HOF 05 Groomed for Success -- Thomas Engdahl

Still, Engdahl gave more than a slight edge to the printing experience. "Printing is a little more exciting than making toilet paper," he says. "The most exciting thing you do (with toilet paper) is change color about once a week."

From Waseca, MN, Engdahl took a circuit tour within the Brown Printing chain. He spent 11 years at the Franklin, KY, division as manufacturing director, followed by division vice president and general manager. After the division was sold in 1997, Engdahl took the post of vice president of sales for the central division, located in the Chicago area, where he stayed until 2001.