Pit & Quarry, April 2014

PIT QUARRY HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES the United States success in World War II giving the military a machine that could construct land strips and roads for U S troops and be moved at up to 50 mph The loyalty and cooperation of our customers has been our greatest asset Hall wrote They have greatly contributed to our growth and have helped our company to maintain our leadership in the field of aggregate producing bituminous mixing and bituminous paving equipment Cedarapids customers have always felt free to offer suggestions for improvements in our Hall had a unique life away from the industry His social circle included a U S president and he owned a lion as a pet products Their many suggestions have enabled our company to develop new methods to improve our products and to expand our research facilities Hall the man Although Halls legacy in the aggregates industry is the portable rock crusher his legacy in Cedar Rapids Iowa extends far beyond his role as Iowa Manufacturings president Hall was a great community leader and philanthropist In one instance Hall had an employee who had a son with cancer and the only place the son could receive treatment was in Canada So as an alternative Hall led an effort to start a radiation center in Cedar Rapids He was going to find a solution to a problem not that it was curing cancer but he helped people find resources that were right in their backyard says Kristin Novak program officer at The Hall Perrine Foundation a foundation that bears Halls name and has distributed nearly 140 million in capital grants over 61 years Hall left quite a mark on Cedar Rapids Not just within his own businesses but in recruiting other industries to settle there Buresh points out that that Cedar Rapids cancer center bears Halls name as does a radiation center in the city In addition to philanthropy Hall was an animal lover accepting a cub lion as a gift from a friend in the circus Halls social circle included President Herbert Hoover he once hosted Hoover and President Harry Truman at his home and he had ambition common sense and a welcoming personality according to Buresh Hed walk through a plant and he knew every worker by their name Buresh says Thats the way he ran the company asking them how they were doing do you have any new ideas This is the way he operated He was just an ordinary guy He never intended to have anybody think he was more than what he was Hall rose to great heights in his career despite a limited education He did not earn a high school diploma but Buresh says other qualities drove him to success ITS A TOUGH JOB Spend less time walking the job site With the trusted and time tested brands of Emerson you can spend less time walking the job site and more time on productivity These products are purpose built for demanding environments and reliability to give you peace of mind And now you can get the added support of Emersons LifeCycle Engineering Servicesto help ensure you PQFSBUF FG DJFOUMZ BOE ZPVS QSPEVDUJPO MJOF LFFQT NPWJOH Diagnostics Education Design Installation Monitoring Repair Lifecycle Engineering Services www PowerTransmissionSolutions com Aggregate @ AggSolutions ThePowerTransmission Browning Emerson Emerson Consider It Solved Emerson Industrial Automation Lifecycle Engineering Services and Sealmaster are trademarks or service marks of Emerson Electric Co or one of its affiliated companies 2014 Emerson Power Transmission Corp All Rights Reserved MCAD14003E Form 9876E 42 PIT QUARRY April 2014 www pitandquarry com