Hall of Fame
TIA Hall of Fame Nominations
The nomination period for the Tire Industry Hall of Fame is now closed. It will reopen in March 2017. Thank you. If you would like to be notified by email when the nomination process opens, please email Donna Sage at dsage@tireindustry.org.
TIA Hall of Fame: 1985-2015
The purpose of the Hall of Fame is to honor, preserve and perpetuate the names and outstanding accomplishments of personalities who have brought lasting fame to the tire, rubber and transportation industries. Past inductees include Bill Fountain of Fountain Tire, John Gamauf of Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC, Onkar Kanwar of Apollo Tyres and Ralph “Buddy” Snow of Oliver Rubber. The Hall of Fame is open to all in the tire industry, including manufacturers, inventors, publishers, equipment suppliers, tire dealers and retreaders.
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2015
 Target Tire |
 McCord Auto Supply |
 REMA TIP TOP/North America |
 Superior Tire & Auto |
 JK Tyre & Industries Limited |
2014
 Purcell Tire & Rubber Company |
 Tech International |
 Coker Tire Company |
2013
 Lex Brodie's Tire Company |
 Dunlap & Kyle Company |
 American Tire Distributors |
2012
 Tire Rack |
 Discount Tire |
 Dunn Tire |
 CIMS |
2011
 Fountain Tire |
 Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire |
 Oliver Rubber |
 Apollo Tyres |
2010
 Consultant |
 White Tire Supply |
 Western Canada Tire Dealers Association |
 Hawkinson Consulting |
 Tire Performance Indicators |
 Yokohama |
2009
 Kelsey Tire |
 American Crane, Inc |
2008
 Central Tire Corporation |
 Morgan Auto Group |
2007
 Big O Tires, Inc |
 Hercules Tire & Rubber Co. |
2006
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Empresas Tornel |
Tire Systems Engineering, Inc. |
2005
 Beck Tire International |
 S&M Tire Company |
2004
 Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc. |
 Marangoni Group |
2003
 Tire Industry Association |
 Kal Tire |
2002
 Robert "Bob" Purcell
Purcell Tire & Rubber Company |
 John "Jack" Woodland
Marangoni North America |
2001
 Pam Gatto
Gatto’s Tire & Service |
 George Z. Bishop
Truflex/Pang |
 Lee Fiedler
Kelly-Springfield |
2000
 Harvey Brodsky
Tire Retread Information Bureau |
 Lloyd Stoyer
Modern Tire Dealer |
 T.O. Haas
T.O. Haas Tire Company |
 Pat Rooney
Cooper Tire and Rubber Company |
1999
 Francis Zrostlik
Stellar Industries |
 Pauline Chambers Yost
Tech International |
 Garland T. Duke Jr.
Air Treads, Inc. |
 Paul Zurcher
Zurcher Tire/Best One |
 Ann Gaither
J.H. Heafner |
1998
 Joseph J. "Joe" Kilcoyne
AMF Tire Equipment Division |
 Edward J. "Ed" Wagner
Tire Technical Services |
1997
 Donald M. MacMillan
Donald MacMillan and Son |
 Rudy Holman
AMF Voit Rubber Company |
1996
 George R. Edwards
Target Tire |
1995
 Keith S. Rowbotham
Northwest Tire Dealers Association |
 Charles J. Pillod, Jr.
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company |
 Tom B. Babcox
Babcox Publications |
 Andre Michelin and Edouard Michelin
Michelin |
 J.W. "Red" Gaskins
Southern Tire Company |
 George E. Marshall
Tyres & Accessories |
 Ivan W. Gorr
Cooper Tire and Rubber Company |
 G.F. "Sam" Bauer
Bauer Built, Inc. |
1994
 Arthur W. "Art" Hudson
Hudson Opom |
 Herman Karl Hochschwender
Smithers Scientific Services |
 Robert F. Gatzke
Parnelli Jones, Inc. |
 Barry Bennett Garfield
Tire Guides, Inc. |
 Marvin E. Bruce
TBC Corporation |
 William B. Thomas
Big O Tires, Inc |
 Bernard D. "Bernie" Alm
Vulcan Equipment Company Limited |
1993
 Saul Ganin
Reynolds Tire & Rubber Corporation |
 Frank A. Herzegh
B.F. Goodrich Tire Company |
 Giovanni Battista Pirelli
Pirelli Tire Company |
 Ernest "Ernie" Zielasko
Crain Communications |
 Don Olson
Don Olson Firestone |
 Edwin T. Brodie Jr.
