MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS HALL OF FAME

 The Mississippi Business Hall of Fame was established in 1989 to honor outstanding Mississippi business leaders, past and present, for their significant contributions to the growth and development of business in the state.  It is also intended to promote a better public understanding of the American business system and how it relates to our national prosperity and freedoms. 

Presenting sponsor of the event is The Clarion-Ledger, Mississippi's state-wide daily newspaper.

On May 12, Junior Achievement of Mississippi will hold the

2008 Mississippi Business Hall of Fame at the Marriott Hotel in Jackson. 

At this event, additional outstanding business leaders from Mississippi 

will be inducted to join other Laureates.

For more details or information on how to submit nominations,

obtain tickets for the 2008 event, please call Scherry Gilliland, President, at

601-948-3997 or email scherry@ja-mississippi.org.

2004 MBHF LAUREATES:   Lawrence W. Warren, President and CEO of Warren Paving, Inc. (Hattiesburg and Gulfport); Daniel A. Grafton, President of L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace (Madison); Jim A. Payne, former President, Chairman and CEO of UAD Laboratories (Jackson); and George A. Schloegel, President and CEO of Hancock Bank (Gulfport) were inducted into the Mississippi Business Hall of Fame (MBHF) on May 10, 2004.

PREVIOUSLY INDUCTED LAUREATES and CRITERIA

J. Kelly Allgood

BellSouth

Hugh Coyt Bailey, Sr.

H. C. Bailey Companies

Charles D. Bannerman

The Delta Foundation

James L. Barksdale

Netscape/FedEx

John H. Bryan

Bryan Foods/Sara Lee Corporation

Edmund L. Brunini, Sr.

Brunini Grantham Grower & Hews

Fred E. Carl

Viking Range Corporation

Gene D. Carlisle

Carlisle Corporation

Howard D. Catchings

Transamerica Life/Catchings Agency

Bobby L. Chain

Chain Electric Company

Lawrence Owen Cooper, Sr.

Mississippi Chemical Corporation

A. F. Dantzler

Dantzler Boat and Barge Company

Bernard J. Ebbers

LDDS/MCI WorldCom

D. G. Fountain

Fountain Construction Co.

James E. Fowler, Sr.

Fowler Buick-GMC Truck

J. Herman Hines

Deposit Guaranty Corporation/AmSouth

J. L. Holloway

Frieda Goldman International

W. Henry Holman, Jr.

Jitney-Jungle Stores of America, Inc.

Warren A. Hood

Hood Industries, Inc.

Billy and Linda Howard

Howard Industries, Inc.

Dudley J. Hughes

Hughes-Rawls Corporation

Alvis Hunt

Trustmark National Bank

Stuart Chalmers Irby, Jr.          

Stuart C. Irby/Irby Construction Companies

Stuart Chalmers Irby, Sr.         

Stuart C. Irby/Irby Construction Companies

H. F. McCarty, Jr.

McCarty Farms, Inc.

J. Con Maloney

Cowboy Maloney’s Electric City

Chief Phillip Martin

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

Richard D. McRae, Sr.

McRae’s Department Stores

Tommy Munro

Munro Petroleum

Norman Crooks Nelson, M.D.

University of MS Medical Center

John N. Palmer, Sr.

Mobile Communications Corp. of America/SkyTel

Aubrey Burns Patterson

Bank of Mississippi/BancorpSouth, Inc.

Hartley D. & Melia M. Peavey

Peavey Electronics

Gail Jones Pittman

Gail Pittman, Inc. 

Robert W. Pittman

AOL Time Warner, Inc.

Jack R. Reed

Reed’s

E. B. Robinson, Jr.

Deposit Guaranty Corporation/AmSouth

Gerald J. St.Pe'

In galls Shipbuilding/Litton Industries

Joe Frank Sanderson, Sr.

Sanderson Farms, Inc.

Leo W. Seal, Jr.

Hancock Bank

Leland R. Speed

East Group and Parkway Properties

W. A. “Bill” Taylor

The Taylor Group, Inc.

Sister Josephine Therese

St. Dominic Health Services, Inc.

George F. Walker

Delta Wire, Inc.

LeRoy Walker, Jr.

LTM Enterprises, Inc./McDonald’s

J. C. Whitehead 

Bank of Mississippi/BancorpSouth, Inc.

J. Kelley Williams

Chemist Inc.

Lowery Woodall

Forrest General Hospital

William G. Yates, Jr.

W. G. Yates & Sons Construction Co.

CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OF LAUREATES:

1.   Achievement in one or more of these categories:

     * outstanding overall business achievement

     * outstanding achievement of national impact

     * outstanding achievement in "small business"

     * outstanding leadership in public service and/or

       philanthropic activities.

2.   Economic impact in Mississippi during the time the other criteria were made.

3.       Recognition by his or her organization or profession to have made a significant

contribution to the success of the organization or profession.

4.   Ability to serve as a role model for the young people of Mississippi.

5.   Recognized as observing high moral and ethical principles.

6.       Accomplishments of landmark proportions, significantly influencing his or her

organization, industry, and community.

7.       A record of outstanding entrepreneurial achievement.

8.       Accomplishments of a continuing nature (as opposed to a one-time effort).