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“Night At The Museum” with Philip McInnis
The Dorcheat
Historical Association Museum will hold its 1st “Night at the Museum” for the 2013
series of speakers on the second Monday night in February 2013. Mr. Philip McInnis will speak at the Dorcheat
Historical Association and Museum on February 11th, 2013.
McInnis is a member of one of Minden’s early business families.
The McInnis Insurance business in Minden dates back to the 1920s and the McInnis Brothers
Construction dates back to the 1940s.
Mark Philip
McInnis was born in Shreveport, Louisiana
in 1949 to Claire Burks McInnis and Harry E. McInnis, Sr. He graduated as an honor student at Minden
High School in 1967. He earned a B.S. in Accounting from Louisiana
State University
in 1971 and then earned a Masters in Business Administration from LSU in
1973. He was an Accounting Award
recipient in 1970.
In addition to his
college studies, McInnis received his basic training from the Louisiana Army
National Guard in 1971, and continued to serve with the 1087th
Transportation Company based in Minden
until his Honorable Discharge in 1977.
After finishing
graduate school at LSU, McInnis returned home to Minden
to join his father, uncle, brother and cousin in two family businesses. After 40 years, he is still actively engaged
with both. He serves as President of
McInnis Insurance Agency, Inc., which was incorporated in 1924 by his
grandfather, John L. McInnis. He is
responsible for overall management of the agency and is active in all aspects
of it. Under his management, the agency
has acquired four other agencies in Minden,
Homer and Haynesville over the last twenty years. He also serves as Secretary-Treasurer of
McInnis Brothers Construction, Inc., which was founded by his father and uncle
in 1947. He is involved there with
accounting, computer systems, and human resources, and serves on the Board of
Directors with his brother Harry McInnis, Jr. and cousin George McInnis. McInnis Brothers is engaged in commercial and
industrial construction in Louisiana,
Arkansas, Mississippi
and Texas, and is one of the
larger general contractors in North Louisiana.
Beyond his duties
with McInnis Brothers and McInnis Insurance, McInnis has been involved in his
community through civic, professional and church work. A life-long member of First
United Methodist
Church in Minden,
he has served in many capacities there, including Chairman of the
Administrative Council, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and Chairman of the
Pastor-Parish Relations Committee. He
has also chaired several Stewardship Campaigns.
McInnis has served
multiple terms on the Board of Directors of the Minden-South Webster Chamber of
Commerce, and served as Chairman in 2003.
In his earlier years on the Minden Chamber of Commerce Board, he was
instrumental in bringing both the Shreveport Symphony and New Orleans Symphony
to Minden for performances. He also served a three-year term on the board
of Minden Medical
Center, including a year as
Chairman.
He has served in
many civic capacities, including as President of the Minden Downtown Lions
Club. He is also a recipient of the Lion
of the Year Award. He has served as a
member of the Board of Directors of the United Way
of Northwest Louisiana, and also the Board of the
Shreveport Symphony, among others. He
also was one of the original Board of Directors of the Strand Theatre
Corporation.
McInnis has also
been active in professional organizations, and currently is in his sixth year
serving on the Board of Directors of the Independent Insurance Agents and
Brokers of Louisiana. He has also served
on the Board of the Associated General Contractors, Shreveport Chapter, and on
the National Agent’s Advisory Council of Great American Insurance Company.
McInnis is married
to Kathy Windham McInnis, and has two children, Margaret Elizabeth McInnis and
Mark Philip McInnis, Jr. Over the course
of his life he has enjoyed sports (especially LSU athletics), reading, golf,
fishing, photography, movies and the performing arts, and especially when
sharing these with his family.
Don’t miss your chance to hear about one of Minden’s early business families. The museum events will be held
in the Media/Learning room at the Dorcheat
Historical Association Museum, 116
Pearl Street, Minden, La. Museum doors will
open at 5:30
p.m., with first-come, first-serve
seating. Program begins at 6:00 p.m., admission is free with potluck desserts and snacks
welcome.
For more information contact Schelley Brown Francis at
318-377-3002 or visit www.museuminminden.blogspot.com to sign up for the museum
email blast. You can also find the museum on Facebook. To learn more about
Webster Parish’s rich history visit the Dorcheat
Historical Association Museum located at 116 Pearl Street in Minden. Museum hours; closed on Monday, Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. (closed from 1-2 for lunch), Saturday 10 a.m. - noon. The
museum admission is free. Also open for special tours and rental by
appointment.
