First Members Elected to Meat Industry Hall of Fame

US - The inaugural class of the newly formed Meat Industry Hall of Fame includes 21 scientists, executives, marketers and meat producers.
calendar icon 13 August 2009
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Founders said the Hall of Fame is dedicated to honoring distinguished individuals in the meat, poultry and livestock business; preserving the history of 150 years of meat industry progress; and educating the consuming public about the contributions of meat industry leadership.

Members were elected by a board of trustees, comprised of individuals with expertise and years of meat industry service. Meat Industry Hall of Fame executive director and co-founder, Dan Murphy, said the 2009 honorees are credited with fostering much of the change, progress and success of the industry.

The 2009 class includes: Dell Allen, former Kansas State University professor and vice president for Cargill Meat Solutions; Paul Engler, founder, Cactus Feeders; Mel Coleman, founder, Coleman Natural Meats; Louis 'Mick' Colvin, chief executive officer (CEO), Certified Angus Beef; Phillip Seng, president and CEO, U.S. Meat Export Federation; Temple Grandin, professor of animal science, Colorado State University; Rosemary Mucklow, former executive director, National Meat Association; Robert Peterson, former chairman, IBP; Richard Knowlton, former chairman, president and CEO, Hormel Foods; Russell Cross, professor and administrator, Texas A&M University; Richard Lyng, former US secretary of agriculture and American Meat Institute chairman; Gary Smith, professor, Colorado State University; Don Tyson, former senior chairman, Tyson Foods, Frank Perdue, former chairman, Perdue Farms; Kenneth Monfort, former chairman and CEO, Monfort, Inc.; Joseph Luter III, former chairman and CEO, Smithfield Foods, Donald Houston, former administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service; Earl Olsen, former chairman, Jennie-O Turkey Company; Jimmy Dean, founder, Jimmy Dean Sausage Company; Lawrence Starr, former CEO, Koch Equipment; and Ray Townsend, founder and former chairman, Townsend Engineering.

Induction ceremonies will be held on 27 October in Chicago. Inductees will be honored with a commemorative plaque to be displayed in the Hall's eventual home and a members-only blazer with the exclusive signature crest.

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