Ingram's May 2024

The Legends Live On These executives dedicated their lives to building a better Kansas City, one company at a time.

“Perfection,” it’s been written, “consists not of doing ex traordinary things, but doing ordinary things extraordinari ly well.” With that in mind, Ingram’s Living Legends series debuted in 1999 to showcase truly legendary figures of Kansas City business in the latter half of the 20th century. People who did things exceedingly well. As the roster below notes, that first year brought us iconic names like Bloch, Kemper, Nichols and Sunderland, leaders whose vision, deeds—and, let’s face it—money— were all heavily invested in the success of their enterpris es here. That success didn’t stop at the office exit: as their companies thrived, so did the broader region. The same can be said for those to whom we paid tribute

every half-decade since. Truly, a Who’s Who of commerce in Kansas City. In most cases, they handed off the baton of business and civic leadership to the generation behind them, members of which populate the 2024 Living Legends lineup. Just as those recognized before them, these are the risk-takers and innovators, in some cases bold and brash, in some cases cooler and calculating. But in every case, a change-maker. As they move past the concerns of weekly workdays into something, presumably, more relaxing or put the finishing touches on their careers, please join us in saluting them for their contributions. To each of them, our thanks for letting us be a small part of their story.

Legends Alumni, 1999-2019

1999 John Anderson Bert Bates Bob Bennett Bert Berkley Henry Bloch Lucile Bluford Bill Clarkson Jerry Cohen Jay Dillingham Bill Dunn Sr. Don Hall James Nutter Jack Morgan Miller Nichols James Olson Buck O’Neill George Powell Morton Sosland Beth Smith Jack Steadman Joe Stevens Herman Johnson James Kemper Jr. Sam Montague Crosby Kemper Jr. James Sunderland Charles Wheeler 2004 Gene Balloun Gordon Beaham Alvin Brooks Ken Baum Allen Block Ben Craig Anderson Chandler Richard DeShon Carl DiCapo

2014 Bob Bernstein Dolph Simmons Emanuel Cleaver Charles Garney Ollie Gates Jerry Reece Mick Haverty Shriley Helzberg Herb Kohn Pat McLarney Bill Doc Worley Betsey Solberg David Glass Jim Spigarelli 2019 Don Armacost Tom Bowser Joe Brandmeyer Dennis Curtin Frank Devocelle Ann Dickinson Hank Herrmann Cliff Illig John Kornitzer Frank Oddo Tom Turner Jim Polsinelli Jim Calcara Carol Marinovich Tom McDonnell John Meara Leo Morton Bob Regnier Kathryn Shields Pete Smith Tom Watson Russ Welsh Jan Kreamer Ron LeMay

Jane Flynn William Grant Anita Gorman Adele Hall Lamar Hunt Whitney Kerr Barnett Helzberg Jr. Al Mauro Byron Thompson Rose Kemp Avis Green Tucker Harry Wiggins John McMeel James Stowers Jr. Hugh Zimmer 2009 Kit Bond Jeanete Nichols Dick Berkley Jack Craft Michael Braude Bud Cray Paul Copaken Len Dawson Jack Dicus Ed Eilert Jim Ferrell Irvine Hockaday Lowell Kruse Mamie Hughes

Pat Roberts Fred Pryor

Sister Joan Miller Landon Rowland

Lou Smith David Ruf Ike Skelton

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