Years Helen & Howard Banbury Jodi Black Sheep & Wool Exhibitors/Supporters for 65 Years Jr. Livestock & 4-H Projects for more than 20 Years/ Helped create Skillathon Program Madeline Lancione Ohio Expositions Commissioner for 12 Years Weldon Arthur Carpenter Historian/Volunteer for All-Ohio State Fair Band for John Miley 30 Years Junior Fair Programs Supporter for 30 Years

Glenn A. High Donald Santa-Emma Exhibitor of Shropshire, Targhee & Hampshire Sheep All-Ohio State Fair Band Director for 27 Years for 38 Years Wayne E. Sliker 2002 Brown Swiss Dairy Cattle Exhibitor for 26 Years

Walter M. Burns Lowell Stevens Ohio Expositions Commissioner for 8 Years Jersey Dairy Cattle Exhibitor for 25 Years

E. Denslow Eversole 1999 Beef Cattle & Other Livestock Exhibitor for 65 Years Paul A. Corey Richard “Dick” Lewis Ohio Expositions Commissioner / Youth Education Holstein Dairy Cattle Exhibitor & Judge for 40 Years Program Supporter for 17 Years

C. LaVon Shook David Shaw Long-time Volunteer & Author of Gates Department Employee for 40 Years A History of the Ohio State Fair Robert D. Sommers Ruth Stackhouse Dairy Cattle Exhibitor & Supporter for 25 Years Ohio Expositions Commissioner for 8 Years Donald VanNostran Esta Lee Strawser Assistant Sheep Superintendent for 30 years Girl Scouts Program for 31 Years George & Janet Voinovich 2001 Former Governor & First Lady of the State of Ohio

Dan Denney Raymond William Wegman Gates Department Employee for 36 Years Draft Horse Exhibitor for 29 Years

Jack C. Foust 1998 Former General Manager for 9-1/2 Years Bob Highfield Irene Goodrich Sheep Exhibitor/Supporter for 25 Years Quilts Exhibitor for 26 Years Kenneth Knoop Paul S. Richards Jersey Dairy Cattle Exhibitor for 35 Years Maple Syrup Products Exhibitor for 63 Years

Bill Lesko Donald L. Klamforth Youth Programs/Sale of Champions Supporter for Guernsey Dairy Cattle Exhibitor for 39 Years 20 Years Wib Justi William A. Schindley 4-H/Grange/Junior Horticulture Supporter for Junior Technology Education Superintendent for 26 33 Years Years Sharon Evans-Martin Joyce L. Wendel-Smith Sheep Department Employee for 31 Years All-Ohio State Fair Band & Youth Choir Supporter for 26 Years George H. Wilson All-Ohio State Fair Band Supporter for 27 Years 1997 1994 Dave “Logan” Grueser Master of Ceremonies & Public Speaker Announcer Richard Aschenbrand for 30 Years Fine Arts Director for 17 Years

Al Kin Robert Brown Cattle/Sheep/Swine Exhibitor for 50 Years Dairy Cattle Exhibitor for 45 Years/4-H Advisor for 35 Years Edward Soles Gates Department Employee for 50 Years Francis Byers Agriculture/Horticulture Products Exhibitor for Carl L. Stough 38 Years Poultry Exhibitor/Supporter for 43 Years Sande Haldiman 1996 Special Events/Arts/Junior Fair Department Employee for 23 Years Americus Gabe “A.G.” Lancione Ohio Expositions Commissioner for 6 Years Allen Ulrich 4-H/Jr. Fair Animal Exhibits Supporter for David Meeker 21 Years All-Ohio State Fair Band & Youth Choir Supporter for 24 Years Gerald “Bud” Westlake Sheep Exhibitor & Judge for 39 Years Orville H. Potts Boy Scouts Program Supporter for 20 Years 1993

Curtis Lafayette Steward Barry Conrad Senior Citizens Programs Supporter for 16 Years Official Photographer for 26 Years

