MIDAMERICA 2011 CaLENDAR LIMITED EDITION MidAmerica Administrative Offices: Since 1992 Former Administration Building: 1961-1992 Celebrating History: Snapshots & Milestones from MidAmerica's First Fifty Years. FIFTY YEARS STRONG U.S. Representative Ed Edmondson, behind his daughter June, Mrs. Edmondson and Mrs. Fred Harris, welcomes Lady Bird Johnson to the Tulsa International Airport on August 26, 1966. On the speaker’s stand with the First Lady were U.S. Senator Mike Monroney and U.S. Senator Fred Harris. Founded in 1961, MidAmerica is a 9,000-acre manufacturing, processing, and distribution center located in Pryor Creek, Oklahoma. Regarded as the largest industrial park in the state, MidAmerica has a 365-acre airport with a 5,000-foot runway, and its own water and wastewater treatment plants. More than 80 firms are located within the park including over a dozen Global and Fortune 500 companies. Many notables have contributed guest columns to MidPoint, the MidAmerica newsletter. A few include: (L-R, top row) State Senator Sean Burrage, Cherokee Nation Speaker / Council Member Meredith Frailey, MidAmerica After LBJ’s visit to MidAmerica, a newsman Trustee W.R. “Dick” Horkey, (middle row) State Representative Larry Rice, calls in his story from the only phone booth Chancellor of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Paul Risser, at the Pryor Airport. The police dog, who slept State Representative Ben Sherrer, (bottom row) Chief of the Cherokee through the entire event, wouldn’t be budged Nation Chad Smith and State Senator Stratton Taylor. from the floor of the booth – not even by a Tulsa World reporter. MIDAmerica Industries: IN ApprECIATION FOR YOur CONTINUED SuppORT 1946* 1979 2003 Grand River Dam Authority: Electric power A. P. Green Industries: Ceramic fiber MESTA: Mayes County emergency ambulance service Oklahoma One Call System: Utility line protection center 1954* 1982 Georgia-Pacific (G-P Gypsum): Paper wallboard liner E-Z Mart: Truck Stop 2004 NGC Industries: Gypsum wallboard liner Hamill Trucking: Trucking-general commodities 1987 Mia’s Italian Grill & Steakhouse: Restaurant 1959* Mid-South Maintenance: General contractor, industrial Robbins Trucking: Contract trucking Central Carbide: Calcium carbide maintenance 2005 1960** 1990 Power Soak: Commercial dishwashing systems MidAmerica Board of Trustees: Park Administrator Buckley Powder: Blasting services TRB Steel: Metal fabrication G.A.P. Roofing: Organic saturated roofing felt OSU Institute of Technology / MidAmerica Enterprise 1962 Berry Plastics: Polyethylene film & plastic bags Center: Business incubator Buzzi Unicem (Lone Star Industries): Construction, oil Bennett Steel: Crane rental/steel erection service well & masonry cement 2006 1991 Worldwide Steel Works: Metal fabrication 1966 Q.M.I.: Precision/production machining DTS Communications: Wi-Fi network equipment / RFID PerformancePipe (Chevron/ConocoPhillips): Extruded & locationing plastic pipe 1992 Evans Enterprises: Motor sales & service 2007 1967 Google: Data center Pryor Plant Chemical (formerly Wil-Gro): Ammonium 1995 TowerWorx: Metal fabricators of towers nitrate fertilizer ISCO Industries: Extruded pipe wholesale distributor Benco Dental: Distributor of dental supplies & NORDAM: Aircraft engine testing facility equipment 1971 Northeast Technology Centers: Superintendent’s office & Digi Surveillance Systems: Custom surveillance Fabricut: Bedspreads, draperies industry training American Castings (ACIPCO): Ductile iron foundry 2008 Karim Khan, Editor-in-Chief of Business Facilities magazine visited RAE Corporation: Air conditioning & refrigeration 1997 Integrity Machining: Machine shop MidAmerica in 2005. Khan was introduced to the park through a series of briefings from Administrator Sanders Mitchell and tours equipment L&M Fabrication: Metal fabrication CBI Electric: Electrical supplies of MidAmerica with Marketing Director Don Berger. Mid-American Grille: Restaurant PeopleLink Staffing: Staffing services 1972 Mid-America Insulation: Full-service insulation Tulsa Life Flight: Helicopter ambulance service AIRGAS (Jimmie Jones): Industrial supplies Mid-America Machining: Machine shop OSU Institute of Technology: Post-secondary vocational 2009 1973 training Urgent Care of Green Country: Occupational & primary Interplastic: Commercial liquid resins Cadet Manufacturing: Truck bodies care clinic Red Devil: Sealant, spackling, utility knives & scrapers Transwood: Transportation carrier 1998 Holiday Inn Express: Lodging 1974 Endot Industries: HDPE pipe for water & gas S&D Electric Motor Repair: Electric motor repair Solae Company (E.I. duPont/Bunge): Isolated soy Berry Plastics: Polyethylene stretch film Mid-America Electric: Electrical contractor protein Orchids Paper Products Co. OK Mill: Tissue paper 1999 2010 manufacturer Marmic Fire & Safety: Fire & safety supplies / training EASTOK Pipeline: Natural gas gathering & processing FASTENAL: Industrial supplies IBT, Inc.: Industrial supplies 1975 SYGMA: Restaurant food/supplies C.A.R.D.: Daycare facility KAMAN (Allied Bearings Supply): Bearings distributor Denny’s: Restaurant 2000 Ashley’s Electrical Supply Services: Electrical contractor Barry Schnitt, Senior Manager, Global Communications & Public 1976 Rick Ogden Concrete Construction: Contractor Affairs, Google and Jonna Kirschner, General Counsel, Oklahoma *Already on-site – prior to founding of MidAmerica Industrial Park Department of Commerce. Air Products of Oklahoma: Oxygen, nitrogen, argon Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. (AECI/Siemens): HEM, Inc. (HEMSaw): Metal cutting band saws Natural gas power plant **First members of MidAmerica board selected December 14-27, 1960 1977 2001 Norit Americas: Activated carbon L & S Hauling: Waste & clean-up hauling Williams Construction: General contractor, equipment Days Inn & Suites: Motel installation H&E Transport: General trucking 1978 2002 Orchids Paper Products Co. OK Converting: Napkins, Brent Electric: Electrical contractor towels, facial & bath tissue Comfort Inn & Suites: Motel The Local Workforce Development Council leadership: John Hawkins, GRDA Coal-Fired Generating Plant: Electric power Gulf Intermodal Cartage: Contract cartage containers Chairman of the LWDC (Co-Owner of Insurance Professionals, Inc.), Garry J&W Mechanical & Industrial Supply: Industrial supplies Mid-America Rental Center: Full service rental Harris, Vice-Chairman (Plant Manager, Lone Star Industries), and Lanny Electrical Services: Contractor DB Schenker Logistics: Contract warehousing Sliger, Coordinator of the LWDC. The group is tasked with developing the www.maip.com area’s workforce by enhancing employment and training opportunities. MIDAMERICA Special friends that attended the October 1992 dedication of the new MidAmerica Administration building included (L-R) State Senator Gene Stipe, Pryor Mayor Lucy Belle Schultz; (first step) U.S. Representative Mike Synar, State Senator Stratton Taylor, MidAmerica Trustee W.R. “Dick” Horkey, Jamsie Redden, MidAmerica Administrator Sanders Mitchell, State Senator Charles Ford; (second step) State Senator Kevin Easley, Lt. Governor Jack Mildren, Atochem Plant Manager Peter Yacoe, Pryor Chamber Manager Dutch Longenbaugh; (third step) State Representative George Vaughn. MidAmerica Board Members at the founding of the park in 1961: (seated, L-R) Burke Webb, Chairman Russell F. Hunt, and Max Genet, Jr.; (standing) MidAmerica Administrator Gene R. Redden and Counselor R. Dobie Langenkamp. Missing: Tony Jack Lyons. MidAmerica Administrator Gene R. Redden (lower left), also known as “Gene R” to friends, had a vision of what MidAmerica would become… Left: Ever the fashion statement, even at an advancing age of 83 years young, Tony Jack Lyons was one of MidAmerica’s original board – seen here listening to local Judge Gary Dean at a MidAmerica Board Members as of January 1, groundbreaking in 2007. 2011: (L-R at top) David J. Chernicky, Robert R. “Rob” Gilbert, III and R. Dobie Langenkamp; (L-R at bottom) MidAmerica Administrator Sanders Mitchell and Natalie Shirley. Celebrating History: Snapshots & Milestones from MidAmerica's First Fifty Years. Groundbreakings have always been popular events for the board and special dignitaries. JANUARY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 New Year’s Day 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AECI / Kamo Power deed transfer 1999 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Crowds sat through the 10th Anniversary festivities including speeches from area notables. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Martin Luther King 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 E-Z Mart deed transfer 1982 30 31 U.S. Representative Ed Edmondson addresses a MidAmerica board meeting with Governor David Hall at the end of the conference table. MidAmerica Board Members John F. Hughes 1966-1966 J. Milton Patrick 1981-1989 R. Dobie Langenkamp 1998- In Chronological Order Philip Viles 1966-1971 John R. Robertson 1981-1998 Ronald E. Bussert 1999-2003 Jack Zarrow 1971-1973 Stephen P. Matthews 1984-1986 Kathryn L. Taylor 2003-2006 Burke Webb 1960-1977 John Devine 1971-1972 Dr. Francis Tuttle 1986-1987 David James Chernicky 2003- Russell F. Hunt 1960-1981 Arthur D. Lindberg 1972-1973 Don Paulsen 1987-1991 Amy Polonchek 2006-2007 Tony Jack Lyons 1960-1963 Ben Langdon 1973-1975 W. R. “Dick” Horkey 1989-2003 Natalie Shirley 2007- Gene R. Redden* 1960-1990 Scott Eubanks 1975-1978 James Sanders Mitchell* 1990- *MidAmerica Administrator Max Genet, Jr. 1960-1962 W. Carlisle Mabrey III 1975-1980 Greg Main 1991-1994 Lloyd K. Allen 1963-1965 William P. Willis, Jr. 1977-1992 Robert R. Gilbert III