Past Business Leader of the Year Award Recipients
Hosted by the HBS Club
| Year |
Recipient |
Recipient's Company |
| 1968 |
Robert Uihlein |
Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. |
| 1969 |
Orville Mertz |
Koehring Corp. |
| 1970 |
Ben Marcus |
Marcus Corp. |
| 1971 |
Robert Manegold |
Wehr Corp. |
| 1977 |
Harold Falk |
Falk Corporation |
| 1982 |
G. Russell Cleary |
G. Heileman Brewing Co. |
| 1983 |
Samuel C. Johnson |
SC Johnson & Son, Inc. |
| 1984 |
Richard G. Jacobus |
Heritage Wisconsin Corp. |
| 1985 |
Donald Schneider |
Schneider National Corp. |
| 1986 |
John Stollenwerk |
Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corp. |
| 1987 |
Fred L. Brengel |
Johnson Controls, Inc. |
| 1988 |
Ralph L. Freitag |
Gander Mountain, Inc. |
Hosted By The HBS Club and The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
| Year |
Recipient |
Recipient's Company |
Guest Speaker |
| 1989 |
Timothy E. Hoeksema |
Midwest Express Airlines |
Senator Bob Kasten |
| 1990 |
Charles S. McNeer |
Wisconsin Energy Corp. |
Geneva Johnson, Family Services |
| 1991 |
Martin F. Stein |
EyeCare One Corp. |
Governor T. Thompson |
| 1992 |
William S. Kellogg |
Kohl’s Corp. |
Frank Sica, Morgan Stanley |
| 1993 |
Pleasant Rowland |
American Girl, Inc. |
Peter Reynolds, US Brio |
| 1994 |
George D. Dalton |
FiServ, Inc. |
Governor T. Thompson |
| 1995 |
Katherine M. Hudson |
W.H. Brady Co. |
Kathy Kolbe, Kolbe Group |
| 1996 |
Richard F. Teerlink |
Harley-Davidson |
Governor T. Thompson |
| 1997 |
James H. Keyes |
Johnson Controls, Inc. |
Clayton Christensen, HBS |
| 1998 |
James D. Ericson |
Northwestern Mutual Life |
Frederick Reichheld, Bain & Co. |
| 1999 |
Frederick P. Stratton |
Briggs & Stratton Corp. |
Edward P. Lazear, Stanford University |
| 2000 |
Jeffrey R. Immelt |
GE Medical Systems |
Dr. Donna Shalala, President University of Miami and former US Secretary of Health & Human Services
|
| 2001 |
James B. Wigdale |
Marshall & Ilsley Corp. |
Michael Moskow, President of Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago |
| 2002 |
Vincent L. Martin |
Jason, Inc. |
Brian A. Gallagher, President & CEO of United Way of America |
| 2003 |
Don H. Davis |
Rockwell Automation |
Phillip K. Howard, Author The Death of Common Sense & Founder of Common Good |
| 2004 |
Steven H. Marcus |
Marcus Corporation |
Commissioner Allen "Bud" Selig, Major League Baseball |
| 2005 |
Sheldon B. Lubar |
Lubar and Company |
Dr. Bernard J. Duroc-Danner, Chairman,Weatherford Intl |
| 2006 |
Michael J. Cudahy |
Marquette Electronics Inc |
Dr. Carlos E. Santiago, Chancellor, UWM |
| 2007 |
Edward J. Zore |
Northwestern Mutual Life |
Frank Keating, President & CEO, American Council of Life Insurers |
| 2008 |
Timothy Sullivan |
Bucyrus International Inc. |
Governor Jim Doyle |
| 2009 |
T. Michael Bolger |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
Howard J. Jacob, PhD, Warren P. Knowles Professor and Director of Human and Molecular Genetics Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin
|
| 2010 |
Richard A. Meeusen |
Badger Meter, Inc. |
Julia Taylor, President, Greater Milwaukee Committee |
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