1893 - Founded the first barber school in the United States, in Chicago, Ill.

1893 - Wrote the first textbook on the subject of barbering: The Moler Manual of Barbering.

1899 - Franchised the first Moler Barber College in St. Louis, Mo., and a second franchise in Des Moines, Iowa. Wrote the following books: The Barbers Manual (1920), The Manual of Beauty Culture (1922), Ambition or Just Plain Laziness (1930), The Manual of Cosmetology (1947), The Barber Manual (1951), and The Manual of Cosmetology (Revised 1956).

1965 - Elected to the Barber Hall of Fame.

Mr. Trusty's first job was as a mule skinner (driving mules) to be shipped via rail, and as a mule barber. He later held many odd jobs such as elevator operator, cotton picker and dishwasher. He entered 8th grade at age 18 in Pasadena, Calif., and completed high school.

He became a barber and paid his own tuition from 8th grade in a parochial school through four years of college and three years' graduate studies. After attending graduate school he secured financing and purchased a barber school, which he owned and operated for over 30 years.

He was the author of several books, The Trusty Handbook of Modern Barbering (1936), Barber Science in a Nutshell (1948), Streamline Review of Barber Science (1950), The Art & Science of Barbering (7 editions, 1956-1967), Workbook on Barbering (1966), and Advanced Men's Hairstyling (1966).

Mr. Trusty served as president of the National Association of Barber Schools; secretary-treasurer of the California Barber College Association; and legislative advocate in the California Legislature for the California Barber College Assn. He was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 1966.

Mr. DeZemler was born in Sweden, was orphaned at age 4, went to public school for four years and became a journeyman barber at age 14. Subsequently he migrated first to Finland, and then to Russia, where he barbered for two years. From there he spent three years in Germany as a barber. Having learned German, Finnish and Russian, in addition to the Swedish language, he was better equipped to find a good position as a barber in London.

Upon moving to England, he went to work in what was considered London's finest barber shop. In 1912, he accompanied the British military to the Balkans as an interpreter. He had saved enough money to visit the United States in 1913, and after spending a year traveling throughout the country, he became an American citizen.

His background and contacts enabled him to become the head barber at the Racquet and Tennis Club in New York City. Here he had the honor of cutting the hair of two U.S. presidents, Teddy Roosevelt and Howard Taft. DeZemler went out on his own in 1921, opening a three-chair barber shop on E. 48th St., later moving to 30 Rockefeller Plaza.

Ultimately there were three shops in the Radio City area, one with 20 chairs, one with 12 and one with 10. He married, raised four children and loved his country. DeZemler was ever grateful for the opportunities and success he found in America, as barber to New York's elite. DeZemler authored a book on the history of the barber profession, entitled Once Over Lightly. He was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 1968.

After having worked as a boiler maker apprentice and truck driver, Mr. Mcllvain suffered a serious injury that left him unable to perform heavy work. He then went back to Indiana and became an apprentice barber, working in his brother's barber shop. He later returned to Chicago as a journeyman barber, and opened his own shop. At that time there were no standards or regulations for barber shops in regard to sanitation, and barbers were grossly underpaid.

Mcllvain became active in the almost - defunct Chicago Barbers' Protective Association, and in 1906 he was elected secretary-treasurer of the local branch. Within a year, he and a few others had organized his district almost 100%, and established a 25¢ haircut and a 10¢ shave as the minimum. They also reduced working hours and launched a movement to clean up the shops and practice sanitation.

The shop owners and the union clashed, and Mcllvain proved to be a master diplomat, drafting an agreement between the barbers' association and the union that was ratified by both sides in 1919, after a lengthy, bitter strike. The contract became a model for barbers' union/shop owner contracts across the country. Mcllvain went on to launch and publish a new publication, Master for Barber Magazine, which gained national circulation and was instrumental in the establishment of the Associated Master Barbers of America.

Mcllvain went on to become general secretary-treasurer of what became the Associated Master Barbers and Beauticians of America, and retired December 31, 1953. Mr. Mcllvain was inducted (posthumously) into the Barber Hall of Fame in 1968.

