Topeka Business: Hall Of Fame
This year’s JA Business Hall of Fame Laureates are a diverse set of individuals whose contributions to business growth in Topeka vary as much as their involvement in bettering our community. Whether it is the innovator who moved to Topeka to help a local company usher in unprecedented growth; the problem solver who not only honored his father’s legacy but is now preparing to pass the torch to the next generation; the trailblazer who shattered the glass ceiling as a woman attorney and judge; or the visionaries whose combined expertise launched a whole new living experience for seniors, these honorees share a common trait: Belief in possibilities.
Hall of Fame Laureates
2021
Dan Chavez
Butch Eaton
Mike Kiley
Jim Klausman
Christel Marquardt
2020
Dr. Shekhar Challa Ken Daniel
David Porterfield
2019
Beth Anne Branden Rob Briman
Patrick Gideon Michael Wilson
2018
Brent Boles
Debra and Randy Clayton Susan Garlinghouse Charles Morse
2017
Randy Austin
Martha Bartlett Piland Duane & Beth Fager DeWitt Harkness
Don Landoll
Mike Worswick
2016
Andrew C. Corbin
Neil Dobler
James Richard (Dick) Pratt Eugene Williams
2015
Patti (Bossert) Mellard Steve Briman
John B. Dicus
Greg Schwerdt
2014
Terry Bettis
Jack McGivern Mary E. Turkington Lonnie Williams
2013
Robert Brock Eldon Danenhauer Frances Dudley Terry Kimes
2012
Arthur C. Capper
Dr. Robert Cotton
Mark Heitz
Mike & Bruce McPherson Dr. Robert O’Neil
2011
Dr. Mark Morris, Jr. Dr. Kent Palmberg Jerry McElroy
Ren Newcomer
2010
Charles Bennett Tim Etzel
Linda Lee
Jim Parrish
2009
Sam Barham
Kent Garlinghouse Maynard Oliverius Nancy Perry
2008
Alonzo Harrison
Georgia Neese Gray
Kris Robbins
Oscar, Stan & John Stauffer
2007
Sister Loretto Marie Colwell Harry Craig, Jr.
Charles Marling
Rosa Mendoza
2006
Anderson Chandler Jack Dicus
Howard Fricke Balfour Jeffrey
2005
J.H. “Ham” Abrahams Edwin “Train” Hughes Frank Sabatini
Tom Schwartz
Bob Wheeler
2004
Cyrus K. Holliday Velma Pollock Henry Bubb
Dr. Jerry Farley Emery Fager
2003
Lou Falley Dean Ferrell Ruth Fink Louis Pozez
