Background
Lanahan, John Stevenson was born on June 13, 1922 in Pittsburgh. Son of James S. and Katharine L. (Lauck) Lanahan.
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John Stevenson Lanahan
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Bachelor, Duke University, 1945. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1949.
Career
Sales manager Mid-Atlantic region, Allen B. Dumont laboratories, E. Paterson, New Jersey, 1950-1953; senior associate, Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc., New York City, 1954-1959; president, Richmond Hotels, Inc., Virginia, 1959-1969; president, Flagler System, Inc., Palm Beach, Florida, 1969-1971; president, Carlton House Resort Inns, Inc., Richmond, 1971-1973; executive vice president, Braniff International Hotels, Dallas, 1973-1974; president, chief Executive officer, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, 1974-1980; senior vice president-commercial, Chessie System, Inc., 1980-1985; president, managing director, Strategic Enterprises, Inc., 1986-1989. Director Figgie International Inc., 1985-1996.
Achievements
Membership
Member advisory board West Virginia Foundation for Indiana Colleges. Chairman board Richmond Forward, 1968. Member board visitors Trinity College Duke University, 1988-1994.
Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, World World War World War II. Member Virginia Hotel and Motel Association (president 1965), Commonwealth Club of Richmond (board governors), Rotary, Beta Theta Pi, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Connections
Married Rosemary Lourdes Ford, February 20, 1954. Children— Margaret Kayne, Brian James, Ellen Ford.
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Political Party
Republican
Education
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1945
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1949
Career
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1950 - 1953
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1954 - 1959
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1959 - 1969
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1969 - 1971
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1971 - 1973
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1973 - 1974
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1974 - 1980
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1974 - 1980
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1980 - 1985
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1986 - 1989
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1986 - 1989
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