Cattlemen and Cowboys of Ontario

Also honored

• Charles (Charlie) A. Gracey 1935- Promoted beef performance testing, lobbied for cattle marketing check-offs, and as CCA executive vice-president championed Canfax and brucellosis eradication.
• Col. Robert McEwen 1856-1937 Distinguished Aberdeen Angus breeder with international show success.
• F.W. Stone 1814-1895 Early importer of Shorthorn and Hereford cattle; his Hereford herd was built from 1860 foundation stock imports.
• George Graham Earley 1943- Cattleman, Angus breeder, importer, judge and auctioneer.
• George Rodanz 1908-1997 Established the Ringwood Hereford herd in 1934.
• Hon. John Dryden 1840-1909 Pioneer Shorthorn breeder and importer and first president of the Dominion Shorthorn Breeders' Association; Ontario agriculture minister.
• James Bowman 1863-1944 Pioneer Angus breeder, founded Elm Park in 1891 and rebuilt Angus records after the 1894 fire.
• John Gardhouse 1855-1929 Shorthorn breeder from an illustrious livestock-improving family.
• Mossom Boyd 1855-1914 Began with Aberdeen Angus, then developed a Polled Hereford herd from 1901 foundation animals.
• Reford W. Gardhouse 1916-2003 Fourth-generation Shorthorn breeder whose Aberfeldy Farms became known worldwide.
• Stan Eby 1944- Beef farmer who served as president of the Ontario Cattlemen's Association (2000) and later of the Canadian Cattlemen's Association, steering the industry through crises.
• T. Alex Edwards 1899-1968 Breeder and exhibitor of purebred Aberdeen Angus and president of the Canadian Aberdeen Angus Association.
• Wilbert Wesley (Wib) Donaldson 1915-1996 Shorthorn and Hereford breeder and global-reputation livestock judge.