Green Bay doctor named new president of Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame Inc.
GREEN BAY – Dr. Donald Sipes of Green Bay was elected president of Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame Inc.
Sipes is an ob/gyn for Aurora Health Care Medical Group. He succeeds Tom Konop as president of the organization. Other new officers include Randy Brice as vice president and Mark Higgins as treasurer. Brice is retired as an independent investment broker and Higgins is a retired regional president for Johnson Bank.
Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame Inc. and the Packers Hall of Fame museum are separate but related entities. Hall of Fame Inc. chooses and inducts players into the hall and collects its own Packers memorabilia. Its collection is generally older than that of the team-run museum, with more from the Packers' earliest years. The museum, as an organization, came into being more recently and its collection is weighted toward the last 30 years or so. The combined archives have more than 80,000 items, about 5,000 of which are displayed in the museum in the Lambeau Field Atrium. The two organizations work hand-in-hand and share an archives storage facility.
The Hall of Fame Inc. board of directors includes Sipes, Brice, Higgins, Konop, Tom Murphy, Perry Kidder, John Smits, Mark Wagner, Pepper Burruss, Aaron Popkey, Jennifer Ark, Chris Nerat, Edward Martin, Geoff Lacy, Matt Gage, Mike Becker and Dale Jaeger. Newly elected board members include Steve Ninham and Mike Harlan.
Items on the Hall of Fame Inc. schedule this year include its Golf Classic fundraiser at Green Bay Country Club on July 17. Foursomes are available, with each team paired with a Packers Hall of Famer or alumnus. More information and registration is available at 920-965-6986.
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Former Packers receiver Jordy Nelson and former guard Josh Sitton will be inducted into the hall of fame during the 52nd induction banquet on Aug. 31 in the Lambeau Field Atrium. They will be the 167th and 168th members. The event is sold out, but interested individuals can get on a waiting list by calling 920-965-6986.
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