Mid-America Wholesale Changing Hands
Ron Lukenbaugh, General Manager of Mid-America Wholesale has purchased the business from owner Mark Dick. Ron is a one time president of the Oklahoma Wholesale Marketers Association and the past chairman of the insurance committee of the Oklahoma Wholesale Marketers Association. Ron was also just appointed by Governor Henry to the Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Advisory Committee for a term expiring Dec. 1, 2009.
Mark Dick is looking forward to his eventual retirement. Mark will remain with the company for an indefinite period. He has an employment agreement for four years and then will talk to Lukenbaugh to determine if he wants to stay until he is 65. Mark also has two sons currently working for the family business.Lukenbaugh has been with the company eight years and has helped increase coverage into Kansas and the Oklahoma City area and increased the use of new technology.
The company began when Jack Dick, founded Northwest Wholesale Inc. in Woodward in 1956. When Jack Dick died in 1978, Mark Dick, his son, left the pharmacy profession to help with the business. In 1979, Jack Dick’s three sons Jerry, Mark and David purchased Tydings Wholesale in Enid, and changed the name to Enid Wholesale. In 1986, Enid and Northwest Wholesale purchased a 50,000-square-foot building, the company’s present home on south Van Buren.
Eventually Mark bought out both brothers, giving him sole ownership of Northwest/Mid-America Wholesale. The two merged into one in June 1991, making it the largest family owned wholesaler in Oklahoma.


















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