Mr. Birthright started barbering in 1904, in Nashville, Tenn. Once the barbers union came into being, he became a member and went on to serve as secretary-treasurer, vice president, and president of his local. Later he became secretary of the Tennessee Federation of Labor, a position he held for 15 years. He was also a member of the Joint Legislative and Political Committee for the State Federation and Railroad Brotherhoods.

From 1918 to 1920 he served as an organizer for the American Federation of Labor. He was elected to the General Executive Board of the Journeymen Barbers International Union in 1924, and held several executive positions with the union, and became its president and secretary-treasurer in 1936.

In 1940, Birthright became a member of the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor, and in 1946 was appointed by President Truman to the National Wage Stabilization Board as the representative of the AFL. Mr. Birthright retained his position as president and secretary-treasurer of the JBIU until his retirement in 1963. He was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 1968.

A toolmaker by trade, Mr. Andis emigrated to the United States in 1908, and settled in Racine, Wis. He soon established himself as a partner in a tool and die making concern. One of their customers was a small eastern manufacturer of hand-operated hair clippers, who went into bankruptcy, leaving Andis with marketless dies on his hands. Rather than junk all the dies, he bought the handles and molds from the defunct firm and started making hand clippers on his own.

He took in two partners, John Oster and Henry Meltzer, and the company became Andis O.M. Company. In 1922, anxious to have the time to develop new products, Andis sold out to his partners. Electric clippers at that time were unwieldy, and were driven by a metal cable connected to an overhead electric motor. Andis eventually perfected a small, hand-held, self-contained electric clipper.

It was an immediate success. After WWII, Andis continued developing new models as men's hairstyles evolved. The company has resisted diversification, and today his son and grandchildren still operate the company, and it is still the world leader in strictly professional barber clippers. He was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 1970.

Mr. Bynum was licensed as an apprentice barber at age 17, and continued to work while attending school. He was instrumental in organizing the Journeyman Barbers' Union Local 939, in 1946. He wrote and assisted in the passage of a Chicago city ordinance to require the use of X-rays to certify that barbers and beauty operators are free of respiratory diseases.

Bynum served seven years as secretary of the Illinois Barber Board. He was the first barber ever elected as vice president of the Illinois State Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO. He was also elected vice president of the Journeymen Barbers International Union. Bynum was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 1972.

John Oster immigrated to America alone at age 15, settling in Chicago. He served as a tool and die maker at Western Electric, before moving to Racine, Wis. After several years Mr. Oster, along with three associates, started a tool and die business. They manufactured blades for hand and electric clippers, and in 1921 the company began manufacturing and selling hand clippers.

In 1924 the company became the John Oster Manufacturing Co., and in 1928 the company bought the patents and tooling for the first portable, motor-driven electric clipper. Mr. Oster recognized the need for detachable, interchangeable blades, and developed and patented the first such innovation. In 1935 the John Oster Co. bought the patent for the Stim-U-Lax massage machine.

The Oster Lather Machine was introduced in 1937. Mr. Oster was also a farmer, and developed one of the foremost herds of Brown Swiss cattle in the country. He was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 1972 to recognize his very significant contributions to barbering.

After spending several years as a cook, accounting clerk and lathe operator, Mr. Andrew attended a barber school in Toledo, Ohio. He opened a barber shop in 1929, and his wife, Lillie, joined the business, cutting and styling women's hair. Mr. Andrew had a desire to teach others his barbering techniques and processes, and in 1932 he started his own barber school.

In 1936, he helped organize the Ohio Barber School Association, and became its president. It was the first organization of its kind in the country. Several years later, he bought the barber school he had attended, and it became the Andrew Barber College. He and two partners purchased a barber college in Columbus, Ohio, in 1953. Over the years Mr. Andrew wrote a number of textbooks for barber students featuring The Andrew Method, and wrote teaching manuals, and management and curriculum guidelines for barber schools across the country.

In 1957, Mr. Andrew worked with Karl Moyer, secretary of the Ohio State Board of Barber Examiners, to create a Barber Shop Museum of the Civil War Era. Authentic antique fixtures, furniture, tools and equipment were located and restored, and displayed at the Andrew-Columbus Barber College. Today the museum resides in Canal Winchester, Ohio (12 miles SE of Columbus), and is called the Ed Jeffers Museum, in honor of its longtime curator/caretaker.

