Pit & Quarry, February 2017
High five The fifth class entering the Pit Quarry Hall of Fame features four highly respected inductees BY KEVIN YANIK T hose preparing to attend ConExpo Con Agg 2017 can also make plans to attend the annual Pit Quarry Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony which takes place March 6 at the Encore Las Vegas That evening four aggregate industry leaders will be enshrined into the Hall of Fame during a black tie ceremony This years inductees are Bob Bartlett of the National Stone Association Paul Detwiler Jr of New Enterprise Stone Lime Co Inc Kim Snyder of Eastern Industries Inc and Mark Towe of Oldcastle Inc The four who are profiled in this issue starting on page 68 will join 20 others who were previously enshrined in the Pit Quarry Hall of Fame The inductees will also be represented in the National Mining Hall of Fame Museum in Leadville Colorado joining the other Hall of Famers already represented there The Pit Quarry Hall of Fame program starts at 7 p m with a reception that immediately follows the National Stone Sand Gravel Associations NSSGA Chairmans Reception Dinner follows at 8 p m with the induction ceremony to start shortly thereafter Tickets for the black tie affair are 100 and can be purchased at pqhalloffame2017 eventbrite com Dinner and drinks are included with each ticket purchase but ticket quantities are extremely limited 66 PIT QUARRY February 2017 pitandquarry com PHOTOS BY ERIKA CHAMBERS The first class of Pit Quarry Hall of Famers was inducted in 2013 The 2017 class of Bob Bartlett Paul Detwiler Jr Kim Snyder and Mark Towe is the fifth to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame Below is an alphabetical list of those enshrined during the first four years of the Hall of Fame Glen Barton Caterpillar Eli Whitney Blake Blake Rock Crusher Co J Don Brock Astec Industries Inc Emil Deister Deister Machine Co Paul Detwiler III New Enterprise Stone Lime Co Richard J Feltes Feltes Sand Gravel Co Bernie Grove National Stone Association LeRoy Hagenbuch Philippi Hagenbuch Howard Hall Iowa Manufacturing Cedarapids Inc Donald M James Vulcan Materials Co Charles W Ireland Vulcan Materials Co Chuck Lien Pete Lien Sons Charles Luck Jr Luck Stone Samuel Calvin McLanahan McLanahan Corp Paul C Mellott Jr Mellott Company Bruno Nordberg Nordberg Manufacturing Co Ralph Rogers Rogers Group Neil Schmidgall Superior Industries Arthur Taggart Columbia and Yale Universities Stephen P Zelnak Jr Martin Marietta Materials Inc Pit Quarry is currently accepting nominations for the 2018 class of the Pit Quarry Hall of Fame Nominate a worthy individual today at www pitandquarry halloffame com The Pit Quarry Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is March 6 in Las Vegas HALL OF FAME MEMBERS
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