FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Saddle & Sirloin Club Honors New Member for Certified Angus Beef®
by Jessica Clodfelter
LOUISVILLE, KY - November 16, 2009 – The prestigious Saddle & Sirloin Club inducted their newest
member, Louis “Mick” Colvin, last night during the 2009 North American International Livestock Exposition.
Colvin was honored at the annual Saddle & Sirloin Banquet and Portrait Presentation.
The Saddle and Sirloin Club portrait collection is housed at the Kentucky Exposition Center and consists
of 341 oil portraits of exceptional agricultural leaders. For 106 years the club has recognized the impact of such
leaders on agriculture and has chosen this tradition to honor them.
The collection of portraits began in the original Saddle & Sirloin Club at the Union Stock Yards in
Chicago, Ill. in 1903. The collection was moved to the Kentucky Exposition Center, home of the North
American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) in 1977 and each year during NAILE, a new honoree is
chosen.
This year’s inductee is Louis “Mick” Colvin. Originally from Shellsburg, Pa, Colvin earned a
Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Husbandry from Penn State University. Following his college years, Colvin began
his purebred Angus career by becoming herdsman for Mole’s Hill Farm in Sharon, Conn. After helping them
earn three International Grand Champions and a National Western Champion, he quickly became a wellrespected member of the Angus industry.
In 1963 Colvin became a field officer for the American Angus Association and later advanced to a
regional manager, becoming more and more respected along the way. When he and his family decided to move
to West Salem, Ohio to start Colvin Angus Farm, he had become one of the top members of the American
Angus Association. So, naturally, when Certified Angus Beef, LLC (CAB) began on January 1, 1978, Colvin
rose to the challenge of leading the program.
CAB was the first to explore beef branding in the industry and Colvin’s vigorous work investigating
what the packers wanted and how the Angus breed could deliver, really paid off. One of his milestones came
from the USDA when they approved the Certified Angus Beef® brand, ensuring stability for producers,
retailers, chefs and consumers.
During Colvin’s 22 years as executive director of CAB, growth of total pounds sold annually reached
500 million pounds in 1999. He licensed all major packers- Excel, Monfort and IBP, as well as reinforcing the
brand to the general public to the point of consuming 3.1 billion servings annually.
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