BIO
An active RVIA member for over 20 years, he has served the association for 20 years as its Public Relations Committee Chairman. He is a founding member of the highly successful Go-RVing Coalition and has led its expansion into major print and media promotions. He received the RVIA National Service Award in 1986 and its Distinguished Service to the RV Industry Award in 1995. He has devised and led numerous national RV promotional campaigns.
BIO
An industry leader for over 50 years, he has developed and managed over 520 manufactured home sites including 120 rental homes and was among the very firs to require storm-proof tie downs on all his homes. A 30 year state association board member, he served as its president in 1972. Part of the lobbying team for 14 and 16’ wide movement in Kansas, he led the team that got sales tax removed from manufactured home sales in the state. He is a 20-year board member and promoter of the Kansas City Show.
BIO
A 25-year MHI member and board member, he has served as chairman of the supplier division and is recognized for his dedication to the advancement of the housing industry. He led the change from awning windows to double-hung style in manufactured homes. He supports the RV industry as an RVIA member, and he is 25-year member and board member of the AAMA (American Architectural Manufacturers) for window and door manufacturers where he served on the long-range planning committee and helped to chart the association’s strategic imperatives.
BIO
A long time industry leader and activist, he is 20 year MHI member, a long time Alabama MHI board member, serving as chairman of that association in 1991 and 1992, and one of the organizers of the South Central MHI serving as Chairman in 97, 98, and 99. In the early 1980s, he pioneered customization in manufactured homes. He was featured as an industry icon in the November, 1996, Forbes Magazine. He was inducted into the Alabama MHI Hall of Fame in 2002.
BIO
A pioneer RV manufacturer, he was an early industry activist as a member of the American Institute of Travel Trailers, Trailer Coach Association and the Mobile Homes Manufacturers Association in the 1950s. As a tool and die maker he developed many tools used in aluminum fabrication. He was one of the first manufacturers to provide a service facility at his factory. He was a very strong promoter of quality construction in trailer manufacturing. He has been recognized as one of the first RV manufacturers to run advertising in general media publications as opposed to trailer related media.