Bandag, Inc. |
1992
 John O. Gillette
Johnny Gillette Tire Company |
 Benjamin Franklin Goodrich
B.F. Goodrich Tire Company |
 Edward H. Hogan
Hogan Tire, Inc. |
 Shojiro Ishibashi
Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. |
 William T. Fitzgerald
Cooper Tire and Rubber Company |
 G. William Malerba
Malerba Silver City Tire Company |
1991
 Arden H. Faris
Retreading Consulting Services |
 John Boyd Dunlop
Dunlop Tire Company |
 James E. Reynolds
Reynolds Tire Company |
 H. Walker Noyes
Noyes Tire Company |
 Zeb Maddox
Retreading Equipment |
 Peter Imre Kune
Truflex/Pang Rubber Products |
 Bernard "Bernie" Kovach
Bill Communications |
 Charles Goodyear
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company |
 Fred S. Dresdale
Daley Tire Service |
 Michael A. "Mike" Berra
Community Tire Company |
1990
 Harold V. James
OK Rubber Welder |
 Lloyd O. Dodson
Vogue Tire Company |
 Dr. Warren W. Leigh
University of Akron |
 Edward S. Babcox
Tire Review |
 Michael G. "Jerry" O'Neal
The General Tire and Rubber Company |
 David R. Lehman
Lehman's Tire Company |
1989
 Melvin C. Shook, Sr.
Shook Tire Company |
 John W. Thomas
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company |
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James S. Morrison
Barnes & Delaney Tire Company |
 W. Caton Merchant, Jr.
Merchant's, Inc. |
 Victor Holt, Jr.
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company |
 John Bean
FMC Corporation |
 David H. Dean
Dean Tire and Rubber Company |
 William S. "Pete" Cahill
Cagill Manufacturing Company, Inc. |
 Keith Barefoot
Tread-X Corporation |
1988
 Edwin "Eddie" Joel Thomas
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company |
 John A. Earley
Earley Tire Company |
 Emil B. Jensen
B & J Manufacturing Company |
 Lewis W.R. Morley, M.B.E.
Vac-Lug Traction Tyres Limited |
 Robert Wallace Ritter, Sr.
Easy Pay Tire Company |
 Philip Sieff
S & M Company |
 Harold H. Vischer, Sr.
Tread-X Corporation |
 Clement O. Dennis Sr.
Den-Nap Electric Mold Company |
 Gilbert "Gil" Coats
Hennessy Industries, Inc. |
1987
 Stan Koziara
Stan the Man Tire |
 Griffith F. Oliver
Oliver Rubber Company |
 Louis S. "Lou" Myers
Myers Tire Supply |
 Irve Eisbrouch
TBC Corporation |
 Maurice Gladman
California Tire Dealers and Retreaders Association |
 Lee Hunter
Hunter Engineering Company |
 Max Katz
Merchants Tire Supply |
 Wayne B. Brewer
Cooper Tire and Rubber Company |
 John L. Collyer
B.F. Goodrich Tire Company |
1986
 Bradley E. Ragan, Sr.
Brad Ragan, Inc. |
 Thomas Edward "Eddie" Stolter
Eddie's Tire Service |
 Les Schwab
Les Schwab Tire Centers |
 Joseph Russo
Hercules Tire & Rubber Co. |
 Vaughn Rawls
Rawls Equipment |
 Paul Weeks Litchfield
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company |
 Paul Edward Hawkinson
Paul E. Hawkinson Company |
 H.R. "Kelly" Calamari
El Dorado Tire Company |
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Winston Orlando Green
Lee Tire and Rubber Company |
 Maurice Clapp
Clapp Equipment Company |
 James A. Walsh
Armstrong Tire Service |
1985
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James Harlan Heafner
Heafner Tire Company |
J.P. Hennessy Sr.
Hennessy Industries, Inc. |
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Harvey S. Firestone
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company |
C. Earl Branick
Branick Industries |
 E.L. "Red" Davis
American Retreaders Association |
 Albert Hoffman
Hoffman/Jetzon Tire Company |
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Frank A. Seiberling
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company |
William Francis O' Neal
The General Tire and Rubber Company |
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Winston W. "Bill" Marsh
National Tire Dealers and Retreaders Association |
Roy J. Carver
Bandag, Inc. |
