Junior Achievement Business Leaders Hall of Fame
Junior Achievement of the Triad's Business Leaders Hall of Fame is an event to recognize and honor the professional accomplishments of visionary businessmen and women who have shaped the Triad's economic landscape. Honorees are inventors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, nonprofit leaders, and small business owners who share a commitment to excellence and a passion and drive to achieve. These distinguished individuals create better, more productive lives for their employees. They fashion new and innovative ways of doing business. They set extraordinary goals and exceed them. They create cultures and values that are incomparable. Laureates are extraordinary role models for future generations.
Learn more about the 2021 Business Leaders Hall of Fame HERE
The following individuals are members of our Business Leaders Hall of Fame:
1980
Caesar Cone, Sr- Cone Mills
Stanley Frank Carolina By-Products Co.
Howard Holderness- Jefferson-Pilot Corp.
James Spencer Love- Burlington Industries
1981
Nathaniel P. Hayes- Carolina Steel Corp.
Paul N. Howard- Jr. Paul N. Howard Co.
Sidney B. Jefferys- Jefferys Engineering & Equipment
Julian Price- Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co.
1982
Lunsford Richardson- Vick Chemical Co.
Cornelius M. Vanstory- Jr., NC National Bank
W. Herman Weaver- W.H. Weaver Construction Co.
1983
Stark S. Dillard- Dillard Paper Co.
John B. Hatfield- Sears Greensboro Merchandise Distribution Center
Moses Kiser- Guilford Dairy Cooperative Association
1984
Joseph M. Bryan- Pilot Life Insurance Co.
Albert S. Lineberry, Sr.- Hanes-Lineberry Funeral Service
William H. Sullivan, Sr.- W.H. Sullivan Co., Inc.
1985
Orton A. Boren- Boren Clay Products Co.
C.J. Kenneth Lee- American Federal Savings & Loan Association
Charles F. Myers, Jr.- Burlington Industries
1986
Oscar W. Burnett- Bessemer Improvement Co.
Wilbur L. Carter, Jr.- Southern Life Co.
Arnold A. Schiffman, Sr.- Schiffman's Inc.
1987
Margaret F. Earle- Greensboro Printing Co.
William C. Parker, Jr.- Piedmont Development Corp.
1988
Joe S. Dudley, Sr.- Dudley Products, Inc.
William L. Hemphill- United Guaranty Corp.
W. Roger Soles- Jefferson-Pilot Corp., Jefferson-Pilot Life Insurance Co.
1989
Anne M. Allen- Anne Allen & Associates, Inc.
Charles A. Hayes- Guilford Mills
Jim Melvin- 1st Home Federal Savings and Loan Association
1990
Mack A. Arnold, Sr.- Arnold Stone Co., Arnold Vault Co., Formigli & Arnold Laboratories
H. Michael Weaver- W.H. Weaver Construction Co.
Thomas Z. Osborne- Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
1991
Michael R. Fleming- Fleming-Shaw Transfer & Storage
Justice Henry S. Frye- Supreme Court of North Carolina, Greensboro National Bank
William S. Jones- Boren Clay Products Co.
1992
Elreta M. Alexander Ralston- District Court Judge
Major H. Bowes- Lorillard Tobacco Co.
Charles M. Reid- United Guaranty Corp.
1993
Philip R. Gelzer- CIBA-GEIGY Corp.
Donald B. Lowe- Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
1994
Dr. Alexander W. Spears, III- Lorillard Tobacco Co.
1996
Charles T. Hagan, Jr.- Adams, Kleemeier, Hagan, Hannah & Fouts
1997
Carson Bain, Bain Oil Co.
1998
Victor M. Nussbaum, Jr.- Southern Foods, Inc.
William L. Opdyke- Western Electric Co.
Sidney J. Stern, Jr.- United Guaranty Corp.
2000
Hargrove "Skipper" Bowles- Civic, Education, & Government Leader
2001
Royce Reynolds- Crown Automotive Group
Joseph S. Koury- Koury Corp.
2002
Sue Cole- US Trust of North Carolina
Tom Sloan- Southern Optical
Linda Sloan- Triad Stage
2003
Dr. Patricia Sullivan- UNC Greensboro
2004
Bonnie McElveen- Hunter, Pace Communications
2005
Jim Morgan- Morgan, Herring, Morgan, Green & Rosenblutt
Dennis Quaintance- Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants & Hotels
2006
Steven D. Bell- Steven D. Bell & Co.
Len White- Alliance Management, Inc.
2007
Jerry Neal- RF Micro Devices
Richard Petty- Petty Enterprises
2008
Michelle Gethers- Clark- American Express
Doug Copeland- The Business Journal
2009
Henry Isaacson- Isaacson, Isaacson, Sheridan & Fountain
Linda Carlisle- NC Dept. of Cultural Resources
2010
Roy E. Carroll, II- The Carroll Companies
William Mangum- Artist
2011
Chuck Cornelio- Lincoln Financial Group
T. Gray McCaskill- Seen Dunn Insurance, A Marsh & McLennan Agency
2012
Dr. Nido Qubein- High Point University
2013
Michimasa Fujino- Honda Aircraft Company
Adam Sheetz- Sheetz
2014
Carole Bruce Simms- Smith Moore Leatherwood
Dawn Chaney- Chaney Properties
2016
Jim and Jeanne Geiger- Lifetime of Service Award
2017
Don Brady- Brady Services
Bob Page- Replacements, Ltd.
2018
Kevin Baker- Piedmont Triad Airport Authority
Louis DeJoy- LDJ Global Strategies, LLC
2019
Debra & "Smitty" Smith
Susan & Eric Wiseman
2020
Robert J. Brown
Kathy Manning
