Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876–1936)
Bernard H. Heide
HEIDE, BERNARD H. (1868–1946), inducted between 1920–1936
Associated with the International Live Stock Exposition since its inception in 1900, and secretary and manager for forty years, Barney Heide initially joined the staff of the Union Stock Yards in 1890. He traveled with the hospitality tent, to promote the International at state fairs throughout the Midwest. Heide was a director of the Illinois State Fair, manager of the Sesquicentennial Stock Show in Philadelphia (1926), and member of the Illinois State Board of Agriculture, serving as its president for four years. In 1921, he was an original member of the National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work (which became 4-H), and he enjoyed welcoming youth to the ILSE each year.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 107