Business Heritage Series

The Business Heritage series began in 1980 as a way of recognizing local and regional entrepreneurs by documenting their lives as business leaders within the community. After a nine-year hiatus, the Center released its most recent book, "Building Wichita: The History of Star Lumber & Supply Co. 1939-1999," at a luncheon celebration in December 1999.

The 135-page hardcover book authored by Scott Dalrymple, Beech Professor of Business Administration and chair of the business department at Southwestern College in Winfield, documents sixty years of the family business from its origination in 1939 to present day.

Copies of the book are available for $14.95. Contact the Center at 978-3000 for more information.

In 2003 the Center introduced the Entrepreneurial Leadership Series with the release of Playing Through, An Entrepreneurial Success Story, the biography of Tom Devlin. This is the first in a series of books that will not only look into the founding of a company but will also take an in-depth look into the decisions and leadership styles inherent in growing a firm from launch to success.

Copies of the book are available for $24.95. Contact the Center at 978-3000 for more information.

Books of the Business Heritage Series:

Arthur W. Kincade: Banker, Philanthropist, and Civic Leader

Baseball's Barnum: Ray "Hap" Dumont & the National Baseball Congress

Building Wichita: The History of Star Lumber & Supply Co. 1939-1999

Chandlers of Kansas: A Banking Family

Cloud L. Cray: The Man Who Loved Atchison

Dane Gray Hansen: Titan of Northwest Kansas (not available)

Factory on the Plains: Lyle Yost and the Hesston Corporation

Henry A. Bubb: Capital Federal Savings (not available)

History of the Fourth National Bank and Trust Company

J.A. Mull, Jr.: Independent Oilman (not available)

L.E. Phillips: Banker, Oil Man, Civic Leader

Magic With Sand: AFG Industries, Inc. (not available)

Olive White Garvey: Uncommon Citizen (not available)