Twelve new Members chosen as the industry’s ‘best of the best’

Induction Ceremony set for Oct. 30, 2010, in Scottsdale, Ariz.

KANSAS CITY, July 5, 2010—The Class of 2010 has been elected to the Meat Industry Hall of Fame, according to Hall officials. The 12 new members were chosen from a list of more than 50 nominees by the Hall’s Board of Trustees and the Members of last year’s inaugural class. The nominees included an all-star list of executives, scientists, innovators and association leaders from all sectors of the industry.

"We are delighted with the twelve new Members of the Class of 2010,” said Dan Murphy, Executive Director and co-founder of the Hall of Fame. “These are people who have helped foster much of the profound change and remarkable progress of our North American meat industry. We’re proud to celebrate their legacies.”

For the first time, members of the meat industry in Canada were eligible for induction, and an outstanding representative, Ralph Cator of Cardinal Meat Specialists, became first Canadian inducted (see list below).

The Induction Ceremony for the new Meat Industry Hall of Fame Members will take place on Oct. 30, 2010, at the Fairmont Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Arizona. The gala event will co-locate with the North American Meat Processors Association President’s Reception, Dinner & Ball, which closes the group’s Annual Outlook Conference. For more information about the event, log onto www.namp.com.

“It will be a special evening to formally honor a ‘who's who’ of the industry,” said Chuck Jolley, Meat Industry Hall of Fame President and co-founder. “Our thanks to the Board of Trustees and to our Members, who elected another elite group from an impressive list of nominees. We’re thrilled to be able to honor people in the livestock, meat and poultry industries who truly represent the best of the best.”

Here are the Members of the 2010 class of the Meat Industry Hall of Fame:

Richard Bond, CEO, President and Director, Tyson Foods Inc.
Ralph Cator, Founder, Cardinal Meat Specialists Limited
William D. Farr, Farr Feeders (posthumously)
Joel Johnson, Chairman, President & CEO, Hormel Foods Corporation
H. Kenneth Johnson, Vice President-Meat Science, National Live Stock & Meat Board
Ray Kroc, Founder & Chairman, McDonald's Corporation (posthumously)
Dr. Roger Mandigo, Professor, Animal Science Department, University of Nebraska
Robert E. Rust, Professor Emeritus, Animal Science, Iowa State University
Col. Harland Sanders, Founder, Kentucky Fried Chicken (posthumously)
Dr. Jeff W. Savell, Regents Professor and E.M. “Manny” Rosenthal Chairholder in Animal Science, Texas A&M University
Deven Scott, Vice President - Member Services, American Meat Institute; Executive Vice President, North American Meat Processors Association
Dave Thomas, Founder and CEO, Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers (posthumously)