Junior Business Leaders Honored At Annual Event (NAPSA)—Seven business leaders have joined a select group of their peers by being inducted into the Junior Achievement National Business Hall of Fame. While they represent different aspects of the business world, they share common virtues of leadership, a commitment to excellence and a desire to serve the public. The Junior Achievement National Business Hall of Fame— sponsored by Monster—has been honoring the nation’s most distinguished businessmen and women for their outstanding contributions to free enterprise and the promise of a better, stronger society for more than 25 years. Laureates are nominated by Fortune 500 CEOs and selected by a committee comprised of past laureates and representatives of the national business media, with the individuals receiving the most votes selected for induction. The 2008 laureates are: Ely Reeves Callaway, Jr. (1919-2001), Founder, Callaway Golf Company; Curtis L. Carlson (1914-1999), Founder, Carlson Companies; S. Truett Cathy, Founder and Chairman, Chick-fil-A, Ine.; Bill (19121986) and Vieve Gore, Founders, W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.; Harry Jack Gray, Retired Chairman and CEO, United Technologies Corporation; and Don Keough, Retired Chairman and COO, The Coca-Cola Company. Past laureates have included John H. Johnson of Johnson Publishing Co., Inc., Liz Claiborne of The Junior Achievement National Business Hall of Fame honors distinguished businessmen and women for their contributions to the free enterprise system. Liz Claiborne, Inc., Walter E. Disney of the Walt Disney Company, and Warren E. Buffett of Berkshire HathawayInc. Junior Achievement is the world’s largest and fastest-growing organization dedicated to educating young people about business, economics and free enterprise. For more information about JA, the Junior Achievement National Business Hall of Fame and past and present laureates, visit www.ja.org or write JA National Headquarters, One Education Way, Colorado Springs, CO 80906. You can also contact the nearest Junior Achievement office.
