LP Gas, February 2018

SEvEnTh CElEbraTIon The LP Gas Hall of Fame returns to the city where it launched in 2012 T he LP Gas Hall of Fame induction dinner and awards ceremony shifts to Atlanta in April and precedes the National Propane Gas Associations NPGA Southeastern Convention International Propane Expo The LP Gas Hall of Fame will honor four new inductees April 5 at The Ritz Carlton in downtown Atlanta with the NPGA Propane Expo the propane industrys largest trade show taking place April 6 8 at the Georgia World Congress Center Both events were held in Nashville Tennessee in 2016 and 2017 This years Hall of Fame class features two propane retailers the Propane Education Research Councils PERC first president and CEO and a magazine publisher Bill Clark Butane Propane News Al Linder Coast Gas Stuart Weidie Blossman Gas and Roy Willis PERC comprise the seventh class of the LP Gas Hall of Fame The inductees were chosen by an LP Gas selection committee composed of magazine staff members as well as representatives from the propane industry The inductees who are profiled in this issue starting on page 32 will join 32 others who have been honored since the LP Gas Hall of Fame launched in 2012 The LP Gas Hall of Fame program April 5 starts with a cocktail reception at 6 p m Tickets for the black tie affair are 110 and can be purchased by visiting lpgashalloffame com From left Greg McCamus of Superior Propane Gene Bissell formerly of AmeriGas and Luc Desjardins of Superior Plus Corp at last years event Hall Fame of I n D U C T E E S LP GAS HALL OF FAME MISSION The LP Gas Hall of Fame launched in propanes centennial year 2012 as a way to honor the legends icons and leaders who have helped establish advance and grow the propane industry Inductees enter the Hall of Fame first by receiving a nomination via an online form at lpgashalloffame com Then a selection committee composed of LP Gas staff and industry members collaborates to decide the next class of inductees Heres a list of those who have been enshrined in the Hall of Fame between 2012 and 2017 CLASS OF 2017 John D Capps National LP Gas Association Theodore Lemoff National Fire Protection Association Darrel Reifschneider Manchester Tank William Young Superior Energy Systems CLASS OF 2016 Bill Byrne Warren Petroleum Co Robert Y Love Sr Lampton Love Inc Daryl McClendon DFM Enterprises Thomas Nunan Jr Suburban Propane CLASS OF 2015 James E Bertelsmeyer Heritage Propane Stewart Kean Utility Propane Co World LPG Association Glenn Miller Millers Bottled Gas Charles Revere Revere Gas CLASS OF 2014 Casey Jarvis JARCO Inc William B McHenry Pro Gas Sales Service Co Daniel N Myers National Propane Gas Association J Charles Sawyer Sawyer Gas Inc Dwain Willingham Propane Resources CLASS OF 2013 Eugene V N Bissell AmeriGas Ronald Zane Chastain LP Gas Magazine William C Hill Pargas Herbert V Hills Imperial Machine Products Co Walter H Johnson Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association Robert B Nicholson Eastern Propane Corp CLASS OF 2012 Mark Anton Suburban Propane John Blossman Blossman Gas James Ferrell Ferrellgas Sam McTier McTier Supply Co Robert Myers Petrolane Inc Walter Snelling American Gasol Co Milford Therrell Squibb Taylor Inc H Emerson Thomas Continental Tank Car Co John Wallace Petrolane Inc www LPGasmagazine com February 2018 LPGas 31