- June 18, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Three new laureates were welcomed Thursday morning into the Owensboro Business Hall of Fame — the late Bill Kuegel, Wayne Foster, and the late Jack Wells.
The event was hosted by Junior Achievement and sponsored by Great American Bank.
Kuegel attended Georgetown College until he joined the service in World War II. After returning from the war, he came back to Kentucky where he went on to have two children.
Kuegel and his three brothers farmed on his recently purchased land and developed a successful 4,000-acre operation.
Kuegel’s daughter Marcia Carpenter accepted the award on her fathers behalf. Carpenter said her father would be glad he influenced young people, something he was good at.
“Some of you have said things to me, told me stories today that I never even have heard and it’s so, so inspiring to me that dad’s legend lives on through some of you,” Carpenter said.
Carpenter said her father was always was willing…
