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Nova University School of Business and Entrepreneurship Entrepreneur Hall of Fame 1993 Honorees (with a 1990-1992 overview by Dean Newman F. Pollack)
Nova University
Since 1990, NSU, which was then Nova University, has been honoring entrepreneurs who not only exemplified the spirit of entrepreneurship, but who have made helping others a priority. Honorees are chosen by a committee made up of past recipients and community representatives. The winners must have exceptional qualities of entrepreneurship and philanthropy; in other words, they must be extraordinary individuals in every sense of the word.
The event is the Entrepreneur Hall of Fame. It was the brainchild of Dr. Newman F. Pollack, dean of the Nova University School of Business and Entrepreneurship.
He explained that “We wanted to recognize the contributions of meeting individuals in the field of business and entrepreneurship, primarily from South Florida, who made a significant impact in the world of business. We wanted our program to be different from the typical man or woman of the Year awards that are prevalent around the country in many business schools. So, we looked at the world of entertainment and sports and decided to create a Hall of Fame recognizing individuals for life achievement as opposed to individual stellar performance in any given year. An entrepreneur is an individual who looks at his or her surroundings and thinks in terms of ‘How can I improve the lot of myself, the lot of my fellow man? How can we expand?’ and they take risks. They go outside of their local confines and they create business opportunities. They explore possibilities. They build upon the work of others in new and interesting ways, always thinking in terms of ‘How can we make it better? How can we contribute more to the well-being of mankind?’”
1993 Hall of Fame Inductees
- Ronald G. Assaf: Founder of Sensormatic Electronics Corporation
- Robert L. Elmore: South Florida business leader and dedicated university philanthropist
- Garth C. Reeves: Longtime publisher of the Miami Times and prominent civic pioneer.
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Nova Southeastern University 1992 Entrepreneur Hall of Fame Shepard Broad
Nova Southeastern University
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Nova Southeastern University 1992 Entrepreneur Hall of Fame Shepard Broad H. Wayne Huizenga
Nova Southeastern University
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Nova Southeastern University Wayne Huizenga Graduate School of Business and Entrepreneurship 2000 Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame Awards 2000 – Edward E. Iacobucci
Nova Southeastern University
The advice that I always give to someone that wants to be an entrepreneur is truly a division. I recognize that it takes a lot of people around you to make something happen and learn from your mistakes and adapt as you go along. So, if you can keep those three things in and in perspective, you're almost guaranteed to succeed no matter what you do. — Edward E. Iacobucci (1953–2013)
To succeed is one thing. To succeed on the level of Ed Iacobucci, founder of software giant Citrix is quite another story. But it seems this Argentinian born technology visionary may have been programed for his future path as successful entrepreneur.
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Nova Southeastern University Wayne Huizenga Graduate School of Business and Entrepreneurship 2000 Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame Awards – Ronald "Ronnie" W. Bergeron, Sr.
Nova Southeastern University
No matter what I do, I put 110% into it. You know, if I go to work, every cell in my body generates. If I go to a rodeo, every cell in my body generates. — Ronald "Ronnie" W. Bergeron, Sr. For anyone who's had the pleasure of meeting Ron Bergeron quickly realizes that he is a South Florida version of the American cowboy. And we're not just talking about the way he dresses. Ron Bergeron embodies the classic ideologies of the American cowboy: honesty, independence self-sufficiency, hard work, and a pioneering spirit...
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Nova University 1991 Entrepreneur Hall of Fame Honoree - David H. Rush
Nova Southeastern University
A lot of people talk instead of going out and getting the job done. There are too many people that are followers, very few doers. What has to be done is that doers have to cut a furrow. When you roll up your sleeves, you cut a furrow and the followers then have direction, and that’s how you get the job done. – David H. Rush, 1922-2009
David Rush had cut deep furrows. A pioneer in the space program, a founder and supporter of many South Florida community-building institutions, an investor with 18 patents and 13 inventions in the Smithsonian Institution, David had cut a deep path for many to follow.
He had started successful businesses, hiring people to implement his ideas and develop their own. He continued as a creative and vital community leader, supporting causes and organizations that protect, enrich and help people.
His endeavors included being a founding member of Crime Stoppers of Broward County and supporting the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Florida, and the new Performing Arts Center (Broward County). He was the trustee of a hospital and three colleges.
Concerned about future jobs, education and industrial development, David participates in county, regional and state organizations including chairing the Florida High-speed Rail Commission.
David's attitude about getting things done was engendered in him when he was growing up…
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Nova University Entrepreneur Hall of Fame 1991 - Alexander "Alex" W. Dreyfoos, Jr.
Nova Southeastern University
As an inventor, innovator and businessman, Alexander "Alex" W. Dreyfoos, Jr. has been motivated by his innate curiosity and his desire to have fun while inventing and working.
He has created machines that have revolutionized the color photographic industry and has started and bought business that parallel his personal interests.
But his greatest accomplishment has been his mobilization of a community-wide effort to build the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach.
Since 1980, Alex has used his personal influence and corporate resources, WPEC TV Channel 12, Photo Electronics Corporation, and Laser Color Laboratories to galvanize broad community government and corporate support for the creation and construction of the $51 million dollar, 2,200-seat performing arts center.
Dreyfoos: "I guess some people have said that I can be infectious in terms of talking about opportunities and get people to, kind of, come along and I think that's the reason that the performing arts center is coming into being and that's always been the neat satisfaction: it's getting other people to come along; it's making things happen. You now, it's one thing to hand someone a paycheck when it's an exchange of a check for forty hours, but when you get into the volunteer work, and people are putting in huge amounts of time on a performing arts center and they do it just because it seems like a neat thing to do. That's the kind of thing that really gives you satisfaction."
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Nova University 1991 Entrepreneur Hall of Fame Honoree – Dr. Louis W. Parker
Nova University
I wanted to do something that, so far, hasn't been done by anybody else. – Louis W. Parker
Louis Parker (January 1, 1906 – June 21, 1993) invented the intercarrier sound system used inside television receivers to synchronize sound and pictures—patent number 2,448,908.
Among Parker's other inventions was the first color television system using vertical color lines. This made it possible to change from the original three-color dot system to the simpler vertical color-line system. Most of the color television receivers in the world now use this system.
Born in Budapest, Hungary, Parker immigrated to the United States, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1932. After learning English, he studied at the City College of New York.
Parker first gained publicity in 1929 with a hotel radio system that used low-frequency signals to broadcast over the electric wires within the building. This made it possible to achieve noiseless reception with one-tube receivers. Later he worked on radio direction finders for airplanes and cathode ray oscilloscopes, which led to work on television and closed-circuit television systems.
During World War II, Parker designed and manufactured portable radio transmitters for military use. Later he invented electrical instruments operating on somewhat different principles which were greatly superior in performance, and which served as the basis for the Parker Instrument Corporation. The company was chosen by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to furnish select instruments for use in the manned Apollo flights to the moon.
Parker received more than 200 United States and foreign patents.
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Nova University Friedt School of Business and Entrepreneurship Inaugural Entrepreneur Hall of Fame 1990 Honorees
Nova University
The Board of Governors of the Friedt School of Business and Entrepreneurship of Nova University honors the following inductees into the 1990 Hall of Fame:
- Leonard L. Farber
- George W. "Bob" Gill
- August Urbanek
