Dr. Dennis Casey, retired president of Hy-Line International received the 2023 Leggacy Maker Award from the Egg Industry Center. He worked with Hy-Line for over 36 years retiring in 2007 but he continues to serve as a consultant to Hy-Line North American and maintained his involvement with egg industry organizations through 2020.

Dr. Casey earned a baccalaureate degree in agricultural business from Iowa State University. After a period in the egg industry he returned to ISU to earn a Ph.D. in poultry genetics. Rejoining Hy-Line he rose to president of Hy-Line International in 1975.

During his career he served on the boards of the Southeastern Poultry and Egg Association, now USPOULTRY, the United Egg Producers Allied Industry Council and was instrumental in establishing the Midwest Poultry Consortium.  He has supported the International Egg Commission and was a founder of the Egg Industry Center raising funds for research and Education. 

Honors awarded to Dr. Casey include induction into the Iowa State University Department of Animal Science Hall of Fame and the Poultry Hall of Fame, named International Egg Person of the Year by the IEC, Lifetime membership of the Iowa Poultry Association, and named the UEP Industry Person of the Year. In 2014 Hy-Line International named their genetic research farm after Dr. Casey in recognition of his contributions to the Company and the egg production industry.