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GLIA Hall oF Fame

Award Information

The Great Lakes Ice Association’s Hall of Fame Award is the highest honor that can be bestowed on a member.

The award recognizes those individuals who have performed outstanding services to the ice industry.

See every Hall of Fame awardee below: 

Awardees

Year

Name

Company

Location

2020-2023

Saad Aboud

US Ice

Detroit, MI

2022

Charlotte Maginnis

Leer Inc.

New Lisbon, WI

2019

Gary Moilanen

Arctic Glacier

Milwaukee, WI

2018

Norman Dickson

Olmsted Ice

Olmsted Township, OH

2012

Reath Cosner

Cosner's Ice

Bedford, IN

2011

Jim Barry

Party Time Ice

Port Huron, MI

2003

Gary Jerow

Modern Ice

Cincinnati, OH

2003

Paul Ruthsatz

Sandusky Ice

Sandusky, OH

2003

Ruth Ruthsatz

Sandusky Ice

Sandusky, OH

1989

Peter Reimer

Reimer's Ice Service

North Webster, IN

1989

Gilbert Bush

Gallipolis Ice Divsion

Gallipolis, OH

1988

Norman F. Knowlton

Party Time Ice

Port Huron, MI

1987

Don W. Suede

Hometown Ice

Milwaukee, WI

1986

James S. Boardman

N/A

N/A

1985

Thomas E. Sedler

Home City Ice

Cincinnati, OH

1984

Elmo Bezold

N/A

N/A

1982

John W. McGuire

Polar Ice

Indianapolis, IN

1981

Edward J. Dagar

Bucyrus Ice

Bucyrus, OH

1980

R.J. Heathwell

Sarnia Ice

Sarnia, ON, CA

1980

Loretta Sedler

Home City Ice

Cincinnati, OH

1979

Robert W. WIlson

N/A

N/A

1978

Harold R. Daily

N/A

N/A

1977

Ellsworth E. Boyce

Polar Ice

Indianapolis, IN

1977

Warren A. Jacobson

N/A

N/A

1977

Charles H. Boardman

N/A

N/A

1976

Isaac Greenberg

Purity Ice & Cold Storage

Toronto, ON, CA

1976

Bert Hosselkus

N/A

N/A

1974

R.H. Smith

N/A

Glen Eilyn, IL

1972

George Steers

Kalamazoo Ice & Fuel

Kalamazoo, MI

1972

Walter Hintz

N/A

N/A

1972

Walter Blessman

N/A

N/A

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