He has served as past secretary-treasurer and president of the National Association of Barber Schools, as well as past president of the Ohio Barber Schools Association. Mr. Andrew was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 1972.

Frank Marchese became a member of Journeymen Barbers Local 341 in 1923 in Paterson, N.J., and several years later became full-time secretary and business agent for the union local. He became active in the New Jersey State Association of Journeymen Barbers, was appointed to the executive board, and elected secretary-treasurer.

He was appointed in 1941 to the New Jersey State Board of Barber Examiners, and served as secretary of the board. He served three different terms as president of the National Association of Barber Examiners, and became national secretary, a position he held until retirement. Mr. Marchese was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 1973.

Buck Ashmore was owner of the Columbus Hotel barber shop (Miami, Fla.) and the Miami International Airport Barber Shop until his retirement in 1985 at age 79. He was a barber license examiner for the Florida State Barber Board in the early to mid-1950s and served on the Florida State Barber Board, 1955-1961 and as president of the National Association of Barber Boards, 1960. Mr. Ashmore was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 1973.

1927 - Mr. Roffler was encouraged by his wife, a beautician, to learn to cut hair. He completed barber school in 1928.

1934 - After working in several barber and beauty shops in West Virginia, he moved his family to Florida where he was president of the Barbers' Guild (journeymen barbers' union).

1946 - He opened his own barber shop, which grew to be a five-chair shop in the first two years.

1958 - Realizing he needed to continue to progress, he traveled to Paris, France, to study European methods of haircutting, using the sculpturing razor exclusively, on damp hair.

1959 - After returning to the U.S., Roffler perfected his technique, and developed the Roffler-Kut style, incorporating the technique he had learned in Europe with new ideas of his own. He was awarded a patent for the Roffler-Kut, a first for the barbering industry. In the early 1960s, Roffler was invited to demonstrate his technique at the New York National Barber Show. It was an immediate success and barbers began to seek training from Mr. Roffler. It was then that he formulated the Roffler Sculpture-Kut National Franchise System. Roffler franchises are still operting across the United States today.

1969 - Mr. Roffler retired as chairman of the board of Roffler Sculpture-Kut, Inc. He was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 1975.

Although Ernest Koken was born in Germany, his father was a naturalized U.S. citizen and his mother was American-born. The family moved back to the U.S., and settled in St. Louis, Mo. After his father's untimely death, Earnest was forced to leave school and help support the family. He was artistic by nature, and as a young man, he discovered an opportunity to hand-decorate and sell shaving mugs to barber shops for resale to customers.

Koken drew close to the barbering business, and found other products to market, starting with barber chairs. He subsequently invented a reclining barber chair, received a patent and found strong demand for such an innovation. He found a manufacturer, and the product was a huge success. He continued developing new, improved models.

Ultimately he developed the Koken Hydraulic Barber Chair, the first of its kind. There are barber chairs still in use today with the name Koken engraved on the footrest. After Koken's death in 1909, his son Walter found an unfinished draft on his father's drawing board…a gasoline engine that could've become a competitor to the Ford engine. Had it not been for Koken's untimely death, many of us today might be driving a Koken instead of a Ford or Chevrolet. Mr. Koken was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 1975.

1920 - Began work with his family's business, Mah Studios, developing, producing and selling men's and women's hairstyling charts and displays for use in barber shops.

1924 - Published the barber textbook, The Tonsorial Artist, written by Joseph DeSilvas.

1927 - Established Milady Publishing Corp., a one-man operation which became the nation's leading source of publications on barbering/men's hairstyling.

1932 - He published The Theory and Practice of Barbering, a Q&A book to assist barber students to prepare for the PA State Board exam.

1938 - Published the first of many editions of Practice and Science of Standard Barbering.

1950 - Began publication of National Barber School Journal (later renamed National Men's Hairstyling Journal).

1953 - Established a barber student recruitment program for the benefit of Milady Publishing's customer barber schools, and the program still operates today.

