Hall Of Fame

Each year, the International Towing & Recovery Hall of Fame & Museum recognizes individuals who have made substantial contributions to the towing and recovery industry. The tradition started in 1986 when the towing and recovery industry realized it was time to display the roots of the profession. Industry professionals came together and selected individuals who made a difference. To honor those chosen few, the Friends of Towing (now ITRHFM) dedicated an entire section of the museum’s walls for portraits of the inductees. Each September a new class is inducted.

Gustav A. Neeb

In 1960 Gustav Neeb started his own enterprise in the tow care and crane hire services. Twenty-seven years ago, he joined with several friends and associates to form… Read More

Frank Howard Eley, Jr.

Frank was educated in technical writing and photography. He joined the Ernest Holmes Company in 1969 after spending 18 years in the aero-space industry. Frank has a strong… Read More

Arnold Thomas Hughes

In 1970 Arnold Hughes purchased a small garage and, in the process, acquired two hand crank Harvey Frost wrecker cranes. Assisted by his brother Roger, they went on… Read More

Ann Mary Malcolm

Ann Malcolm was one half of a typical man and wife partnership that went into the service station and towing business in the postwar years. Together, she and… Read More

Woodrow Herring

Woodrow W. Herring, Jr., or "Woody" started in towing in 1958, working in his father's business which was founded in 1941. Woody's children represent the third generation in… Read More

William W. Coxon

Bill Coxon first entered the towing industry in 1962 through a service station he operated on the outskirts of Windsor. A year later he began to develop commercial… Read More

• Tow Equipment/Product Innovation
Innovation of a product sold in the marketplace that has helped move the industry forward. Candidate must have a minimum of 10 years of service to the industry.

• Exemplary Dedication
Candidate must have 20 years running a towing business in an outstanding and exemplary manner, promoting a positive image of the towing industry and have positive relations with the community, i.e., performing services for the community about and beyond the services for hire. Limit: One inductee per year.

• Industry Leadership
Leadership involved with an outstanding project that has had a dynamic and lasting effect on the towing industry. Candidate must have minimum 10 years service to the towing industry.

• Professional Achievement
Creating a product or service of any kind that has had a significant and lasting effect on thousands of towing professionals. Candidate Must have a minimum of 10 years to the industry.

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