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The American Angus Association® Board
of Directors selected five individuals for induction to the
Angus Heritage Foundation. Each year, a select group of
individuals who have made significant contributions by
dedicating their time, knowledge and efforts to the improvement
and advancement of the Angus breed are inducted into the
Heritage Foundation. The
2008 inductees include Minnie Lou Bradley, Memphis, Texas;
Joseph S. Schaff, Bismarck, N.D.; Robert Schlutz, Columbus
Junction, Iowa; and Richard Wilson, Saint Joseph, Mo. Roy
Wallace formerly of Plain City, Ohio, was inducted posthumously.
A special recognition of the
inductees was held during the American Angus Association’s
Annual Banquet, Nov. 17 in Louisville, Ky. Each inductee or
their family received a framed Angus Heritage Foundation
certificate, and their names will be engraved on a permanent
Heritage Foundation plaque in the Association headquarters in
Saint Joseph, Mo. Photos and brief biographies will be included
in the next printed edition of the Angus Heritage Foundation
booklet that lists inductees from the Heritage Foundation’s
inception in 1983. A brief biography of the inductees follows.
Minnie Lou Bradley, Memphis, Texas
Angus cattle have been the livelihood and the passion for
Minnie Lou Bradley, Memphis, Texas. Bradley 3 Ranch, Ltd.
strives to produce bulls with a set of balanced traits and
performance records for the commercial producer and has been
submitting performance records since the inception of Angus Herd
Improvement Records (AHIR®). Seeing a need for high quality beef
for consumers that also rewards cattlemen, Minnie Lou and her
family built a USDA beef processing plant in 1986 that later
became the first supplier of Certified Angus Beef® brand
Natural. Minnie Lou became the first woman president of the
American Angus Association in 2005. She was also the first woman
to compete on an intercollegiate livestock judging team and the
first female to earn a degree in animal husbandry from Oklahoma
State University. Because she has paved the way for young women
in the cattle business, The National Cowgirl Hall of Fame
inducted Minnie Lou in 2006. Minnie Lou has won numerous awards
including the Beef Industry Federation Pioneer Award in 2001,
BEEF magazine’s Top 40 in 2004, and in 2008 Bradley 3 Ranch,
Ltd. received a regional NCBA Environmental Stewardship Award.
Joseph S. Schaff, Bismarck, N.D.
Since 1943, Joseph (Joe) Schaff has taken an active role in
breeding and promoting Angus cattle. A few years later Joe
developed his own cow herd, Schaff’s Angus Ranch, formerly of
Saint Anthony, N.D. Although in semi-retirement now, Joe has
been a seedstock producer for more than 60 years and has sold
cattle into nearly every state in the nation and several foreign
countries. At one time the ranch was home to more than 800 cows,
making it the largest cow-calf operation in North Dakota. In the
1980’s and 90’s, Schaff’s Angus Ranch ranked among the top 5
nationally in the number of Pathfinder® cows. Joe was a pioneer
in performance testing and carcass evaluation. He began
submitting AHIR® records in 1972.
Robert Schlutz, Columbus Junction, Iowa
Robert (Bob) Schlutz, Columbus Junction, Iowa, has been a
fervent promoter and breeder of Angus cattle for 59 years. He’s
enjoyed showing and judging and has been a huge supporter of
youth programs. For more than 40 years, Bob has hosted
production sales and submitted performance records to the AHIR®
program. In the last six years as a director for the American
Angus Association, Bob has served on the Activities and Member
Services committees and was the vice chairman for two years on
the Finance committee. He’s the immediate past chairman of the
Angus Foundation Board. Bob sat on the Certified Angus Beef LLC
Board for seven years prior to becoming an Association board
member. Bob and his family operate Da-Es-Ro Angus Farms, home to
more than 200 registered Angus females. He has served on the
Iowa State Fair Board for 17 years, serving two of those years
as president.
Richard Wilson, Saint Joseph, Mo.
A native of Northwest Missouri, Richard Wilson, Saint Joseph,
Mo., is the vice president of finance for the American Angus
Association. He started with the organization in 1969 as
controller and was promoted to his current position in 2004.
Richard also serves as the secretary and treasurer of Angus
Productions, Inc., Certified Angus Beef LLC, and Angus Genetics,
Inc. He introduced the budgeting process early in his career to
the Association and designed a budgeting program to follow. Rich
developed and manages the Association’s investment portfolios.
He graduated from Northwest Missouri State University in 1966
and earned a Masters of Business Administration in 1977. Prior
to his tenure with the Association, Rich was employed by the
State Auditor of Iowa and Ernst and Ernst.
Roy Wallace, Plain City, Ohio
Ohio born, raised and proud, Roy Wallace attended The Ohio State
University, where he was active in the Saddle and Sirloin Club,
livestock and meats judging teams, Little International and the
Delta Theta Sigma Fraternity. In 1967, he received a Bachelor of
Science degree in animal science and began his career with
Select Sires, Plain City, Ohio. He was promoted to Vice
President of Beef Programs 20 years later. Roy traveled
throughout the United States and to foreign countries and
realized the important role that European breeds would make on
the beef industry in his homeland. He put emphasis on
performance records and assisted in the development of Select
Synch and CIDR Select. Roy helped launch the Beef Improvement
Federation and was later awarded their Continuing Service and
Pioneer Awards. In 2004, he was selected as one of the top 40
people in the beef industry by BEEF magazine. Roy unexpectedly
passed away earlier this year. Two of Roy’s siblings, George
Wallace, Burgoon, Ohio, and Ann Hayward, Hillsboro, Texas,
(pictured) accepted the honor on Roy’s behalf.
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