Descendants of Cummins founder and influential inventor Clessie Cummins are coming “home” to celebrate the company’s 100th birthday.
Company officials estimate that about 90 members of the Cummins family, including Clessie’s son Lyle Cummins and grandson Matt Cummins, who both live in Oregon, will arrive in Columbus next week for the celebration.
Cummins is inviting its employees (current and former) and their families, an estimated 13,000 people, to a celebration in downtown Columbus on June 15, but the event is not open to the public.
On June 13, Cummins will fly Lyle Cummins, who is 88 years old and lives in Wilsonville, Oregon, and his wife Jeanne to Columbus.
“It’s an honor to be invited,” he said. “But I think the most important thing is to see how dad’s legacy has been remembered.”
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