1976 - Elected to the Barber Hall of Fame.

William Marvy was employed part-time by Western Barber Supply (St. Paul, Minn.) from age 12 through high school and trade school, and full-time in barber equipment sales. He started his own company in 1936, which became the largest barber supply dealer in the northwestern U.S. The William Marvy Company branched into manufacturing, and became the only barber pole manufacturer in the country. His family continues the business today. He was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 1982.

Dennis Roth (1902-1998) began barbering at the age of 17 after nine weeks of training at Tanner’s Barber College. He started working at C.B. Fankhouser’s shop in his hometown of Archbold, Ohio. For about 16 years he went to neighboring towns within Fulton County to barber before returning to Archbold to open his own shop. In the mid 1950s, he took up styling and attended many seminars and hosted world champion hair stylists in his small shop in Archbold. He also supplemented his income from the shop by working for Roth’s Culling Service for 15 years and founded and owned the Farmland News for seven years.

Dennis maintained that he received his sense of humor from his mother and that was the basis for the two books he published—98 Ways to Increase Business for Barbers and Beauticians and Tranquilizing Gems.

In 1977, he sold his shop and became the resident barber at Sauder Farm and Craft Village in Archbold. That shop was the only licensed operating barbershop in a museum setting in the country. He put all of his efforts into telling the barber’s story at the shop. He worked with Sauder Village to establish the National Association for the Reservation and Enhancement of Primitive Barber Shop Shaving in America. In the museum shop, he gave many young men their first shave and then issued a certificate to commemorate the occasion. At age 84, when he was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame, he was still working four days a week during the April-October season at Sauder Village. Before he passed away at age 86, he was still working there one day a week.

Dennis and his wife Ruth married in 1934 and were the parents of two daughters—Mary Lou and Carol—and the grandparents of three.

1940 - 43 - Correspondence clerk and examiner, U.S. Civil Service Commission, Washington, DC.

1944 - Purchasing officer, FAA headquarters, Fort Worth, Texas.

1944 - 51 - Aircraft communicator, FAA.

1951 - 55 - Chief, Office Service Section, FAA headquarters.

1955 - 56 - Vice president, Catalog Publishing Co., Dallas, Texas.

1958 - 70 - Owned and operated a small print shop while employed full-time with the FAA.

1956 - 72 - Air traffic controller, Fort Worth, Texas. Served as assistant chief from 1958 until retirement in 1972.

1972 - As a freelance writer for The Professional Man's Hairstylist magazine, he wrote and published Antique Shaving Mugs of the United States.

1978 - Wrote and published a book, Occupational and Fraternal Shaving Mugs in the United States.

1989 - Wrote his third book, titled Great American Barber Chairs and Barbering Collectibles.

1988 - Inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame

Richard Plumb spent 26 years as a barber; 41 years in barber-connected activities. He was president of the barbers, Beauticians, and Allied Industries International Union for the state of Indiana and vice president and director of the Barbers & Cosmetologists Division of the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union. He is author of the book, Ancient and Honorable Barber Profession.

For 10 years he was editor of the magazine, Journeyman Barber & Beauty Culture, and also served on the National Council on Crime and Delinquency. He served in various positions with the National Cerebral Palsy Association, United Service Organizations (USO), and with the Community Services division of the AFL-CIO. Mr. Plumb was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 1989.

James Knauss was licensed as a barber in 1966, and worked as a barber for approximately 10 years. He served as investigator for the California Board of Barber Examiners, 1969-1971 and was appointed executive officer of the California Board of Barber Examiners in 1971, and served until 1987. In 1982, Mr. Knauss served as the director of the National Testing Program for the National Association of Barber Boards of America. He purchased and operated barber schools in Sacramento, Stockton, and San Francisco, Calif., from 1987 until retirement.

He wrote Training Manual for Barber Instructors, and Standardized Textbook of Barbering. Knauss was elected president of the National Association of Barber Boards of America in 1964, and again in 1980, serving on the executive board for 10 years. He was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 1990.

