2021 Pit & Quarry Hall of Fame inductee EJ Burke (left) talks with Bill Wetta (center), senior vice president of product development at DSC Dredge, during the Pit & Quarry Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony reception.
Gerry Bauer, 2024 Pit & Quarry Hall of Fame inductee (second from left), poses with family members Mary (far left) Susan (third from left) and Patrick Bauer.
Ron DeDiemar, who has served on McLanahan’s board since 2018, was joined by several members of the McLanahan Corporation. From left: Dave Schellberg, Cory Jenson, Sean McLanahan, DeDiemar, George Sidney and Mark Krause.
Pit & Quarry Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony attendees also included representatives from several state associations.Fernando Moya (left) and Jeremy Polcyn (right) of Metso spoke on behalf of 2025 Pit & Quarry inductee, Edgar Symons. Design rights to Symons’ crushers were sold to Nordberg Manufacturing Co. in 1928. Metso still services and provides Symons crushers parts.Tom Hill, CEO of Vulcan Materials (center), poses for a photo with Pit & Quarry‘s Kevin Yanik (left) and Rob Fulop (right) upon accepting his induction into the Pit & Quarry Hall of Fame.
Ron DeDiemar (center), accepted his award from Pit & Quarry‘s Kevin Yanik (left) and Rob Fulop (right) before giving his induction speech.
From left: Ron DeDiemar, Jeremy Polcyn, Gerry Bauer, Fernando Moya and Tom Hill. Past and present Hall of Fame inductees who attended the event gathered at the end of the induction ceremony for a group photo. From left: Neil Hise (Class of 2024), Ron DeDiemar (2025), Paul Mellott (2013), Jeremy Polcyn (2025, on behalf of Edgar Symons), Gerry Bauer (2025), Fernando Moya (2025, on behalf of Edgar Symons), Tom Hill (2025), George Sydney (2019), Don James (2016) and EJ Burke (2021).
