Othy, Symmetry CEOs to be Inducted into County Hall of Fame
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John Byrd, CEO of Othy Inc., and John Hand, Symmetry Medical CEO, will be inducted today into the third Kosciusko Innovation and Entrepreneur Hall of Fame. The ceremony and dinner is tonight at 6 at 2517 Restaurant. For information contact the Kosciusko Economic Development Corp. at 574-265-2601. Byrd and Hand join past honorees Revra Depuy, of Depuy; Justin Zimmer, of Zimmer; Dane Miller, Biomet; Tobias Buck, Paragon Medical; and Miles Igo, with Medtronic. In the agriculture and agri-manufacturing sector, the inductees this year are Tom, John and Jack Anglin with Clunette Elevator and Don Strauss with Midwest Poultry. Recognized in the past were Hobart and Russell Creighton, Creighton Brothers; Donald Wetzel, Maple Leaf Farms; Howard Brembeck, CTB Inc.; and Kip Tom, Tom Farms. “But entrepreneurship and innovation in Kosciusko County is not limited to two industries,” KEDCo President George Robertson said in the announcement. “It is widespread across our economy. It includes our diversified manufacturing sector with past recipients” Adele De Berri, Da-Lite Screens, and Jan and John Rinker, Rinker Boats. This year’s inductee is Ron Baumgartner, The Papers. And in the retail/service sector, this year will see Michael Kubacki and Doug Grant, Lake City Bank, as well as Wallace, Connie, Richard and James Miller with Miller Health Systems. They join past honoree Wallace Stouder, Penguin Point.
