Since 1990, Junior Achievement of Maine’s Business Hall of Fame has honored the state’s most distinguished businessmen and women for their outstanding contributions to free enterprise and the promise of a better, stronger society.  For 2013, three exceptional business leaders have been welcomed as laureates into the Junior Achievement of Maine Business Hall of Fame in an induction ceremony that will take place at 5:30pm on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at the Marriott Sable Oaks in South Portland. 

The Junior Achievement of Maine Business Hall of Fame laureates for 2013 include: Richard W. Petersen, President of Maine Medical Center, Danielle Ripich, Ph.D., President of the University of New England and Horace A. Hildreth, Jr., Chairman Emeritus of Diversified Communications.

These three honorees join a distinguished group of 65 men and women who have been inducted into the Junior Achievement of Maine Business Hall of Fame.

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