Harold D. Markle
Inductee #18
Harold D. Markle attended Galt Collegiate Institute and Conestoga College for business administration in 1968. He then founded Harold Markle Service, Inc., in 1972. He completed the Kinman Wreckers International Recovery Course (1978), Dale Carnegie Course (1980), E.K. Williams Management Institute (1981), and the Ontario Trucking Association’s Dangerous Goods Instructors Course (1985). Mr. Markle became the Canadian distributor for M.F.C. Survival Air Lift Products (1980). He also developed the Heavy Recovery & Air Cushion Recovery Course and Seminars (1981-1986).
Mr. Markle was a founding member of the Ontario Recovery Group, a member of the Kitchener Chapter of ATS, Friends of Towing, Ontario Trucking Association, and the Canadian Fire Chief’s Association.
Inducted: June 26th, 1986
Born: Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Family: Lynn Bolender Markle (wife); Shannon (daughter), Tracy (daughter)
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HALL OF FAME NOMINEE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Tow Equipment/Product Innovation
Innovation of a product sold in the marketplace that has helped move the industry forward. Candidate must have a minimum of 10 years of service to the industry.
Exemplary Dedication
Candidate must have 20 years running a towing business in an outstanding and exemplary manner, promoting a positive image of the towing industry and have positive relations with the community, i.e., performing services for the community about and beyond the services for hire. Limit: One inductee per year.
Industry Leadership
Leadership involved with an outstanding project that has had a dynamic and lasting effect on the towing industry. Candidate must have minimum 10 years service to the towing industry.
Professional Achievement
Creating a product or service of any kind that has had a significant and lasting effect on thousands of towing professionals. Candidate Must have a minimum of 10 years to the industry.