Ralph E. Turley Francis W. Eustis Guernsey Dairy Cattle Exhibitor for 51 Years Ohio Belgian Breeders Association Secretary for 30 Years 1995 Jack O. Evans George A. Dix All-Ohio State Fair Band Supporter for 22 Years Draft Horse Exhibitor for 47 Years Thomas Lindsey Barbara Dunham Assistant Beef Superintendent for 15 Years Horse Show Employee for 18 Years & Show Director for 10 Years Ned A. Parrett Howard Lewis Junior Lambs/Steer/Swine Carcass Evaluation Member of the Horse Advisory Committee Supporter for 21 Years Charles E. Myers Fred “Fritz” Penick Dairy Cattle Exhibitor for 40 Years Beef Cattle Exhibitor for 43 Years Max Oren 1992 Concessionaire/Sale of Champions Supporter for 23 Years Ralph Cobey Charter Member of the Ohio Expositions Robert Steele Commission Presiding Judge of Harness Races for 30 Years

Marie Johnson Warren Squires Senior Citizens Programs Supporter for 23 Years Sheep Judge for Many Years

Eugene W. Schmidt 1990 Charter Member of the Ohio Expositions Commission Shirley Booth Baton Director for 25 Years & Cheerleading Director Virgil Shivers for 10 Years Shiv’o the Information Clown for 18 Years O’Guerta “Greta” Cummings Richard E. Troup National Holstein Futurity Manager for 30 Years Charter Member of the Ohio Expositions Commission Bernard Hurst Instrumental in Landscaping & Grounds Ohio Quarter Horse Association Beautification Program Strong Supporter of 4-H & FFA Programs Martin Janis 1991 Senior Citizens Program Supporter for Many Years

Shirley J. Boyd Arthur Miller Farm Bureau Youth Programs Supporter for 28 Years Charter Member of the Ohio Expositions Commission Patti Calvert First Aid Center Director for 16 Years Ledell Parker Concessionaire for 30+ Years Roger L. Duncan Food Concessionaire for 30 Years Larry Sears Maintenance Service of Tractor Pull for 30 Years David B. Gerber Junior Fair Swine Superintendent for 17 Years Anson B. Smith Dairy Cattle Exhibitor & Supporter for Many Years Philip L. Grover Open Show Swine Superintendent Harlow Walker Sheep Exhibitor for 48 Years Howard S. Foust Former General Manager Joseph Worman Grandstand Stage Manager & Technical Director for Eddie Kirk 33 Years Ohio Expositions Commissioner for 10 Years

1989 Lawrence E. Neel Dairy Cattle Superintendent for Many Years Rowland Bishop Former General Manager/Supporter for 57 Years Fred Pope Games Concessionaire for 35 Years Ronald Guenther Sheep Exhibitor & Judge for Many Years Richard “Boo” Shepard Long-Tenured Employee Donald McKay Dairy Cattle Exhibitor for Many Years D. C. Stevens Strong Supporter for 50+ Years 1988 William Wickert John Black Draft Horse Exhibitor for Many Years Youth Programs Supporter for Many Years 1986 Adam Carfagna Beef & Lamb Sales Supporter for 35 Years Seifrid D. Bruny Former 4-H Livestock Superintendent Edward Carfanga Beef & Lamb Sales Supporter for 35 Years Reuben R. Jones Dairy Cattle Exhibitor for 20 Years Verna Keefer Ohio Expositions Commissioner Horse Show Organist for 25 Years J. William Reed Harry Mykrantz Draft Horse Exhibitor & Judge for Many Years Livestock Exhibitor for 40 Years Cliff Wilson Draft Horse Exhibitor& Superintendent for 20 Years Kenneth Rinehart Employee for 46 Years 1985

Clarence Williamson Eleanor Brands Sheep Exhibitor for more than 52 Years Assistant Coordinator of Crippled Children’s Days

