2008 Printing Industry Hall Of Fame: 2008 HOF -- From Grip to Graphics Arts

The film industry may have lost out on an award-winning director, but look at it this way: Had he opted to make movies, John Roberts would have lost a future leader, and the printing industry would’ve missed out on a 2008 Printing Impressions/RIT Printing Industry Hall of Fame inductee.

Keene, 58, has deftly guided John Roberts, a general commercial printer, into an upper echelon company since taking over as president in 1986. The firm posted sales of $69 million in 2007 to earn a rank of 85 on the Printing Impressions 400 list. But it was Keene who helped guide the company through two events that would’ve spelled the end for many businesses.