PAST AWARD CEREMONIES
CLICK HERE FOR THE
EBE HALL OF FAME MEMBER LIST
Including former Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winners
who received honorary induction into the EBE Hall of Fame in 2006
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Congratulations to the 2008 Hall of Fame Honorees!
Rising Star Award
Brad Burns, Brian Burns, Jeff Erickson
Cutting Edge Countertops
Business Excellence Award
Bruce Rumpf
Job1USA
Business Excellence Award
Thomas J. Manahan, Jr.
The Lathrop Company
Business Excellence Award
Mike Herbert, Larry Adelsperger
P.T. Services Rehabilitation, Inc.
Community Impact Award
Tom Pounds
Toledo Free Press
Business Excellence Award
Kathryn and Stanley Chlebowski
U.S. Utility Contractor Co., Inc.
Business Excellence Award
Michael Uckele, CN
Uckele Health & Nutrition
Excellence in Family Business Award
Bud Willson
Willson Builders
Innovation in Technology Award
Xunming Deng, PhD., Liwei Xu, PhD.
Xunlight Corporation
Davenport-Longenecker Lifetime Achievement Award for Business Advocacy
John Harbal
Impact Products
Congratulations to the 2007 Hall of Fame Honorees!
Inducted November 1, 2007 at the Franciscan Theatre and Conference Center of Lourdes College
Find Out More about these Outstanding Honorees! Click on the Honoree Name
to view their video from the 2007 Induction Ceremony!
Harley Cramer and Robert Huebner
U.S. Coexcell, Inc.
Dr. Robert Esplin
Sylvania Veterinary Hospital
George “Chip” Hambro
First Solar
Brian Reis
Ballreich Bros., Inc.
Fred Spurck
Webster Industries
Excellence In Family Business Award
Shain Buerk
Scrambler Marie’s Restaurants
Business Excellence Award for Innovation
General Motors Powertrain
Davenport-Longenecker Lifetime Achievement Award for Business Advocacy
David F. Waterman
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
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2007 Entrepreneurial & Business Excellence Hall of Fame Judges Panel
Homer Brickey, The Toledo Blade
John Harbal, Impact Products
Steve Klepper, The Lathrop Company
Malcolm Richards, Supplemental Staffing
Olivia Summons, Sunoco Toledo Refinery
Martha Vetter, R/P Marketing Public Relations
Steve Weathers, Regional Growth Partnership
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2007 Entrepreneurial & Business Excellence Hall of Fame Sponsors
Partnership Sponsors
Bowling Green State University
The University of Toledo
Gold Sponsor
Launch and Rocket Ventures -
Programs of the Regional Growth Partnership
Silver Sponsors
Davenport & Hanf LLC
SFC Graphics
Bronze Sponsors
First Solar
GM Powertrain Toledo
Lourdes College
Sylvania Area Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Coexcell, Inc.
Webster Industries
Angel Investor Sponsors
20/20 Custom Molded Plastics, Ltd.
Ballreich Bros., Inc.
Brooks Insurance
CMC Group
Eastman & Smith Ltd.
EPIC Toledo
Ernst & Young LLP
Fifth Third Bank
Findley Davies
Huntington Bank
Hylant Group
Impact Products
Key Bank
Klinger Associates, Inc.
Mark Feldstein and Associates, Inc.
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
R/P Marketing Public Relations
Seymour & Associates/MassMutual Financial Group
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
Stylecrest
Supplemental Staffing
Sylvania Veterinary Hospital
TaDa Creative Studios
The Lathrop Company
Tiffin Metal Products
Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce
UT Eberly Center for Women
on behalf of Janis Weber
Media Sponsors
Temple Development Company
Toledo Business Journal
UT Department of Communication
WBGU-TV on behalf of
The Dallas-Hamilton Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at BGSU
2006 marked the inaugural year of the Entrepreneurial & Business Excellence Hall of Fame.
Take a look at some of the highlights from our highly successful first year!
PHOTO GALLERY
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Highlights from the 2006 Entrepreneurial & Business Excellence Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Thursday November 2, 2006
The Valentine Theatre, Toledo
Emcee: USA Today Columnist, Christine Brennan
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2006 Entrepreneurial & Business Excellence Hall of Fame Honorees
Mark Feldstein
Mark Feldstein & Associates
James Kenyon
O.K. Industries
Rising Star
Lynne & Purri Gould
Crikey’s Original Australian Pies LLC
Excellence In Family Business Award
Malcolm Richards
Supplemental Staffing
Business Excellence Award for Innovation
Daimler Chrysler Supplier Park
Lifetime Achievement Award for Entrepreneurship Advocacy & Support
Larry Davenport
Ernst & Young LLP
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2006 Entrepreneurial & Business Excellence Hall of Fame Judges Panel
Mr. Ronald Ernsberger, 20/20 Custom Molded Plastics Ltd.
Mr. Derick Gant, Gant Investment Advisors Inc
Mr. James Hoffman, KeyBank
Ms. Jani Miller, Central Travel
Mr. Edward Reiter, Sky Financial Group
Mr. James L. Rogers, Eastman & Smith Ltd.
Ms. Martha Vetter, R/P Marketing Public Relations
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2006 Entrepreneurial & Business Excellence Hall of Fame Sponsors
Private Equity Sponsors
Angel Investor Sponsors
20/20 Custom Molded Plastics Ltd.
Daimler Chrysler
Eastman & Smith Ltd.
Ernst & Young LLP
Gilmore Jasion & Mahler LTD
Hart Associates
Hylant Group
IET, Inc.
KeyBank
Mark Feldstein & Associates
National City Bank
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
O.K. Industries, Inc.
R-P Marketing Public Relations
Savage & Associates
Seymour & Associates/MassMutual
Sky Bank
Supplemental Staffing
Tiffin Metal Products
Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce
Media Sponsors
Bowling Green State University Foundation on behalf of the
Dallas/Hamilton Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at BGSU
(WBGU Broadcast)
The Office of Marketing and Communications At The University of Toledo
(Website Design & Development)
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