Gust E. Lundberg

Gust E. "Brick" Lundberg (February 7, 1920 – March 1977) was the founder of the Sandy's fast-food restaurant chain and Laureate of the American National Business Hall of Fame.

He opened a store, Kewanee Rite, to market some of his father's inventions and became actively involved in the town's civic organizations, so much so that the Kewanee Junior Chamber of Commerce named him Outstanding Young Man of the Year in 1951 and in 1955 (he received the same award for the State of Illinois that year).

The Sandy's chain grew from just 7 stores in 1959 to 121 in 1966, at which point Lundberg opted to step down (remaining Chairman of the Board) and spend more time with his family.

In recognition of his efforts, the new college named its library after him (now the Gust E. Lundberg Learning Resources Center).

Brick returned to active duty with Sandy's briefly in the early 1970s to revitalize it and then oversee its merger with Hardee's.