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Advertising Supplement to the Business Courier Advertising 2012 Greater Cincinnati Business Hall of Fame Peter S. Strange William Rumpke Sr. Thomas B. Rumpke* William C. Portman* Daniel A. Hillenbrand* Gen. Andrew Messer, Inc. Rumpke Consolidated Rumpke Consolidated Portman Equipment Hillenbrand Hickenlooper* Companies, Inc. Companies, Inc. Company Industries, Inc. Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company * Honored Posthumously September 28, 2012 October 4, 2012 | Cintas Center 1 Master of Ceremonies: Kathrine Nero - WCPO Kathrine Nero came to WCPO-TV in 1998 from her hometown Memphis, which is evident in her slight (at least she considers it slight) southern drawl. She worked five years as Channel 9’s weekend sports About the Hall of Fame anchor/reporter before moving to the news anchor desk on Junior Achievement of OKI Partners, Inc., in cooperation with Cincinnati Museum Center, established the Greater Cincinnati Good Morning Tri-State in 2002. She thinks the 2:30 a.m. Business Hall of Fame to honor past and present business leaders wake up call is karma paying her back for refusing to wake for their outstanding business achievements and their contributions to the quality of life in the Greater Cincinnati community. This up “in single digits” throughout college. event is unique in that it pays tribute to business leaders through the partnership of two organizations, one oriented towards youth Kathrine was raised on a steady diet of SEC football and producing tomorrow’s leadership, and the other dedicated to and college basketball. She began her career in sports preserving Cincinnati’s past. The laurates selected have not only risen to the pinnacle of while still in college, where she worked with the men’s success in the business world, but also have been pioneers in their industries. They have demonstrated a tradition of excellence and Advertising Supplement to the Business Courier Advertising basketball and football programs in the Memphis Tiger achievement, as opposed to unique, one-time efforts. Their genius sports information department for four years. She got her has changed the face of business in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, and internationally, as they have touched the lives of break in television covering sports there, and moved to the millions of individuals in the United States and throughout the world. Queen City in 1998. Kathrine gets asked two questions regularly: “How tall elcome to the nineteenth annual Greater Cincinnati are you?” (answer: 4’11”); and, “Do you miss sports?” Business Hall of Fame. Tonight we have the privilege of honoring six truly exceptional business leaders. (answer: Absolutely. Especially covering the Reds, but The Business Hall of Fame recognizes individuals whoW have made significant contributions in their industry and the I wanted a new challenge and GMTS gave me a great Greater Cincinnati Community. The five laureates are part of a Cincinnati legacy of which we all opportunity to try something different.) should be proud. But her claim to fame is her status as a former tour On behalf of Junior Achievement and the Cincinnati Museum Center, thank you for your interest in and support of this event. guide at Elvis Presley’s Graceland, a job she says prepared her for the world of tv more than anything she’s ever done. Valerie Newell Chairman and Managing Director Kathrine is also an accomplished flutist, having played RiverPoint Capital Management Chair, Hall of Fame with several orchestras and symphonies through the years. Steering Committee She’s also a regular performer at her church. Locally, Kathrine’s active in her church, several charities, and is a board member of the Family Nurturing Douglass W. McDonald President and CEO Center, an organization committed to ending the cycle of Cincinnati Museum Center child abuse. Kathrine is married with two daughters and lives in Covington, where her sewing room keeps her busy during John R. Weil President time away from work. Junior Achievement of OKI Partners September 28 , 2012 2 Advertising Supplement to the Business Courier Advertising Thank you to the following sponsors for their support and contributions: Title Sponsors Platinum Sponsors Production Sponsor Hill-Rom, Hillenbrand Inc., and The Hickenlooper Family Dean Miuccio Productions, LLC The Daniel A. Hillenbrand Family The Golden Lamb US Bank Mike & Jane Keating The Portman Family Silver Sponsors The Jeff Wyler Automotive Family Ohio National Financial Services Private Reception Sponsor Paycor Messer Construction Company Rumpke Media Sponsors Western & Southern Financial Group Business Courier Reception Sponsor WCPO-TV Fifth Third Bank PNC Bank Strength for the Future September 28, 2012 of our community Proud to call Cincinnati