Who We Are
Founders
The Board of Directors of Pride, Incorporated named 106 individuals, businesses, industries and organizations who had the faith to step forward with their time and money in 1966 to launch Pride. From this beginning, Pride has become a positive, dynamic force in this area and has achieved national recognition. The following 106 names should be forever recognized as “Founders of Pride.”
Homer M. Adams
William M. Akin
Paul B. Akin
Alton Banking & Trust Company
Alton Box Board Company
Alton Evening Telegraph
Alton Savings & Loan Association
Alton-Wood River Board of Realtors
Robert R. Anschuetz, M.D.
James M. Bailey
George R. Berry
Irvin H. Blumfield, M.D.
Donald S. Bottom, M.D.
Reverend C. H. Burroughs
Canteen Company Service
Citizens Savings & Loan Association
City Fuel & Supply Company, Inc.
Warren P. Chappee
Homer M. Clark
Paul S. Cousley
S. John Crawley
Robert L. DeGrand
Ralph A. Dickson, D.D.S.
District 9, International Association of Machinists
Dixon Distributing Company, Inc.
Duncan Foundry & Machine Works, Inc.
Samuel W. Duncan
Malcolm D. Durr
Robert W. Elliott, M.D.
William C. Fairbanks
First National Bank & Trust Company of Alton
Paul M. Fischer, D.D.S.
Edward P. Foeller
Dennison D. Foster, Jr.
Germania Federal Savings & Loan Association
Ginter-Wardein Company
W. C. Gschwend
Albert W. Haegele
Henry H. Halley, M. D.
Hellrung Construction Company & “500 Club”
Karl K. Hoagland
R. Frank Hollis
Home Savings & Loan Association
John H. Hooker, M.D.
C. J. Jacoby & Company
Hamilton C. Jones
J. B. Johnson, Ed.D.
Lawrence Keller, Jr.
Malcolm Kindig
Wilbur J. Kienstra
Harold P. Klinke
L. Allen Klope
Victor R. Koenig
R. H. Levis
A. L. Lindblad, O.D.
Ralph W. Luken
Henry McAdams
William H. Middleton, M.D.
M. R. Milnor
Robert S. Minsker
Joseph J. Mira, M.D.
Mississippi Lime Company
Gordon F. Moore, M.D.
Frank A. Morrison, M.D.
Rolla J. Mottaz
John J. Mueller, M.D.
Spencer T. Olin
John M. Olin
William G. Osborn
William E. Parker
Mrs. Mather Pfeiffenberger
Pepsi Cola Alton Bottling, Inc.
Daniel W. Platt, M.D.
William T. Roberts
Fred T. Renshaw
William B. Roller
Charles A. Rook
E. N. Rousseau
Dwight E. Ruyle
Robert E. Ryan
George M. Ryrie
Richard C. Scheffel
J. Fred Schlafly, Jr.
Sears, Roebuck & Company
C. H. Sheppard
Shell Oil Company
John E. Shortal
Joseph L. Sinner
Joseph J. Springman
John J. Springman, Sr.
Alvin A. Stolze
I. H. Streeper, III
Marvin W. Swaim
W. Harold Thomas
James F. Towey
Union Electric Company
Louis D. Victor
Nancy Voege, M.D.
Joseph B. Walters
M. D. Walston
E. P. Waterhouse
John W. Wedig, M.D.
Henry A. Wuellner
Bert J. Wuellner
Ned H. Wuellner
J. J. Wuellner & Sons, Inc.
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