2011 Rochester Business Hall of Fame
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Rochester Riverside Convention Center 
 
Thank you
2011 Rochester Business Hall of Fame Inductees
Joseph Klein, Chairman, Klein Steel Service Inc.
George Norris, John Norris, Rob Norris, Suzy Hofsass and Anne Wells, Owners-Operators, Seabreeze Park
David Reh, President, Raytec Group
Henry Augustus Ward, Founder, Ward’s Natural Science Establishment Inc.

We have celebrated the induction into the Rochester Business Hall of Fame which is one of the highest honors bestowed upon business leaders in our community.  They are chosen because they have made outstanding contributions to free enterprise and have set new standards for future business leaders while serving as role models for young people.  Their accomplishments demonstrate business excellence, courageous thinking and actions, vision and innovation, and community mindedness. 

2011 Rochester Business Hall of Fame Sponsors
Dinner Sponsor

Entrepreneur Sponsors
Gorbel, Inc.
Hammer Packaging

Investor Sponsors
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Davie Kaplan
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
NextStepU
RG&E
Seabreeze Amusement Park
Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester
Woods Oviatt Gilman

Shareholder Sponsors
Admar Supply
Allen Associates, Inc. 
Bausch + Lomb
Bittner School of Business at St. John Fisher
Boylan Code LLP
Brown & Brown Insurance
Canandaigua National Bank
CB Richard Ellis/Michael Frame
Citizens Bank
Clarkson University
COMIDA
Cooper/Haims Advisors, LLC
Deloitte, LLP
Eastman Kodak Company
E.G. Sackett Co., Inc.
First Niagara Risk Management
KeyBank
Klein Steel
Lily Pond Ventures, LLC
M&T Bank
Monroe Community College
Ontario County IDA 
Paychex, Inc.
Raytec Group
Retrotech, Inc.
The Bonadio Group
VisitRochester

Classroom Sponsors
Durwood Management
EBS-RMSCO
Federated Clover Investment Advisors
PepsiCo
Rochester Midland Corporation
The Samloff Family Fund

Special Thanks to
Constellation Brands
Martino Flynn
Persuasive Communications
Wegmans Food Markets

Overview

The Rochester Business Hall of Fame is dedicated to recognizing the contributions and entrepreneurial spirit of our area’s most enterprising leaders.  The Rochester Business Hall of Fame includes 68 distinguished men and women, selected since its inception in 2001, who have made a significant difference in the business world, in our community and beyond.

Selection Criteria

To be considered for induction into the Rochester Business Hall of Fame, an individual must:

• Have made significant, recognized accomplishments and contributions that have affected their organization or industry
• Be of excellent reputation and a source of inspiration and encouragement for others to follow, especially the next generation of leaders
• Have exemplified business leadership, which is defined as outstanding and enduring contributions to improving the products, processes or human relations of business
• Have made significant contributions to their community

Selection Process

Each year an independent Advisory Committee recommends honorees for the Rochester Business Hall of Fame based on the above selection criteria.  The committee is made up of educators, scholars, business leaders, representatives from the city of Rochester, philanthropic groups, and a representative from Junior Achievement, the Rochester Business Journal and the Rochester Museum and Science Center.  The independent Advisory Committee makes recommendations to a Steering Committee, made up of the three partners in the Rochester Business Hall of Fame:  Junior Achievement, "The Rochester Business Journal", and the Rochester Museum and Science Center.

2001-2010 Rochester Business Hall of Fame Inductees

Class of 2001
Austin Steward	Abolitionist and Business Trailblazer
Chester Carlson & Joe Wilson	Xerox Corporation
George Eastman	Eastman Kodak Company
Frank Gannett	Democrat & Chronicle
James Gleason & Kate Gleason	Gleason Works
B. Thomas Golisano	Paychex, Inc.
John Jacob Bausch & Henry Lomb	Bausch & Lomb
Richard Sands & Marvin Sands	Constellation Brands, Inc.
Robert Wegman	Wegmans Food Markets
Class of 2002
Ernest J. Del Monte	E.J. Del Monte Corp.
Matthew Augustine	Eltrex Industries
Norman and Nelson Leenhouts	Home Properties, Inc.
Jeremiah G. Hickey & Jacob L. Freeman	Hickey-Freeman Company, Inc.
Nathaniel Rochester	Founder of Rochester
Frederick Douglass	Politician and Publisher
Hiram Sibley	Western Union Telegraph
Martha Matilda Harper	Founder of First Franchising Operation
Class of 2003
Burton & Charles August	Monro Muffler
Bal Dixit	Newtex Industries, Inc.
John D. Brush	Sentry Group
James Wilmot	Wilmorite Properties, Inc.
Louise Woerner	Home Care of Rochester
George Ellwanger & Patrick Barry	Mt. Hope Garden and Nurseries
Class of 2004
Ralph Cantisano	Cantisano Foods
Howard Coles	Frederick Douglass Voice
Max Farash	Farash Corporation
Philip R. Nothnagle	Nothnagle Realtors
E. Philip Saunders	Saunders Management Co. Inc.
F. Ritter Shumway	Sybron Corporation
Class of 2005
Ronald Fielding	Oppenheimerfunds, Inc.
R. Wayne LeChase	LeChase Construction Services
John Riedman	Riedman Corporation
Ezra Andrews, James Briggs & Thomas Gosnell	Founder of The Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company
George & Francis French	R.T. French Company
Class of 2006
Laurence Glazer & Harold Samloff	Buckingham Properties, LLC
Dennis & Laurence Kessler	The Kessler Group
Walter T. Parkes	O’Connell Electric Company
T. Carl Nixon & Thomas J. Hargrave	Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle
Morton Adams	Curtice-Burns Foods, Inc. (Birds Eye)
Class of 2007
Ronald L. Bittner	Frontier Corporation
Richard Dorschel	Dorschel Automotive Group
George W. Hamlin, IV	Canandaigua National Bank & Trust Co.
David Kearns	Xerox Corporation
William Stolze & Herbert VandenBrul	RF Communications
Class of 2008
Arunas A. Chesonis	PAETEC
James E. Hammer	Hammer Packaging
Raymond T. Hickok	Hickok Manufacturing Corp., YPO
Robert H. Hurlbut	ROHM Services and Vari-Care, Inc.
Elliott Landsman	Landsman Development Corp./Mayzon
John L. (Jack) Wehle	Genesee Brewing Company

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