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UMKC inducts 20 business leaders into its new Entrepreneur Hall of Fame


The Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City is the home of a new entrepreneurial hall of fame.
The Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City is the home of a new entrepreneurial hall of fame. The Kansas City Star

A new entrepreneurial hall of fame at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City has inducted its inaugural class of 20 community business leaders.

The inductees were honored at a ceremony Friday. The school’s Entrepreneur Hall of Fame is on the main level of Bloch Executive Hall, 5108 Cherry St.

The inductees and their companies:

▪ Kenneth Baum, George K. Baum

▪ Henry W. Bloch, H&R Block

▪ David Brain, EPR Properties

▪ Mike Brown, Euronet Worldwide

▪ William Dunn Sr., JE Dunn Construction

▪ Barnett and Shirley Helzberg, Helzberg Diamonds Inc.

▪ Lamar Hunt, Kansas City Chiefs

▪ Ewing Kauffman, Marion Laboratories

▪ Bonnie Kelly, Teresa Walsh, Jerry Kelly, Silpada

▪ John T. Lockton III, Lockton Insurance Cos.

▪ Dan Lowe, Red Legacy

▪ John McDonald, Boulevard Brewing Co.

▪ Regnier Family, Regnier Family Foundations

▪ John Sherman, Inergy

▪ Terry Van Der Tuuk, Graphic Technologies

▪ L. William Zahner, A. Zahner Co.

▪ Hugh Zimmer, Zimmer Cos.

| The Star

This story was originally published December 8, 2014 at 11:44 AM with the headline "UMKC inducts 20 business leaders into its new Entrepreneur Hall of Fame."

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