Since its inception, the Wallace House Foundation has received generous support from the community in many ways: volunteer efforts, financial contributions, in-kind support, memberships, and artifact donations. We are pleased to feature these generous contributions for 2007-2008.

• Hy-Line International, headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa, contributed $1,500 recently in honor of its long-time President, Henry Browne (H.B.) Wallace. H.B. studied genetics at Iowa State College and graduated in 1938. The next year he took control of the fledgling hybrid poultry division of his father’s company, then called Pioneer Hi-Bred. H.B. perfected the use of genetic selection in breeding chickens for egg production. His division split from Pioneer Hi-Bred and became Hy-Line International. H.B. took six years to breed the perfect chicken, citing 1942 as the year the science came together for business. Since then, Hy-Line chickens have been the leading egg-layers in the world.

• The Wallace House Foundation has received more than 50 contributions totaling nearly $10,000 in memory of Anne Zimmerman, wife of President and CEO Kent Zimmerman. She strongly believed in the mission of the Wallace House Foundation. The board of directors approved using Anne’s memorial contributions to launch an annual public lecture on community success in her honor. This year’s lecture in October featured nationally recognized expert and author, Dr. Suzanne Morse, speaking on Smart Communities: What Makes The Difference?

• In honor of former board president Bob Fleming, the Wallace House Foundation has established the Bob Fleming Memorial Internship program with an initial $1,150 in contributions. This fund pays a stipend for college students to work for the foundation, learn about the important contributions of the Wallace family, and inspire others to public service.

Please contact Ann Taylor, Marketing and Development Director at 515.243.7063 or anntaylor@wallace.org if you would like to join our efforts.

2007 Report to the Community