1987 Beatrice Bumgardner Assistant Superintendent/ Agriculture/ Horticulture Roger Black Dairy Cattle Exhibitor for Many Years Floyd E. Gooding Provider of Midway for 30 Years Choice Culver Exhibitor/Supporter/Judge for 60 Years Jack K. Judy Assistant Sheep Superintendent for 20+ Years Richard L. Hummel FFA/Vocational Agriculture Programs Supporter for Jerry Kaye 36 Years Coordinator of Grandstand Entertainment

Daniel E. Kline Frank J. Lausche Draft Horse Exhibitor for 54 Years Former Governor & Senator of the State of Ohio

John W. Martin James M. Lewis Strong Supporter through the News Media Dairy Cattle Exhibitor for 50 Years

Wilfred R. Powell Barbara Prince Agriculture Products Exhibitor for 63 Years Entry Department Employee for 29 Years

Richard O. Smith Norris Young Assistant Superintendent of Beef Cattle for 20 Years Dairy Cattle Exhibitor for 40 Years

Lucian Tiberi 1982 Musician & Fair Participant for more than 40 Years Lee Ault Bobby D. VanStavern President of Tri-Advertising, Inc. Supporter through The Ohio State University for 27 Years Fred Cassel Harness Racing Superintendent 1984 Bill Cook Lloyd Fleming Former Superintendent of Agriculture/Horticulture Former Exhibitor & Loyal Fair Supporter Gene D’Angelo James R. Helt General Manager of WBNS-TV Associate State Leader of 4-H/Youth Programs Supporter David Finley Former Chief of Ohio Department of Transportation Harold and Dorothy Judy Public Information Bureau Sheep Exhibitor & Supporter for 50 Years Jim Fisher Harold Kaeser Commercial Cattle Superintendent Dairy Cattle Superintendent for 23 Years Kathy Foster Paul Loyer Staff Reporter for The Columbus Dispatch Draft Horse Exhibitor for 46 Years Carl Henson Warren Ward Superintendent of Ohio State Fairgrounds Sheep Exhibitor for 50 Years Sue Ann Jones John Watkins Staff Reporter for The Columbus Citizen-Journal Volunteer/Supporter for 15 Years Larry Kunkle George Wilson Supporter through The Ohio State University Superintendent of Beef Cattle for 30 Years Jay Lawrence 1983 Horticulture Products Exhibitor for Many Years

Howard Hackney Mark List Swine Exhibitor for more than 63 Years Deputy Director of Ohio Department of Agriculture

Jean Lemmerman Leland McClelland Dairy Cattle Exhibitor for 50 Years Fine Arts Director for 10 Years

James Lorenz Dick Midden Long-time Food Concessionaire Former Deputy Director of Ohio Department of Natural Resources Earl Poling Supporter through American Dairy Association Al Molt Marie McDannald Former Chief of Ohio Department of Natural Horse Show Supporter Resources Office of Services Earl McMunn Roots Catering Former Editor of The Ohio Farmer Supporter through Food Services Operation Tom Moody Clark Street Former Mayor of the City of Columbus Former Assistant Director of Ohio Department of Transportation James Smith Ohio Department of Transportation District Roger Wilson Operations Manager Ohio State Fair Auctioneer Colonel Jack Walsh Roy Zimmerman Superintendent of Ohio State Highway Patrol Former Assistant Director of Ohio Department of Agriculture Larry Weaver Gates Superintendent 1981 1980 Richard Campbell Editor-in-Chief of The Columbus Citizen-Journal Don Bradley Ohio State Fair Auctioneer William Cummings Coordinator of Boxing Tournament Walter Brady Former Driver of the Budweiser Clydesdale Team Carl DeBloom Editor-in-Chief of The Columbus Dispatch Haskell Brands Coordinator of Crippled Children’s Day James Dougan State Director of Future Farmers of America Jack Brennan Sale of Champions Supporter James Duerk Former Director of Ohio Department of Robert M. Chiaramonte Development Former Director of Ohio Department of Highway Safety Blair Flock Horse Show Supporter Major General James C. Clem Former Ohio Adjutant General Robert Hocker Executive Secretary of the Ohio Poultry Association Bea Cleveland 4-H/Junior Fair Programs Supporter Jerry Kaltenbach Former General Manager for 4 Years Dan Evans Sale of Champions Supporter Roy Kottman Former Director of The Ohio State University Paul E. Gilmore Cooperative Extension Service Minority Leader of the Ohio Senate

