Robert O'Dell Orders, Jr.

When Robert “Bob” O'Dell Orders, Jr., founded Orders Construction Company in 1964, it was primarily a bridge contracting firm.

Orders, a WVU alumnus, is on the Board of Directors of the WVU Foundation and is a trustee of The Nature Conservancy of West Virginia and the Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation. He previously served as president of the Contractors Association of West Virginia and as a trustee for the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Orders was inducted into the West Virginia Business Hall of Fame in 2017.