The son of a slave, Mr. Pierce began barbering at age 16. Due to a hip injury, he retired from barbering in 1978 after 52 years. As a child he began whittling wood, and honed his woodcarving talent by whittling to pass time between customers. Pierce believed himself to be an instrument of God, and he set out to carve daily testaments to his faith.

For decades he carved scriptures from wood and gave them away for the asking. It was not until 1971, when friends persuaded Pierce to exhibit his work at a senior citizens' art show. His work was quickly noticed, and was soon diplayed in art galleries in Philadelphia and New York, and in the Smithsonian Institution's Renwick Gallery, among others.The National Endowment for the Arts awarded him a National Heritage Fellowship.

Among his most prized works is The Crucifixion, a scene in which 38 individually carved figures are mounted on a backboard measuring 4 feet tall. The piece centers around the four gospels. Perhaps his masterpiece is called The Book of Wood. In it, Pierce portrays the 33 years that Christ was on earth, on 7 pages of wood measuring 27 x 30 inches. Each page represents a highlight in Jesus' life: nativity, the flight into Egypt, the first meeting of Jesus and John the Baptist, Jesus turning water into wine, the crucifixion, resurrection and ascension into heaven.

Mr. Pierce's work is displayed in a small building which he named the Elijah Pierce Art Studio, and is now the Long Street Gallery, in Columbus, Ohio (listed in the National Register of Historic Places). On a counter in the studio is a plaque carved by Pierce, depicting the attack on Pearl Harbor. Another commemorates the night Joe Lewis won the world heavy-weight championship. Other carvings depict animals, comic strip characters, national heroes and current events. A concern for social issues is revealed in a plaque which shows a face divided between the likenesses of Dr. Martin Luther King and Booker T. Washington.

Pierce believed that God gives everyone a page in life's book daily. One day that book will be opened and read before your own eyes. And you won't be able to deny it because you wrote it yourself. Elijah Pierce wrote a book to be proud of. Elijah Pierce was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 1991.

Jacob Yahm served as director of the Licensing Division of the New York Secretary of State's office. From 1947 until 1948, he prepared the barber and cosmetology laws for the state of New York. Mr. Yahm authored textbooks for use in barber and cosmetology schools, and was instrumental in writing the Barber National Examination. He was inducted into the Barber's Hall of Fame in 1991.

Mr. Stone was a barber in Toledo, Ohio, for 14 years, and from 1959-1973 he served as director of the Andrew Barber College in Columbus, Ohio. He was president of the Ohio Barber Schools Assn. from 1964 to 1973 as well as an instructor and part owner of the Andrew Barber School in Columbus, Ohio. From 1964 to 1973, he was president of the Ohio Barber Schools Association, and in 1969 he served as president of the National Association of Barber Schools.

He purchased the Largo Barber College, in Florida, in 1975, and in the late 1970s he served as president of the Florida Barber Schools Association. He subsequently owned barber schools in Sarasota and Ft. Myers, and a cosmetology school in Ft. Myers. Mr. Stone also served as president of the National Association of Barber Schools, Inc., of Lincoln, Ncb. At that time, the Barber Hall of Fame was sponsored by that organization. He was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 1991.

1957 - Licensed as a barber.

1958 - 1971 - Owned barber shops in Columbus, Ohio.

1969 - 1972 - Served as president of the Ohio Barber Board.

1971 - 2006 - Served as executive director of the Ohio Barber Board.

1973 - 1993 - Served as CEO of the National Association of Barber Boards.

1992 - Inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame.

1993 to present - Communication officer of the National Association of Barber Boards. Original owner and curator of what is now known as the National Barber Museum, the only barber museum in the United States.

Kenneth Shaddy was licensed as a barber in 1949. He served as secretary-treasurer of Barbers' Union Local 434 in Idaho. In 1955, Mr. Shaddy moved to Las Vegas and served as president and business agent for Barbers' Union Local 794 and as legislative agent for the state and local associations beginning in 1960. He was named president of the Nevada State Barbers' Association in 1968. Mr. Shaddy was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 1993.

1943 - Licensed as a barber.

1950 - Became business agent for the Barbers' Union Local.

1961 - Became president of the California Barbers' Union Local.

1965 - Named president of the California Barbers' Association.

