2006 PRINTING INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME — SUCCESS, THE HARD WAY

Jack Murphy, president of The Murphy Co., which furnishes plates, chemistry, inks and other supplies to the printing industry, marvels at the initiative Hopkins has shown in building the company to its current level. “Jim is a very determined, strong-willed person,” Murphy notes. “He’s very honest and reliable, hard working and self- educated. It takes a special type of person to start their own business.