Vic Lucas Charlie Hess Former General Manager for 3 Years Sheep Exhibitor for 25 Years

Bill Hoewischer 1979 Beef Cattle Exhibitor & Former Beef Department Superintendent Fleta Anthony Dairy Goat Superintendent for 30 Years Ed Johnson Radio & Farm News Editor Helen Burnside Space &Concessions Rental Office Employee Earl Lambert Member of Livestock Complex Construction J. Ronald Castell Committee Ohio Expositions Commission Member for 4 Years

Sue Macino Ruth Fazekas Long-tenured Employee of Ohio Department of Supporter of the Fair for 20 Years Agriculture Faye Gebhart Roy Martin Agriculture/Horticulture/Livestock Shows Employee Former Executive Assistant to Governor James A. for 24 Years Rhodes Dave Haxton Timothy Moritz Assistant Horse Show Manager Former Director of Ohio Department of Mental Health Richard D. Jackson Strong Supporter of the Fair Corwin Nixon Minority Leader of the Ohio House of Captain Thomas W. Rice Representatives Head of Ohio State Highway Patrol Post 96 for 6 Years Oliver Osasek Former President of the Ohio Senate Leo Stacy Ohio Expo Center & State Fair Grounds Vern Riffe Superintendent for 20 Years Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives R. David Thomas John Stackhouse President of Wendy’s/ Sale of Champions Supporter Former Director of Ohio Department of Agriculture 1978 Andrew Stevens Editor-in-Chief of The Ohio Farmer Wilbur Bruner Supporter through Ohio Agriculture Council Robert Teater Former Director of Ohio Department of Natural Sam Cashman Resources Former General Manager

Bob Ward John Evans Charter Member of the Ohio Expositions Ohio Expositions Commissioner for 10 Years Commission Former General Manager for 7 Years

David L. Weir Ralph Grimshaw Former Director of Ohio Department of Sheep Superintendent for 30 Years Transportation Karl Kahler Merlin Woodruff Supporter through Ohio Council of Retail Merchants Sale of Champions Auctioneer Nelson Langel 1976 Dairy Cattle Exhibitor for 51 Years Omar Blackman Glyde Marsh All-Ohio State Fair Band Director Poultry Superintendent for 13 Years Bob Braun Louis Pete Supporter through WLW-TV Broadcasting All-Ohio State Fair Band Director for 35 Years Bob Evans C. William Swank Swine Sales & Sale of Champions Supporter Supporter through Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Glenville Thomas Loraine Wilbur All-Ohio State Fair Youth Choir Director Family Arts & Crafts Superintendent for 24 Years Bill Zipf 1977 Farm Editor of The Columbus Dispatch

L.W. “Bill” Burns Marty Zwick Ohio Expositions Commission Member for 13 Years Former Assistant General Manager

Gary Hiller Supporter of Sales through Producers Livestock

Art Jordan Swine Superintendent for 12 Years

Bob Marvin Promoter of Fair as Flippo the Clown John McKitrick Dairy Cattle Exhibitor/Judge/Superintendent for Many Years

Bob Miller Strong Supporter through AVCO Broadcasting

Roy D. Pavey Horse Show Manager for 13 Years

James A. Rhodes Former Governor of the State of Ohio

Col. Raymond Strasburger Horse Show Manager for 19 Years

Tom Tarpy Markets Lamb Sales & Sale of Champions Supporter

Preston Wolfe Supporter through The Columbus Dispatch

Updated 12/20/19