George S. Dively Entrepreneurship Award
About the Award and Event
George Dively, one of Northeast Ohio’s greatest entrepreneurs, served as chairman and CEO of the Harris Intertype Company as it grew from $10 million to $2 billion. He wanted America to celebrate entrepreneurs, and he left this regional event and award as a part of his entrepreneurial legacy.
This award is presented annually at an event held in the fall.
Nominate an outstanding entrepreneur for the George S. Dively Award.
Past Recipients:
| 1983 |
Samuel J. Franklino
Agency Rent-A-Car |
| 1984 |
A. Malachi Mixon, III
Invacare |
| 1985 |
Milton Maltz
Malrite Corporation |
| 1986 |
Robert F. Meyerson
Raymond D. Meyo
Telxon, Inc. |
| 1987 |
Tinkham Veale, II
Charles W. Walton
Sudbury, Inc. |
| 1988 |
Thomas A. Cutter
Robert S. Kendall
Michael R. Kennedy
LDI Corporation |
| 1989 |
Craig E. Hons
James L. Schiering
Russell A. Smith
James A. Terwoord
Action Auto Rental |
| 1990 |
Eric Nord
Nordson Corporation |
| 1991 |
Arnold M. Miller
Matrix Essentials, Inc. |
| 1992 |
Michael Feuer
OfficeMax |
| 1993 |
Thomas G. Murdough
Step 2 Corporation |
| 1994 |
Bill R. Sanford
STERIS Corporation |
| 1995 |
Jack Kahl
Manco, Inc. |
| 1996 |
William E. Conway
Fairmount Materials, Ltd. |
| 1997 |
Jon H. Outcalt
Kevin B. Shaw
NCS Healthcare |
| 1998 |
Wayne Hellman
Advanced Lighting Technology |
| 1999 |
Monte Ahuja
Transtar Industries |
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| 2000 |
James P. Mooney
OM Group |
| 2001 |
David T. Morgenthaler
Morgenthaler Venture Partners |
| 2002 |
Dan T. Moore
Dan T. Moore Companies |
| 2003 |
John Osher |
| 2004 |
Emergency Medicine Physicians |
| 2005 |
Hyland Software |
| 2006 |
Dealer Tire |
| 2007 |
Ray Dalton
PartSource |
| 2008 |
James Hummer
Whole Health Management |
| 2010 |
Kenneth Ricci
Flight Options |
| 2011 |
Charles Hallberg
MemberHealth |
| 2012 |
The Harrington Family
Edgepark Medical Supplies |
| 2013 |
Robert J. Shearer
Shearer’s Food, Inc. |
| 2014 |
TransDigm Group, Inc. |
| 2015 |
Explorys |
| 2016 |
Rocco DiLillo |
| 2017 |
Paul Schumacher
Schumacher Homes |
| 2018 |
Stewart Kohl
The Riverside Company |
| 2019 |
Joe Kanfer
GOJO |
| 2020 |
Steve Potash
OverDrive, LLC |
| 2021 |
Warren Anderson
The Anderson-Dubose Company |
| 2022 |
Dale Wollschleger
ExactCARE |
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