Alaska Business Hall of Fame Selects Class of 2024
Three business leaders are joining the Alaska Business Hall of Fame, selected by their peers and to be honored by Junior Achievement.
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The Marx Bros. Café
Marx Bros. Café is an icon in the Anchorage dining scene, which is a result of both their long history of quality and their ongoing drive to innovate and surprise. Co-owners Richard “Van” Hale and Jack Amon are part of the 2020 class of laureates inducted into the Alaska Business Hall of Fame.
Six Longtime Alaskans Inducted to the Business Hall of Fame
Six outstanding Alaska business leaders will join the Alaska Business Hall of Fame at the annual Junior Achievement recognition event in January.
Alaska Business Hall of Fame Laureate: Milton W. Odom
Milton W. Odom came to Alaska as an ambitious young traveling salesman and built Odom Corp., one of the state’s leading wholesale distributors of meats, produce, soft drinks, and liquor.
Alaska Business Hall of Fame Laureates: The Odom Brothers
As children, there never was any amount of doubt that Bill, Jim, and John Odom would work in the family business.
2019 Junior Achievement Hall of Fame – Laureate Richard Strutz
Richard Strutz has always valued people over dollars. That mindset helped him work his way up through the ranks of the National Bank of Alaska (NBA), from teller to president.
2019 Junior Achievement Hall of Fame – Laureate John Binkley
John Binkley has had long and varied involvement in different businesses in the Last Frontier.
2019 Junior Achievement Hall of Fame – Laureate Rick Morrison
Rick Morrison entered the world of business at the tender age of five, when he went door to door charging a 5 cent “delivery fee” for free-sample bottles of Tang.
2019 Junior Achievement Hall of Fame – Laureate Connie Yoshimura
Growing up, Connie Yoshimura had no role models to look up to—so she became her own.