TIA Hall of Fame: 1985 - 2023
The purpose of the Hall of Fame is to honor, preserve and perpetuate the names and outstanding accomplishments of personalities who have brought lasting fame to the tire, rubber and transportation industries. Past inductees include Larry Day of TBC Corp., Brent Hesje of Fountain Tire, Chris Karbowiak of Bridgestone Americas Inc., Onkar Kanwar of Apollo Tyres and Ralph “Buddy” Snow of Oliver Rubber.
2022
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Larry Day |
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Joe DePaolis |
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Christine Karbowiak |
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Robert William Thomson |
2021
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Martin J. Barry |
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Roy Littlefield III |
2020
No Inductees
2019
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Brent Hesje |
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Frank Holeman |
2018
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Bob Majewski |
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Arvind Poddar |
2017
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Godfrey L. Cabot |
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William T. Conklin |
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Norm Gaither |
2016
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Dan Brown |
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Richard "Dick" Gust |
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Frederick Kovac |
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Charles "Husky" Sherkin |
2015
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Ross Fischer |
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Herman "Hy" Freeman |
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Paul Hyatt |
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Dr. Raghupati Singhania |
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Bucky Stein |
2014
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Harold Coker |
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Charles Cornell |
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Juanita Purcell |
2013
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Lex Brodie |
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Robert "Bob" Dunlap |
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Richard "Dick" Johnson |
2012
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Randy Clark |
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Bruce Halle |
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Paul Kruder |
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Pete Veldman |
2011
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Bill Fountain |
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John Gamauf |
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Onkar Kanwar |
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Ralph "Buddy" Snow |
2010
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Don Blythe |
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Raymond R. "Gus" Hawkinson, Jr. |
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Nick Hodel |
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Russell MacCleery |
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Gary Nash |
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Jerry White |
2009
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John Collins |
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John Kelsey |
2008
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Larry Morgan |
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Terry Westhafer |
2007
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Norman Affleck |
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Craig Anderson |
2006
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Jaques Bajer |
Armando Tornel Murillo |
2005
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Eugene Beck, Jr. |
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John Sieff |
2004
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John Lampe |
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Mario Marangoni |
2003
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Marvin F. Bozarth |
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Thomas "Tom" Foord |
2002
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Robert "Bob" Purcell |
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John "Jack" Woodland |
2001
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George Z. Bishop |
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Lee Fiedler |
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Pam Gatto |
2000
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Harvey Brodsky |
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T.O. Haas |
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Pat Rooney |
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Lloyd Stoyer |
1999
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Pauline Chambers Yost |
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Garland T. Duke Jr. |
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Ann Gaither |
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Francis Zrostlik |
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Paul Zurcher |
1998
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Joseph J. "Joe" Kilcoyne |
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Edward J. "Ed" Wagner |
1997
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Rudy Holman |
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Donald M. MacMillan |
1996
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George R. Edwards |
1995
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Tom B. Babcox |
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G.F. "Sam" Bauer |
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J.W. "Red" Gaskins |
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Ivan W. Gorr |
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George E. Marshall |
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Andre Michelin and Edouard Michelin |
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Charles J. Pillod, Jr. |
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Keith S. Rowbotham |
1994
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Bernard D. "Bernie" Alm |
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Marvin E. Bruce |
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Barry Bennett Garfield |
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Robert F. Gatzke |
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Arthur W. "Art" Hudson |
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Herman Karl Hochschwender |
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William B. Thomas |
1993
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Edwin T. Brodie Jr. |
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Giovanni Battista Pirelli |
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Saul Ganin |
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Frank A. Herzegh |
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Don Olson |
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Ernest "Ernie" Zielasko |
1992
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William T. Fitzgerald |
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John O. Gillette |
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Benjamin Franklin Goodrich |
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Edward H. Hogan |
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Shojiro Ishibashi |
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G. William Malerba |
1991
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Michael A. "Mike" Berra |
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John Boyd Dunlop |
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Fred S. Dresdale |
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Arden H. Faris |
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Charles Goodyear |
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Peter Imre Kune |
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Bernard "Bernie" Kovach |
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Zeb Mattox |
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H. Walker Noyes |
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James E. Reynolds |
1990
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Edward S. Babcox |
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Lloyd O. Dodson |
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Harold V. James |
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David R. Lehman |
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Dr. Warren W. Leigh |
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Michael G. "Jerry" O'Neal |
1989
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William S. "Pete" Cahill |
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Keith Barefoot |
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John Bean |
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David H. Dean |
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Victor Holt, Jr. |
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W. Caton Merchant, Jr. |
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James S. Morrison |
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Melvin C. Shook, Sr. |
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John W. Thomas |
1988
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Clement O. Dennis Sr. |
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Gilbert "Gil" Coats |
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John A. Earley |
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Emil B. Jensen |
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Lewis W.R. Morley, M.B.E. |
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Philip Sieff |
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Edwin "Eddie" Joel Thomas |
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Harold H. Vischer, Sr. |
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Robert Wallace Ritter, Sr. |
1987
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Wayne B. Brewer |
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John L. Collyer |
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Irve Eisbrouch |
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Maurice Gladman |
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Lee Hunter |
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Max Katz |
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Stan Koziara |
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Louis S. "Lou" Myers |
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Griffith F. Oliver |
1986
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H.R. "Kelly" Calamari |
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Maurice Clapp |
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Wilson Orlando Green |
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Paul Edward Hawkinson |
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Bradley E. Ragan, Sr. |
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Vaughn Rawls |
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Joseph Russo |
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Les Schwab |
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Thomas Edward "Eddie" Stolter |
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James A. Walsh |
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Paul Weeks Litchfield |
1985
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C. Earl Branick |
Roy J. Carver |
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E.L. "Red" Davis |
Harvey S. Firestone |
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James Harlan Heafner |
J.P. Hennessy Sr. |
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Albert Hoffman |
William Francis O’Neil |
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Frank A. Seiberling |
Winston W. "Bill" Marsh |
Ed Wagner Leadership Award
| 2022 | Redmond “Red” Clark President Asphalt Plus L.L.C. |
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| 2021 | Monte Niemi CEO First State Tire Recycling |
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| 2019 | Edward A. Burleson Sr. President and Owner Central Marketing Inc. |
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| 2018 | Mike Baggett Retired Yokohama Tire Corporation |
Freda Pratt-Boyer Senior Auditor Purcell Tire & Rubber Company |
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| 2017 | Anthony Blackman Owner Atlantic Tire and Service |
David Zielasko Vice President Crain Communications Inc. |
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| 2015 | Tom Klinge Managing Director and Co-Founder Klinge Group |
Kevin Rohlwing Senior Vice President Tire Industry Association |
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| 2014 | Jim Smith Editor Tire Review |
Mary Sikora Publisher/Editor Scrap Tire News |
Tom Wright Sr. Owner Wright Tire Service |
Friend of the Industry Award
| 2021 | Miles D. Moore Retired Senior Washington Reporter Rubber & Plastic News and Tire Business |