Artist: Richard Stewart Halstead (born 1947)
John A. Rodibaugh
RODIBAUGH, JOHN ALBERT (1925–2016), inducted 2007
John A. “Jack” Rodibaugh’s uncle gave him two piglets to raise as a young child during the Depression, and after service in the US Navy, he attended Purdue University, majoring in Animal Science. He was on Purdue’s 1949 National Championship livestock judging team. In 1950, he partnered with Bob Parkison to raise Chester White hogs in Rensselaer, Indiana. They became among the first multi-breed producers in 1957, adding Hampshires, and later, other breeds. Rodibaugh entered two barrows in the 1969 International Live Stock Exposition; one won the junior show, and the other won the open show. Rodibaugh breeding stock has been sold to producers in forty states and five foreign countries. Jack Rodibaugh judged hog shows in twenty-two states and Canada and participated in breed conferences for five leading breeds. He encouraged the next generation by producing swine for 4-H youth and working with judging teams on his farm.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 168