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Article: AUBURN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HONORS LIFETIME ACHIEVERS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 12, 2009
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AUBURN, Ala., Nov. 11 -- Auburn University issued the following news release:
The Auburn Alumni Association has selected four Auburn University graduates as recipients of its highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award. They are: shipping magnate Robert Kenneth Johns '57 of Summit, N.J.; insurance mogul J. Smith Lanier II '49 of Lanett; rocket scientist Gerald W. Smith '61 of Huntsville; and retired astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton '74 of Charlottesville, Va.
A Mobile native and former Tigers lineman, Johns retired as president and chief operating officer of Sea-Land Service Inc., which ultimately developed, engineered and implemented containerized ocean shipping, revolutionizing world ...