John Murdoch

Education

Auburn University.

Career

He is best known for building his international construction company, Corporation, into one of the world"s largest, along with creating a personal wealth of well over $1.7 billion. In 1993 Corporation sold its international construction division to Bill. Today the company"s former international construction division is known as Bachelor of Laws International and is run by Bill"s son Billy.

Mr. served in the United States. Army during World World War World War II He received a degree in civil engineering from Auburn University in 1946.

In 1949, he founded the Corporation. The company main business was its domestic and international construction unit, which at the time was one of the largest in the country.

In the early 1990s the company sold its domestic construction operation. lieutenant also sold its international construction division around the same time to John"s brother Bill L., which today is known as Bachelor of Laws International.

Other company subsidiaries engaged in mining, pipeline development, land development, limestone quarrying, road construction. projects are numerous in Alabama, but the company had many projects in the Middle East as well.

In metro Birmingham, "s best known projects include the Elton B. Stephens Expressway (also called the Red Mountain Expressway, United States Highway 280), the Riverchase planned community, the accompanying Riverchase Galleria, the state"s largest shopping center, and the RegionsPlaza. A lengthy section of Interstate 459, the belt highway around the south side of metro Birmingham, is named foreign was a noted philanthropist, with numerous contributions to Auburn University and to Birmingham-Southern College, where a building bears his wife"s name. was married to the former Marguerite “Wita” Jones. The couple had three children, John Murdoch IV, Raymond, and Marguerite.

John died on March 31, 1995.

Achievements

• John is also the older brother of late Birmingham businessman Bill L. Harbert, who was a co-founder of Harbert Corporation and who headed up the company"s international operations.