Birmingham Business Hall of Fame

The Kiwanis Birmingham Business Hall of Fame was established in 1997 by the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham. Plaques honoring people honored for their contributions to the business sector in Birmingham are displayed on the 3rd floor of the Harbert Center.

Class of 1997

• Joe Bruno, Bruno's Inc.
• Ehney Camp, Jr, Liberty National Life Insurance
• Emory Cunningham, Southern Progress
• A. G. Gaston, Gaston Enterprises
• Robert Luckie, Jr, Luckie & Company
• Elton B. Stephens, EBSCO Industries

Class of 1998

• Wallace Bunn, BellSouth
• John M. Harbert III, Harbert Corporation
• Emil Hess, Parisian
• C. Caldwell Marks, Motion Industries
• Thomas Rast, Lawrence Arendall Humphries
• Joseph Volker, UAB

Class of 1999

• Houston Brice, Jr, Brice Building Company
• Harry Brock, Jr, Compass Bank
• Charles W. Ireland, Vulcan Materials
• Thomas Martin, Alabama Power Company
• William Rushton, III, Protective Life Corporation
• Hall Thompson, Thompson Tractor Company

Class of 2000

• Henrey C. Goodrich, Richgood Corporation
• Wallace D. Malone, SouthTrust Corporation
• Katherine M. McTyeire, Iron Art
• Louis Pizitz, Pizitz
• Louis J. Willie, Booker T. Washington Insurance Company

Class of 2001

• Neal Berte, Birmingham-Southern College
• Thomas E. Bradford, Bradford & Company
• John Joseph Eagan, ACIPCO
• J. Stanley Mackin, Regions Bank
• William Spencer III, Motion Industries

Class of 2002

• Frank H. Bromberg, Bromberg & Company
• Sallie C. Creel, Thrifty Car Rental
• Clarence B. Hanson, The Birmingham News
• James C. Lee, Buffalo Rock Company

Class of 2003

• Douglas Arant, Bradley Arant Rose & White
• Miller Gorrie, Brasfield & Gorrie
• Bernard A. Monoghan, Vulcan Materials
• John W. Woods, AmSouth Bank

Class of 2004

• Joseph M. Farley, Alabama Power Company
• Crawford T. Johnson, III, Coca-Cola Bottling Company United
• Ted C. Kennedy, BE&K
• Mervin T. Sterne, Sterne, Agee & Leach
• Lee J. Styslinger, ALTEC Industries

Class of 2005

• William H. Blount, Vulcan Materials
• Thomas E. Corts, Samford University
• James Head, James A. Head & Company
• Charles Linn, National Bank of Birmingham, Linn Iron Works
• Frank P. Samford, Sr, Liberty National Life Insurance
• Frank P. Samford, Jr, Liberty National Life Insurance, Torchmark

Class of 2006

The class of 2006 was honored at a luncheon on September 5. Inductees included:

• B. B. Comer, Avondale Mills
• Pete McGriff, McGriff, Seibels and Williams Insurance
• John Milner, Elyton Land Company, Milner Iron and Coal Company
• Emmet O'Neal II, O'Neal Steel

Class of 2007

The class of 2007 was honored at a luncheon on September 18. Inductees included:

• Afton Lee, Sr, Afton Lee Grocery
• Scotty McCallum, former UAB president and Vestavia Hills mayor.
• Sabert Oglesby, Southern Research Institute
• Herb Stockham, Stockham Valves & Fittings
• Rick Woodward, Woodward Iron Company

Class of 2008

The class of 2008 included:

• R. Hugh Daniel, Daniel Corporation
• Robert Jemison, Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company
• Robert Jemison, Jr, Jemison Real Estate and Insurance Company
• M. Eugene Moor, Jr, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama
• James T. Stephens, EBSCO Industries

Class of 2009

The class of 2009 included:

• Derrill Crowe, ProAssurance
• D. Paul Jones, Compass Bank
• S. Richardson Hill, UAB
• Henry F. DeBardeleben, Pratt Coal and Coke Company, DeBardeleben Coal and Iron Company

Class of 2010

The class of 2010 included:

• Garry Drummond, Drummond Company
• Drayton Nabers, Jr, Protective Life Corporation
• Fred Sington, Fred Sington Sporting Goods
• Frank Spain , Spain & Gillon

Class of 2011

The class of 2011 included:

• William Engel and Marvin Engel, Engel Realty Company
• William Ireland, Sr and Glenn Ireland II, Vulcan Materials
• Wayne Killion, Sr, Shook and Fletcher Insulation Company
• Dr. John Kirklin, The Kirklin Clinic

Class of 2012

The class of 2012 included:

• Sloan Bashinsky, Sr, Golden Flake
• Lee Bradley, Jr, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
• Charles Collat, Mayer Electric Supply
• Robert Luckie, Luckie & Co.

References

• Kiwanis Birmingham Business Hall of Fame, accessed September 26, 2006 [1]
• "6 to be inducted into Hall of Fame Kiwanis Club honors business leaders". (September 20, 2005) Birmingham News
• "4 inducted into Kiwanis Business Hall of Fame". (September 26, 2006) Birmingham News
• Hubbard, Russell (September 18, 2007) "Kiwanis induct 5 area leaders." Birmingham News
• Tomberlin, Michael (August 25, 2009) "Kiwanis Club of Birmingham names 4 new members to Birmingham Business Hall of Fame." Birmingham News
• Piper, Ben (August 23, 2010) "Birmingham Kiwanis to induct four into 2010 Business Hall of Fame." Birmingham Business Journal

External link

Kiwanis Birmingham Business Hall of Fame official website