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Larry Potterfield
Larry Potterfield (born January 16, 1949) is the founder and CEO of MidwayUSA, an internet retailer of shooting, hunting and outdoor products.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://media.midwayusa.com/pdf/company/mission_statement.pdf )〕 During his tenure as the CEO, MidwayUSA received the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 2009 and 2015; MidwayUSA also received the Missouri Quality Award from the Excellence in Missouri Foundation in 2008〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Excellence In Missouri Foundation )〕 and 2015. Potterfield, who has delivered keynote addresses on Leadership and Management topics,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tncpe.org/Innovate2011/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nist.gov/baldrige/regionals/upload/2011-MO-Regional-Conference-Detailed-Agenda.pdf )〕 is known to be a supporter of the National Rifle Association,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.midwayusa.com/nra-support )〕 Boy Scouts of America,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.midwayusa.com/general/press-release/potterfield-family-announces-new-shooting-sports-program )〕 the Key Conservation Groups〔(【引用サイトリンク】first=Larry )〕 and other organizations related to youth shooting sports activities. The National Rifle Association honored him, in 2014, with the ''Life of Liberty Leadership Award''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.columbiatribune.com/business/saturday_business/top-drawer/article_9a5f6c84-d7d5-11e3-a53e-0017a43b2370.html )〕 In 2015 Larry, along with his wife Brenda, received the Beretta and SCI Foundation Conservation Leadership Award from Beretta and SCI, and the John L. Morris Award from the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://fishwildlife.org/?section=2015-annual-awards )〕 These awards were presented in recognition of the Potterfields’ exemplary leadership in conservation and lifetime commitment to fish and wildlife stewardship, and education though volunteer service and philanthropy.
== Early life, education and marriage ==
Potterfield was born on 16 January 1949 in the rural town of Ely, Missouri, Marion County, in a middle-class family, as the third of six children and grew up in the Missouri countryside. Growing an interest in shooting from childhood, he received his first gun, a Stevens 16 gauge single shot, as a Christmas gift from his elder brother when he was thirteen. Potterfield attended rural elementary schools and
completed his schooling from Palmyra and Monroe City High Schools (alumnus of 1967). He then enrolled in Hannibal-LaGrange College, and later at the University of Missouri, Columbia from where he received a bachelor's degree (BS) in Business Administration, with a major in Accounting〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/larry-potterfield/12/ab5/60a )〕 (1971). It was during his college days, Potterfield developed an interest in the sport of skeet shooting.
Potterfield met his wife Brenda while at Hannibal-LaGrange College, and the couple has two adult children. He is known to enjoy hunting, fishing, shooting and spending time outdoors.
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