Pit & Quarry Hall of Fame
J. Don Brock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBGGsQvhw9Y&w=640&h=385 Brock founded his company in 1972. Under his leadership, Astec grew into a family of 17 companies – 13 of which are located in the United States. Astec also has companies in Australia, Brazil, Canada and South Africa. Brock… Keep Reading
2014 Pit & Quarry Hall of Fame class of six announced
Pit & Quarry’s 2014 class of Hall of Fame inductees will be honored at a black-tie induction ceremony and dinner Monday, March 3, at 7 p.m. The event follows the NSSGA Chairman’s Reception at the Encore Las Vegas. The six… Keep Reading
Hall of fame induction ceremony and dinner is March 3
Six men whose work and dedication made them pioneering leaders within the aggregates industry will officially be inducted into the Pit & Quarry Hall of Fame on Monday, March 3, 2014, during a ceremony and dinner. The six pioneers join… Keep Reading
2014 Pit & Quarry Hall of Fame class announced
Pit & Quarry's 2014 class of hall of fame inductees will be honored at a black-tie induction ceremony and dinner Monday, March 3, at 7 p.m. The event follows the NSSGA Chairman's Reception at the Encore Las Vegas. The six… Keep Reading
Paul C. Mellott Jr., Mellott Co.
Paul C. Mellott Jr., chairman and CEO of Mellott Co., has been involved in his family-owned company for nearly 40 years. Mellott began handling contract-crushing leadership duties upon his father’s retirement in the 1990s, and he was later instrumental in… Keep Reading
Arthur Taggart, Columbia and Yale Universities
Two of Arthur Taggart’s works, the “Handbook of Ore Dressing” and “Handbook of Mineral Dressing” are essential text for nearly every aspect of aggregates processing, as nearly every piece of equipment involved in processing is based on his research. Taggart… Keep Reading
Samuel Calvin McLanahan, McLanahan Corp.
Samuel Calvin McLanahan designed nearly all of the equipment that came out of the foundry from the time he purchased one-sixth of McLanahan Corp. in 1880 to the conclusion of his tenure as general manager in 1902. Around 1890, Samuel… Keep Reading
Charles Luck Jr., Luck Stone
In 1923, Charles Luck Jr. purchased the Sunnyside Granite Co. in Richmond, Va., and he ran the company that is currently the 11th largest crushed-stone producing company in the U.S. over four decades. Luck’s company started as a single quarry… Keep Reading
Charles W. Ireland, Vulcan Materials Co.
The company that eventually became Vulcan Materials Co. traces its roots back to 1910, but Vulcan’s rise into mega-producer territory is largely credited to Charles W. Ireland, a member of the third generation of Irelands involved in the company. By… Keep Reading
