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BILL DAY, SR. of Day Mobile Homes, a housing retailer from Cheyenne, Wyoming. A 35-year industry veteran, he is the founder and first president of the Wyoming MHA. A 35-year industry leader, he has served both the RV and manufactured housing industry in both manufacturing and retail sectors. He is recognized as an industry leader and example to others. 

BRIAN FANNON of Sun Communities, a housing community operator from Farmington Hills, Michigan. A 35-year industry veteran, he is a long time state association member and leader, and was instrumental in the creation of Michigan manufactured housing commission. He has served for 25 years as a member of various MHI committees. His company operates over 44,000 home sites in 15 states and has twice been recognized as national community operator of the year. 

WALTER K. HUGHES of Fleetwood Enterprises, a housing manufacturer based in Rocky Mount, Virginia. He is past president of the Virginia MHA where he led the successful campaign to allow multi-section homes in Virginia, and is one of the founders and first chairman of the Commonwealth of Virginia manufactured housing board. He is recognized as having led the establishment of a fair and balanced regulatory program for manufactured homes in Virginia. 

ROBERT "BOOTS" INGRAM of Teton Homes, an RV manufacturer from Casper Wyoming. He is a 20-year RVIA and RVDA member and past board member. He developed a rubber roof installation procedure now an industry standard, and was the first to install an electric slideout over 15 feet long. He developed and built modular corrections communities in Wyoming and South Dakota. He is recognized as a long time industry innovator and association leader. 

NEWTON KINDLUND of Holiday RV Superstores, an RV retailer from Orlando, Florida, He is a Founding Board member of both the Florida RVTA and the RV Rental Association, and has served on the national boards of the RVIA and the RVDA. He established one of the first RV retail multi-store nation wide operations and founded the nation’s first publicly owned RV dealership. In 1995 he was recognized as RV industry executive of the year. He is recognized as a leading industry sales innovator and association activist. LARRY McCLAIN of McClain’s RV Superstore, an RV retailer from Lake Dallas, Texas and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is a 32-year RVDA board member and two-term president. He was national dealer of the year in 1998 and received the James B. Summers Award in 1993. He is the founder of the Oklahoma State RV show. He is recognized as a local and national association activist and leader.

KENNETH S. ROBERTS of Triad Financial Services a manufactured housing lender from Eagan, Minnesota. A 40-year leader in the financing of manufactured housing, he was a founder and director of numerous industry finance institutions and has introduced many modern lending practices. He is recognized as a life-long leader in manufactured housing finance. 

MAGGIE STEPHENSON of Redbud Estates, a manufactured housing community operator and retailer from Anderson, Indiana. A 20-year Indiana MHA Board member and Past President, she developed today’s commonly used listing and purchase agreements for pre-owned homes patterned after realtor documents. She is a 25-year leader in the sale of land-home packages. She is recognized as an industry leader and association activist. 

GLORIA TELANDER of Wheelers RV Campground Directories, an industry publisher from Elk Grove Village, Illinois. She is a nearly 50 year pioneer in the development of RV campground directories. She has been instrumental in the development of every major campground directory in the industry. She developed a campground rating system where user clients, not in-house sales personnel, rate campground facilities. She is recognized as a leader in RV consumer services. 

CHARLES W. UNDERWOOD of Kentec, an industry supplier from Snellville, Georgia. He is a long time Georgia MHA Board member and MHI board member and MHI suppliers board of governors member. He was a leader and active lobbyist for 14 wide home movement in Georgia. He is recognized as an industry political lobbyist and leader. 

The RV/MH Hall of Fame, founded in 1972, has recognized nearly 250 leaders from all sections of the RV and manufactured housing industries. Honorees are selected by a committee representing a broad cross section of the related industries, for their lasting contribution to the greater good of their specific division of the industry, above and beyond personal gain, from a pool of nominations submitted by interested groups or individuals. 

The RV/MH Heritage Foundation, based in Elkhart, IN, serves to honor the history of the combined industries with the Hall of Fame, a museum of antique units dating from 1913, and the world’s largest library of industry related publications, photos, and archives.