1963 - 1968 - Served as a member of the Laws Committee, International Barbers' Union.

1993 - Inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame.

Milton Lee was licensed as a barber in Arizona in 1947, having served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. Although he was a navy barber, he earned seven battle stars and won a commendation for his crew and himself for rescuing a downed bomber crew from stormy seas. After being discharged in 1946, Lee attended the American Pacific Barber College in Los Angeles, and returned to Arizona, where he worked as a barber for many years.

He joined the barbers' union and became active in helping organize non-union barbers. He represented barbers at the Central Labor Council and State Federation of Labor. He served as official lobbyist for the Arizona AFL-CIO and the Barbers' Union. Mr. Lee personally wrote and lobbied into passage amendments to the Arizona Barber Law, making it one of the best in the country. Following a serious accident, he was unable to continue barbering except for a few hours a week.

In keeping with his interest in community service and politics, he was employed full-time as AFL-CIO community representative and its first political director. He was instrumental in creating Barbers' Crippled Children's Day, which went on to be adopted nationally, providing money for Easter Seals. He was co-founder of the East Valley Partnership, a group of community leaders whose efforts focus on equitable distribution of state and national resources to the East Valley area of Arizona. He also helped establish the East Valley Cultural Alliance. Lee's political activities include more than 10 years on the Arizona Democratic Central Committee and 12 years on the Maricopa County Central Committee.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Lee served a two-year stint in Washington, DC, where he oversaw a staff of 20 and served as a political strategist and technician to the 1960 JFK presidential campaign. He wrote numerous Medicare speeches for Hubert Humphrey and the National Council of Senior Citizens. The platform for much of Lee's work was the Mesa United Way, of which he served as president and CEO for over 26 years. He masterminded and managed a number of other community programs for the needy, the hungry, the homeless, and the abused.

Mr. Lee wrote two textbooks, The History and Economics of Barbering and The Ancient and Honorable Barber Profession. He also wrote numerous papers on leadership and group dynamics. He and a partner, Neil Fisher, an internationally recognized hair stylist, purchased Arizona's most exclusive hair salon, Roffler International.

Mr. Lee received Mesa's Outstanding Citizen award in 1980, AFL-CIO Man of the Year award in 1975, the 1988 Silver Beaver award from the Boy Scouts of America, and was named a Paul Harris Fellow. In 1994 he was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame.

Earl Roach was licensed as a barber in 1951. He became a licensed barber instructor in Missouri in 1978. Mr. Roach was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 1995.

Licensed as a barber in 1937, Perry Kinecheloe purchased a two-chair barber shop in 1942. Within three years, it was expanded to six chairs. In 1948 he instituted a Crippled Children's Day in his shop, and within three years it became a citywide event in Tuscon. He was recognized by the city of Tuscon as Citizen of the Week in 1953.

In 1959 he purchased a barber college which became Kinecheloe's Barber College, and by 1968 he owned four barber colleges in the state of Arizona. In 1965, he was nominated for U.S. Barber of the Year. For all these reasons and more, Mr. Kinecheloe was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 1996.

Having served four years as a barber in the U.S. Navy, Albert Howard opened his own shop in Lincoln, Neb., in 1955. In 1960 he founded the Lincoln Barber College (later renamed College of Hair Design). He purchased a cosmetology school in 1975, merged it with the College of Hair Design, and it became one of the first schools in the U.S. to be licensed to train both cosmetology and barber styling students.

In 1982, he purchased the Columbus Beauty College, in Columbus, Neb., which he operated until his death in 1983. During his time as a barber he served as president of the former National Association of Barber Schools and was elected Barber of the Year by the Associated Master Barbers and Beauticians of America. Mr. Howard was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 1997.

Leo Hunter was a barber for 51 years and engaged in barber-connected activities for 72 years. He helped to establish guidelines and was a co-founder of the barber school at West Kentucky Technical College in 1941. He taught barbering at West Kentucky Technical College. He served on the Paducah, Ky., Civil Service Commission and helped establish the Rosary Chapel in Paducah.

