Inducted: 2012

BBA in Marketing, 1965
MBA, 1967

Donald C. Rogers is the co-founder and chairman of Rogers Petroleum Inc., based in Morristown, Tenn., which is one of the largest conventional and renewable fuels, lubricants, and convenience store companies in the southeast. Customers, suppliers, and trade associations have honored Rogers Petroleum, Inc. for its commitment to excellence over the past 31 years. In 2003, Mr. Rogers was elected to the Junior Achievement of East Tennessee Business Hall of Fame. In addition to receiving his bachelor's degree in marketing and his MBA from UK, he is also a Frank G. Dickey Fellow in the University of Kentucky Fellows Society.