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Sep 6, 2005, 23:55

(NAPSI)-Five legends in the world of business were honored recently for their excellence, courage in thought and action, vision and innovation, leadership, and community mindedness.

The five were inducted as laureates into Junior Achievement's Global Business Hall of Fame. The honorees were selected by a panel of business leaders comprised of JA Worldwide board members and Business Hall of Fame laureates from previous years.

Since 1975, the Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame has honored the nation's most distinguished businessmen and for outstanding contributions to free enterprise and the inductees are presented as role models for the world's youth.

The 2005 laureates will be added to an exhibit of more than 200 laureates on display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

The 2005 Global Business Hall of Fame laureates are:

• Gertrude Boyle, chairwoman of the board of the Columbia Sportswear Company®

• August A. Busch, Jr. (post-humously), former chairman, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.

• August A. Busch III, chairman of the board, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.

• Charles M. Cawley, founder and former chairman, MBNA

• Raymond G. Chambers, chairman, Amelior Foundation.

Highlights of the daylong induction celebration included a luncheon with remarks by keynote speaker John C. Danforth, former U.S. Senator and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

Corporate event sponsors include Emerson, SBC Foundation, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.; Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation, MasterCard International, and Accenture.

About JA Worldwide (Junior Achievement):

JA Worldwide is the world's largest organization dedicated to educating young people about business, economics and entrepreneurship. Through a dedicated volunteer network, it provides in-school and after-school programs for students in grades K-12.

Today, it reaches four million students in the United States, and more than 2.6 million students served by operations in 97 countries worldwide. For more information on the Junior Achievement Global Business Hall of Fame and JA Worldwide, visit www.ja.org.
This "Hall of Fame" honors distinguished businessmen and businesswomen for outstanding contributions to free enterprise.

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