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Bill Day became an industry leader early on in his career. He began working as a line employee for Champion Home Builders in 1960. Bill has owned sales centers in Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado. Along with his wife, Eileen, and son, Bill, Jr., he owns and manages Day Mobile Homes. Day is the founder of Wyoming MHA, serving as its first President and continuing as a member of the Board of Directors. Day also actively participates in the Colorado MHA.
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Brian Fannon and his family built the first modern manufactured housing community in the Western suburbs of Detroit in Novi, Michigan. Fannon continued as a pioneer in the industry. He became a charter member of the first MH commission in Michigan. For 35-years, Brian has been vital to the complete development, maintenance and legislative success of the MH industry.
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Walter Hughes began with Fleetwood Homes of Ohio in 1969 and retired as general manager of Fleetwood Homes of Virginia in 1994. Through every step of his career, Hughes’ leading presence within the industry has been felt. He is President Emeritus of the Virgina MHA. Hughes achieved tremendous legislative success as Chairman of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Manufactured Housing Board. Hughes was elected to the Virginia Manufactured Housing Hall of Fame in 1994.
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In 1954, Boots Ingram founded Strato Track, a manufacturer of sliding door tracks for the MH industry. In 1967, Ingram founded Teton Homes in Wyoming. He has been a consultant and major stockholder of Marathon Homes since 1996. Boots served RVIA for six years and RVDA throughout the 70’s and 80’s. He has owned and developed industrial, residential and business parks and built modular community correction facilities in South Dakota and Wyoming. Ingram opened a 25-acre R.V. Travel Plaza in Indio, California in 2001.
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Newton Kindlund has dedicated over 35 years to the RV industry. Along with his wife, Joanne, Kindlund founded the industry’s first national retail dealership chain. In 1987, Holiday RV Superstores, Inc. became the first publicly owned national RV retail chain. In 1999, the couple sold their controlling shares of the company. That same year, they established the first national RV industry college scholarship through RVDA. Voted as 1995’s RV Industry Executive of the Year, Newt is recognized for his outstanding service to RVDA and RVIA throughout the duration of his career.
