At a ceremony in Dublin Jon Prusmack was inducted into the Excellence Hall of Fame on Friday, 19 February, as its inaugural member having been elected unopposed by the Instituteās Fellows.
John Bourke, the Instituteās President remarked when introducing him that Prusmack is āfirst and foremost a man of integrity. A man who has studied both art and mathematics, an artist who has excelled at sports, and one who ā with many patents to his name ā has invented things. A businessman who has successfully built more than one multi-million dollar company from zero and a man who can just as easily sit and talk to and engage with a five-year-old girl as with a 5-star general.ā
Don Haider, Professor of Strategy at Northwesternās Kellogg School of Management, congratulated Prusmack. He commented that āThe story of how Jon founded, invented and pioneered deployable rapid assembly shelters is a tale of great vision and innovative thinkingā and that āPrusmackās products save livesā. He went on to say that the āUS market for rugby continues to grow largely due to Jon Prusmackās relentless pursuit of elevating this amateur sport to world competitive levels,ā and that he is āMr. Rugby in the USA, and for that accomplishment alone he deserves admission to the Excellence Hall of Fame.ā


And Mike Henning, former Global CEO of EY, extended his heartfelt congratulations remarking:
āHaving spent 40 years with Ernst and Young Iāve met quite a few outstanding entrepreneurs. Jon would rank right up at the top of the group,ā referring to Jon as a āglobalistā which he believes āhas helped him in his creativity because in his worldwide travels he picked up many ideas which he used to make his products better.ā