American Hereford Association Hall of Fame: Inductees and Profiles
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- Art Olsen living Foundation herd for the National Reference Sire Program since 1999 AHA HOF 2025
- Bill Breeding living Veterinarian and Hereford breeder since 1957 AHA HOF 2025
- Bobby Singleton living Livestock marketer AHA HoM 2026
- Clifford & Barbara Copeland living Nara Visa Hereford breeders AHA HOF (year to confirm)
- Craig Huffhines living Hereford industry figure AHA HoM 2026
- Dale & Mary Barber living Pioneered blending horned and polled Hereford genetics AHA HOF (year to confirm)
- Dale & Nancy Venhuizen living AHA president 2004; Certified Hereford Beef leader AHA HOF 2024
- Doug & Maxine Gerber living Youngest APHA board president, 1980–81 AHA HOF 2024
- Dr. Phillip Burns living Pikeville Hereford breeder AHA HOF 2026
- Gary & Kathy Buchholz living Desdemona Hereford breeders AHA HOF 2026
- Gene Wiese Manning Hereford breeder AHA HOF 2012
- Greg Shaw living Caldwell Hereford breeder AHA HOF (year to confirm)
- Jack Hedrick living Hereford industry figure AHA HoM 2024
- Jack Turner Hereford breeder AHA HOF 2016
- Jackie Davis living Lincoln Hereford breeder AHA HOF 2012
- Jimmy Powell living Fort McKavett Hereford breeder AHA HOF 2016
- Joe & Cyndi Van Newkirk living Oshkosh Hereford breeders AHA HOF 2026
- John Loewen living Hereford breeder for more than 60 years AHA HOF (year to confirm)
- Keith Fawcett d. 2024 About 1,000 cows, mostly Hereford (inducted posthumously) AHA HOF 2024
- Lilla Bell living First and only woman chair of APHA (1995) AHA HOF 2012
- Lloyd Whitehead living Hereford breeder; past AHA and Texas Hereford president AHA HOF 2022
- Mark Frederickson living Helped merge polled and horned associations; founded Minnesota Beef Expo AHA HOF 2025
- Marty Lueck living Managed Journagan Ranch for 42 years AHA HOF 2023
- Odell Gelvin Lifelong Hereford herdsman AHA HOF 2022
- Phil & Joyce Ellis living Large contributor of Hereford carcass and feed-efficiency data AHA HOF 2023
- Vern & Jerry Rausch living Over 1,000 Dams of Distinction; first CHB chair (Vern) AHA HOF 2023