Two of Georgia’s Fortune 500 companies – one of the oldest and one of the youngest – elected their first-ever African-American directors. The shareholders of Genuine Parts elected Richard Cox, chief information officer for Cox Enterprises, on Monday. And Veritiv elected Shan Cooper, executive director of the Atlanta Committee for Progress, at its virtual annual meeting Wednesday morning.
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Genuine Parts honors the late Wilton Looney and Larry Prince with a garden
Had he lived 11 more months, Wilton Looney would have celebrated his 100thbirthday on April 18.Looney became president of Genuine Parts in 1955 before becoming its CEO six years later – remaining in that role until his retirement in 1990.He was succeeded by Larry Prince, who served as CEO of the Fortune 500 company’ until 2005.Tragically, Prince died of cancer on March 5, 2019 at the relatively young age of 80.
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Column: Atlanta companies mark milestones, look to future at annual meetings
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on April 27, 2018
Two legacy Atlanta companies will be marking similar milestones this year.
Genuine Parts Co. and Rollins Inc. are both celebrating 50 years on the New York Stock Exchange. GPC will ring the closing bell on June 5, and Rollins will ring the closing bell on Aug. 10.
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Atlanta loses a great leader – Wilton Looney at 99
In life, sometimes one is lucky enough to encounter people who have a special spark – exuding warmth with substance.
Wilton Looney was one of those special people.
Looney died early Friday morning. He may have just turned 99, but he still was too young to have left us.
