Artist: Joseph Allworthy (1892–1991)
Otto Gustav Nobis
NOBIS, OTTO GUSTAV (1887–1971), inducted 1962
Otto Nobis had a fifty-year career with Central Engineering Company of Davenport, Iowa, a firm that constructed locks, dams, and buildings, but he was an equally devoted breeder of Angus cattle. He founded his herd in 1930 and served as president of the American Angus Association (1944, 1956) and the Iowa Angus Association. Nobis was also a judge, vice president, and president (1965–1968) of the International Live Stock Exposition. He was honored in the Angus Heritage Foundation Hall of Fame in 1983.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 151