创业名人堂 2009
塞缪尔·H. 坎贝尔,小. and Harriet Babcock Campbell Copper
Chattanooga Bakery was founded in 1902 as a subsidiary of the Mountain City Milling Company, and for more than 80 years shared its building with the flour mill on King Street in downtown Chattanooga. It continues to be owned and operated by the Campbell family.
While some members of the Campbell family were involved in various capacities with the company since its founding, 山姆H. 坎贝尔,小. and his wife Harriet Babcock Campbell recapitalized and revitalized the company in 1939. Mr. Campbell was President of the company until his untimely death in 1950, and Mrs. Harriet Babcock Campbell Cooper was Chairman of the Board until she died in 1989.
While the company is best known as the producer of the famous MoonPie brand marshmallow sandwich, in its early years it produced over 150 different kinds of cookies and crackers.
The MoonPie was born in 1917 and was first trademarked in 1919. 根据传说, a mill manager traveled into Appalachia to try to sell some of the bakery’s cookies and crackers. His report back to the bakery manager went something like this: “They don’t want anything we sell. What they want is something big, 轮, filled with marshmallow and covered in chocolate, and it needs to be as big as the moon.” The company produced something similar to this already, 但是没有巧克力, so development was relatively simple. Because distribution was so primitive, geographical growth occurred very slowly.
在30年代和40年代, the MoonPie found its place in Southern folklore and culture probably because it was larger than competing snacks then available. Paired with a 10-ounce RC Cola rather than a 6-ounce Coke, RC和MoonPie, 这些加起来花费10美分, became known as the working man’s lunch. 在50年代, the bakery whittled down what was left of its remaining product line and focused entirely on the MoonPie brand.
Chattanooga Bakery moved in 1984 into its modern one-story plant on Manufacturers Road. The company’s dedicated employees can produce over 1 million MoonPies per day.
山姆H. Campbell, III was President of the company for over 30 years and continues as Chairman. The company is now in its fourth generation of Campbell family ownership and management, with 山姆H. Campbell IV as President and John C. Campbell, II担任副总裁.
Victor " Pete" serdino
Victor “Pete” Serodino has been active in all phases of the Inland Marine Industry. Serodino公司. 设计, 构建, 操作和修理拖船, river excursion boats (including the Southern Belle) and barges, handling over 2 million tons of cargo on the 田纳西州 River annually. The company was established in 1933.
Mid South Terminals Division operates four bulk terminals, transferring over 1.500万吨碎石, 生铁, 煤炭, 可口可乐, 工厂规模, 铁矿石, 钢梁, barite and phosphate to and from barge, 铁路和卡车(超过68,000 truckloads a year or 227 per working day).
Southern Electric Fleet Division receives incoming barges and stores them until needed by various Chattanooga dock operators. They deliver and return them to the fleet to store for the next outbound towing vessel. On the waterfront, Serodino公司. has developed numerous commercial sites and docks for river oriented businesses.
南方海洋建设, LLC 设计 and 构建 river dock facilities, 水的摄入量, discharges and river-crossing pipelines in the Southeast and Midwest. Their crews live in the Chattanooga area and commute weekly to Ohio, 坎伯兰, Mississippi and 田纳西州 River construction sites within a 350 mile radius. Recent projects include power plant docks at Ghent, 肯塔基州, 纽黑文, West Virginia and TVA at 坎伯兰 City, 田纳西州.
南部的形式, LLC 设计 and 构建 steel forms for the concrete bridge construction industry in the continental United States and Hawaii, specializing in segmental bridge forms. They also fabricate pole line hardware for utility companies in the Southeast.
田纳西镀锌公司. is a hot-dip galvanizer that processes over 50,000,000 pounds of steel annually. 田纳西州 Galvanizing is the only galvanizer in North America that does not produce hazardous waste.
Mr. Serodino serves on the board of the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga. As chairman of the Scholarship Committee at the CFGC, he has assisted with financial aid to more than 300 college students. He is on the Board of the Friends of the Zoo, and has helped make many changes in the facility and its exhibits. Pete was active in bringing a much needed community high school to Signal Mountain.