Previous Inductees
Tech Valley Business Hall of Fame –
Connecting those who have made it to the top, with those who hold that dream.
1996
Dr. Roland W. Schmitt
President Emeritus
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Retired Senior Vice President
General Electric Co.
J. Spencer Standish
Chairman
Albany International
1997
Lewis Golub
Chairman and CEO
Golub Corporation
Robert W. Freihofer, Sr.
(1919-1991)
President
Charles Freihofer Baking Co.
1998
Joseph L. Bruno
Senate Majority Leader
NYS Senate
Sister Ellen Lawlor
(1924 –1994)
President & CEO
Mercycare Corporation
& St. Peter’s Hospital
Kenneth T. Lally
Entrepreneur & Investor
1999
John C. Egan
Chief Executive Officer
Albany International Airport
Robert J. Higgins
Chairman & CEO
Trans World Entertainment
W. Howard Wright
(1875-1959)
Founder & President
Henry D. Wright
(1908-1995)
President & CEO
Schenectady International
2000
Carol L. Constantino
President
The Noteworthy Company
James E. Conway
(1933-1999)
Senior Partner
Conway Lavelle & Finn, LLP
John R. Strachan
Former Chairman
Pepsi Cola Allied Bottlers Inc.
2001
Harry Apkarian
Chairman & CEO
TransTech Systems, Inc
George M. Low
(1926-1984)
President
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Carl E. Touhey
President
Touhey Associates
2002
Salvatore R. Beltrone
(1924-2000)
CEO
Beltrone Construction Co., Inc.
Alan P. Goldberg
President
First Albany Corporation
Michael D. Marvin
Founder & Chairman Emeritus
MapInfo
2003
Morris Massry
Principal
Massry Realty Partners
James M. Michaels
(1929-1992)
President & Chairman of the Board
The Michaels Group
Walter L. Robb
President
Vantage Management, Inc.
2004
Karen R. Hitchcock, Ph.D.
President
University at Albany
Carl H. Rosner
President & CEO
CardioMag Imaging &
Chairman Emeritus
Intermagnetics General Corporation
Thomas M. Whalen, III
(1934 - 2002 )
Former Mayor
City of Albany
2005
John J. Nigro
President
Nigro Companies
Morris “Marty” Silverman
Philanthropist
Michael H. Urbach
(1943 - 2004)
Former Shareholder & EVP
Urbach, Kahn & Werlin
2006
John C. Cavalier
Chairman
MapInfo Corporation
Neil M. Golub
President & CEO
Golub Corporation
Thomas D. O’Connor, Sr.
(1930-2004)
Chairman
Mohawk Paper Mills
2007
George R. Hearst, III
VP, Associate Publisher & GM
Times Union
Fr. Kevin E. Mackin, OFM
President
Siena College
Herbert K. Liebich
(1908-2000)
Co-founder
Sysco Corporation
2008
Thomas D’Ambra, PhD
Chairman & CEO
AMRI
Thomas J. Marusak
Founder & President
Comfortex Corporation
Melvin Osterman
(1934-2005)
Co-founder
Whiteman Osterman & Hanna
2009
Steven P. Boyle
President & CEO
St. Peter’s Health Care Services
Joseph J. Bulmer
(1929-2006)
Retired President
Hudson Valley Community College
Robert M. Curley
Chairman
Citizens Bank
2010
Kevin G. Langan
(1935-2009)
President
Langan Auto Group
Angelo M. Mazzone
President
Mazzone Management Group
David W. Oliker
President & CEO
MVP Health Care
2011
Daniel J. Hogarty
Chairman, President & CEO
The Troy Savings Bank
Alain E. Kaloyeros, Ph.D.
Professor, Senior VP & CEO
College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
University at Albany - SUNY
Donald R. Led Duke
(1946-2010)
Chairman
BBL Construction Services
Tech Valley Business Hall of Fame –
Connecting those who have made it to the top, with those who hold that dream.