Category: Inductees

LP Gas Hall of Fame Inductee – Class of 2026 From a makeshift desk in his father’s rural Minnesota propane business to the world stage, Brian Sheehan has dedicated his life to bringing efficiency, stability and a whole lot of joy to everyone he meets. Sheehan, founder and retiring president of Rural Computer Consultants (RCC),…

LP Gas Hall of Fame Inductee – Class of 2026 Growing up in the propane industry gave Denis Gagne an appreciation for its layers of complexity. But for Gagne, it always boiled down to one thing: service. He worked alongside his father at a small family business in Methuen, Massachusetts, that became part of Eastern…

LP Gas Hall of Fame Inductee – Class of 2026 Bob Barry joined Bergquist Inc. as a numbers man, but his commitment to strengthening the propane industry has earned him deep respect. A certified public accountant, Barry joined Bergquist, a wholesale distributor of propane equipment, as controller in 1986. Nine years later, he became president…

LP Gas Hall of Fame Inductee – Class of 2026 You could trace part of the history of the propane industry through the career of Joe Armentano. Graduating from Fordham University in 1976, Armentano operated a small industrial gas business in Mount Vernon, New York, founded by his father, Pat Armentano. In 1979, Paraco, making…

LP Gas Hall of Fame Inductee – Class of 2025 You could say that Walter Smith’s head, like his most successful invention, has always been on a swivel. The designer of the worldwide industry standard hose-end swivel, Smith is the son and grandson of the innovative engineers responsible for many patents and products that forged…

LP Gas Hall of Fame Inductee – Class of 2025 Tom Knauff is a visionary with a deep understanding of the propane industry who sees its long-lasting benefits and the far-reaching implications of government initiatives sooner than most. In a career that’s spanned 40 years, Knauff has leveraged this insight to forge some of the…

LP Gas Hall of Fame Inductee – Class of 2025 For more than 30 years, Rita Pecilunas has sparked successful collaborations and marketing innovations within the propane industry on state, national and international levels. She has served in leadership roles with several state associations, the NPGA, the World Liquid Gas Association (formerly known as the World…

LP Gas Hall of Fame Inductee – Class of 2025 A member of New England’s propane industry for more than 45 years, Ken Taylor literally wrote the book on emergency preparedness. Taylor was vice president of White Mountain Oil & Propane in North Conway, New Hampshire, for over 20 years. He continues to share his…

LP Gas Hall of Fame Inductee – Class of 2024 A propane industry veteran of more than 40 years, Randy Doyle started his career as an internal audit manager at MAPCO/Thermogas in 1981. In that time, he has become one of the industry’s biggest supporters and loudest critics. If you want to know where the…

LP Gas Hall of Fame Inductee – Class of 2024 Mike Walters never intended to be in the propane industry. Schooled at the New York State Academy of Fire Science and in the advanced life support paramedic program at Syracuse University, the New York native seemed destined for a career in the fire service. All…