Pit & Quarry, February 2018
In a class of their own Top producers equipment innovator to be enshrined in Houston BY KEVIN YANIK T hose preparing to attend AGG1 Aggregates Academy Expo in Houston can include the annual Pit Quarry Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in their plans The ceremony takes place March 6 at the Marriott Marquis Houston That evening four aggregate industry leaders will be inducted into the Hall of Fame during a black tie ceremony This years inductees include Charles S Luck III of Luck Companies Luck Stone C Howard Ward Nye of Martin Marietta William J Sandbrook of U S Concrete and Franklin E Squires of Superior Industries formerly GreyStone The four who are profiled in this issue starting on page 40 will join 24 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 cocktail 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 online at pitandquarryhalloffame com Dinner and drinks are included with each ticket purchase Ticket quantities are extremely limited P Q P Q ARCHIVE The first class of Pit Quarry Hall of Famers was inducted in 2013 Now the 2018 class of Charles S Luck III C Howard Ward Nye William J Sandbrook and Franklin E Squires is the sixth that will be enshrined in the Hall of Fame Below is an alphabetical list of those enshrined during the first five years of the Hall of Fame Robert G Bartlett National Stone Association Glen Barton Caterpillar Eli Whitney Blake Blake Rock Crusher Co J Don Brock Astec Industries Inc Emil Deister Deister Machine Co Paul Detwiler Jr New Enterprise Stone Lime 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 Kim Snyder Eastern Industries Arthur Taggart Columbia and Yale Universities Mark Towe CRH Americas Oldcastle Inc 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 pitandquarryhall offame com The Pit Quarry Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is March 6 in Houston HALL OF FAME MEMBERS The late Don Brock of Astec Industries was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2014 38 PIT QUARRY February 2018 pitandquarry com
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