Inductees
Hillyard, Inc.
In 1920, N.S. Hillyard, founder of the Hillyard Companies erected a new plant in St. Joseph, housing the largest wood gym floor west of the Mississippi. He used it as a test site for his gym floor maintenance products. N.S. organized a company basketball team that became the two-time national A.A.U. champions and earned Hillyard a special exhibit in the Basketball Hall of Fame. Today, with over 100 patented products, Hillyard is one of America’s largest distributors of cleaning equipment and supplies. 2007 marks Hillyard’s 100th anniversary.