He was active in Knights of Columbus and Knights of Peter Claver (a charitable institution in Louisville, Ky.). During his career, Mr. Hunter trained and licensed more than 1,500 barbers, some of whom he recruited to attend barber school. In 1998, he was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame.

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Raymond C. Boles, not only the oldest barber in Tempe, he was the best barber. At one time he had six shops. He was involved in many civic affairs. He was a member of the Tempe Historical Society and a charter member of the Tempe Boys Club. In 1973 Ray received the Gold Medallion award from the National Boys Club of America for his outstanding leadership, personal dedication and devoted service. He served on the Tempe planning and zoning board for six years.

He had received in appreciation plaque from the LULAC as Employer of the Year and also the Citizen of the Year Award from the V.F.W. He was a member of the Jaycees, Chamber of Commerce, the Masonic Lodge and Shriners. A founding member of the Board of Directors Rio Salado Bank of Tempe and was Chairman of the Board when the bank sold to Zion Bancorporation. Ray was married and had four sons and one daughter. For his service in barbering, he was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 2000.

Norman Satterfield served as a barber in the U.S. Navy from 1959 to 1963. He later owned and operated Classic Cutters, a 30-employee shop in N. Little Rock, Ark. until his death in 2001. At one point during Mr. Satterfield's tour of duty aboard ship, Gen.Douglas McArthur and President Dwight D. Eisenhower were also on board, participating in a conference.

Mr. Satterfield was asked to go topside and cut McArthur's and Eisenhower's hair, which he gladly did. He kept the clippers he had used, along with a lock of hair from each man, and later donated them to the Barber Museum. For his service in the profession of barbering, he was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 2001.

Clyde Schafer began as a barber in Ohio in 1960. He was very involved in his community of Sylvania. He served as a member of board of directors of Sylvania Community Improvement Corporation and as a member of Sylvania City Council from 1982 to 1985. He was a trustee for the Sylvania Township Park District, and was elected president of the Rotary Club of Sylvania in 1982.

He held the position of chairman of the City of Sylvania Civil Service Board from 1978 to 1982 and was a member of the Sylvania Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad from 1963 to 1971. Mr. Schafer was a member of the Ohio State Barber Board, 1979 to 1998; Ohio State Barber Inspector, 1991 to 1995. He served as executive director from 1995 till 2000. In 1993 he was elected president of national association of Barber Boards of America (NABBA). For his service in the barbering profession, he was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 2002.

Jerrel Dailey has been a barber since 1963. At one time, there were eight barbers in the family, his father, brother, wife, two sons, and their wives. He owned and operated Unique Hairstyling, in Magnolia, Ark., for 35 years.

Winston Strickland is owner/operator of S and M Enterprises, which includes Strick's Barber Shop, Strick's Grill and S & M Laundromat (Marietta, Ga.). He has earned many accolades and served many positions including president of the National Assn. of Barber Boards of America, 1995, Member of Board of Directors, Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce, and was appointed to Cobb County (GA) Homeland Security board in 2004.

Mr. Strickland is president of the Minority Advisory Committee at Kennesaw College and was Chairman of the Georgia State Barber Board from 1984 to 1995. He received the Citizen of the Year Awards from both Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. in 1990. He founded Blacks United for Youth in Cobb, 1995, which has provided over $100,000 in college scholarships to local youth. For that service he received the Chief Justice Benham Award, honoring Blacks United for Youth In Cobb, 1999. Winston Strickland was deservingly inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 2002.

Mr. Kirkpatrick began barbering in 1959, and after 20 years as a barber, he purchased the Arkadelphia Beauty College and the ABC Barber College, both in Arkansas. From 1989 through 1993 he served as executive secretary of the Arkansas State Barber Board. In October 2005, Mr. Kirkpatrick co-founded Barbers International, whose mission is to 'provide advanced education and training to further barbering and related hair profession through education, professional development, participation and networking'. He was inducted into the Barber Hall of Fame in 2003.

LeRoy "Lee" Cameroni was born August 1,1935, the son of Jack and Louise Agosti Cameroni.

In 1956 he married Patricia Serafini. They had a daughter, Jean and a son, David. They had five grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.

Lee died at age 69 in 2004