Keith Hamilton

Meritorious Service

Keith Hamilton
City: Park Ridge
State: IL
Inducted: 2025

Keith Hamilton played an important role in bowling as the president/co-owner of Luby Publishing, Inc. and as the publisher of Bowlers Journal International Magazine. Hamilton and Mike Panozzo were just the fourth generation of owners of Luby Publishing and owned it for exactly 25% of its life when the publication was sold to USBC.

As president, Hamilton doubled the size of LPI by creating several magazines to accompany its flagship publication, Bowlers Journal International. He also published a series of books, most notably The PBA 50 Greatest Bowlers, Earl and Revolutions II.

As a volunteer, Hamilton continued his quest to further the cause of the bowling industry by occupying the following positions: President of the International Bowling Media Association (2014-2018), Chairman and President of the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame (2011-2014) and Chairman of the IBPSIA Advisory Board (2005-2009).

Hamilton played a key role in the building of the new museum and hall of fame that resides within the International Bowling Campus. With the IBMA, Hamilton restructured the Chuck Pezzano Scholarship by creating a corporate partnership program that led to an increase in the scholarship.

Hamilton earned the “Friends of IBPSIA Award” in two consecutive years (2014 and 2015). He also received the BPAA Special Projects Award (2005) and the BPAA Media Award (2018). Hamilton received the IBMA Mike Hennessey Award of Merit in 2021 and was inducted into the IBMA Luby Hall of Fame the following year. In 2024, Hamilton received the BPAA Chief Wapensky Award.