home since 1888. WesternSouthern.com AD 159 1204 3 Business Hall of Fame Inductees 1991-2011 2011 Living Living 1998 Living Deceased Neil Bortz, Towne Properties Robert H. Castellini, Castellini Company Deceased Jayne Baker Spain, Litton Industries, Inc. Nicholas Lambrinides, Skyline Chili William R. Burleigh, The E.W. Scripps Ross Love, Blue Chip Enterprises Bernard H. Kroger, The Kroger Company Charles S. Mechem, Jr., Taft Broadcasting I.T. Verdin, The Verdin Company Company George A. Schaefer, Jr., Fifth Third Neil H. McElroy, The Procter & Gamble 1993 Living Louis M. Groen, StopTech, Ltd. –McDonald’s 2001 Company Deceased Jack E. Brown, Nielsen Marvin Rosenberg, Towne Properties Deceased Amos Shinkle, Covington & Cincinnati Charles L. Fleischmann, Fleischmann Yeast David B. O’Maley, Ohio National Financial 2007 Julius Dexter, New Fidelity Safe Deposit & Bridge Co. Company Services Deceased Trust Co. Walter E. Bartlett, Multimedia, Inc. David Sinton, Sinton & Means/The Sinton William K. Schubert, M.D., Cincinnati Children’s Ralph V. Haile, Jr., US Bank John Washington Ellis, Firstar Living Realty Company Hospital Medical Center Charles and John Kilgour, Cincinnati Bell, Inc. Living Roger L. Howe, U.S. Precision Lens, Inc. Living 2010 Living Robert B. Ott, The Hennegan Company 1997 John J. Schiff, Sr., Cincinnati Financial Deceased Gary Heiman, Standard Textile Joseph A. Pichler, The Kroger Company National Business Hall of Fame in Cincinnati Corporation William E. Anderson, The Central Trust Victoria Buyniski Gluckman, United Medical 2000 1996 John G. Smale, The Procter & Gamble Company/PNC Bank Resources Deceased Deceased Company Myers Y. Cooper, The Myers Y. Cooper Company, Joseph P. Hayden, Jr., The Midland Company John J. Emery, Jr., John Emery’s Sons, Inc. & J. Ralph Corbett, NuTone Inc. 1992 Hyde Park Lumber 2006 Emery Ind. Martha Cornelius Dow, Dow Drug Stores Deceased Living Deceased Samuel H. Hannaford, Samuel Hannaford Living Melville E. Ingalls, The C & O Railroad Wayne Carlisle, Maxim Crane Works Harry R. Drackett & Harry R. (Roger) Drackett, & Sons Richard T. Farmer, Cintas Corporation Fred Lazarus, Jr., Federated Department A.G. Lafley, Procter & Gamble Jr., The Drackett Co. Edward W. Scripps, The E.W. Scripps Co. Brian H. Rowe, General Electric Aircraft Stores Jeff Wyler, Jeff Wyler Automotive Family David Frisch & Jack C. Maier, Frisch’s Living Engines Living 2009 Restaurants, Inc. Ralph A. Drees, The Drees Co. Milton J. Schloss, Hillshire Farm & Kahn’s Carl H. Lindner, Jr., American Financial Deceased Living John E. Pepper, The Procter & Gamble 1995 Corporation Joseph B. Hall, Kroger Otto M. Budig, Jr., Budco Group, Inc. Company Deceased Howard J. Morgens, The Procter & Gamble Learner B. Harrison, First National Bank of Robert J. Kohlhepp, Cintas Corp. 1999 Powell Crosley, Jr., The Crosley Radio Company Cincinnati/U.S. Bank Buddy LaRosa, LaRosa’s Pizzeria Deceased Corporation/The Crosley Manufacturing 1991 Living 2004 Miles Greenwood, Eagle Iron Works/Cincinnati Co. Deceased John F. Barrett, Western & Southern Financial Deceased Southern Railway Horace Sudduth, The Creative Realty James Norris Gamble, The Procter & Gamble Group R. K. LeBlond, The R.K. LeBlond Machine Tool Jacob G. Schmidlapp, Union Savings Trust Company Company William J. Keating, Cincinnati Enquirer Company Co. Living William Cooper Procter, The Procter & Gamble Kenneth F. Klosterman, Klosterman Baking Andrew Jergens, The Andrew Jergens Ronald F. Walker, American Financial Group, Clement L. Buenger, Fifth Third Bank Company Company Company Inc. Arthur C. Avril, Sakrete Inc. Frederick A. Geier, Cincinnati 2008 Living William J. Williams, The Western & Southern 1994 Milacron, Inc. Advertising Supplement to the Business Courier Advertising Deceased William (Bill) Butler, Corporex Life Insurance Co. Deceased Living Regina Grater, Graeter’s Richard Rosenthal, F& W Publications Living Julius Freiberg, Freiberg & Workum Lyle Everingham, The Kroger Company Richard R. Deupree, Procter & Gamble 2002 Albert W.Vontz, Jr., Heidelberg Distributing Co. Thomas J. Emery & John J. Emery, The Emery Dwight H. Hibbard, Cincinnati Bell, Inc. Company Deceased Candle Company/Thomas Emery’s Sons James A. D. Geier, Cincinnati Milacron, Inc. Hulbert Taft, Taft Broadcasting September 28 , 2012 4 Advertising Supplement to the Business Courier Advertising Peter S. Strange, Messer Construction Company working as a co-op at Messer Construction over the past four decades have helped to time spent with the following organizations Co., a family-owned company, while pursuing create a more vibrant community to live, to and non-profits: Cincinnati USA Regional a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from work and to raise our families. The awards Chamber; Strive; Dan Beard Council, Boy the University