Background
Lanier, Joseph Lamar was born on February 9, 1932 in Lanett, Alabama, United States. Son of Joseph Lamar and Lura Brown (Fowlkes) Lanier.
Lanier, Joseph Lamar was born on February 9, 1932 in Lanett, Alabama, United States. Son of Joseph Lamar and Lura Brown (Fowlkes) Lanier.
Bachelor of Science, Washington and Lee University, 1954; student, Harvard Graduate School Business, 1954-1955.
Assistant manager Fairfax Mill, West Point-Pepperell, Inc., 1958-1962; corporation vice president, West Point-Pepperell, Inc., 1962-1964; vice president new product planning development operations, West Point-Pepperell, Inc., 1964-1966; vice president manufacturing industrial fabrics division, West Point-Pepperell, Inc., 1966-1968; president industrial fabrics division, director, West Point-Pepperell, Inc., 1968-1970; corporate executive vice president, West Point-Pepperell, Inc., 1970-1974; president, West Point-Pepperell, Inc., 1974-1979; president, chief Executive officer, West Point-Pepperell, Inc., 1975-1979; Chairman of the Board, chief Executive officer, director, West Point-Pepperell, Inc., 1979-1989; Chairman of the Board, chief Executive officer, Dan River Inc., Danville, Virginia, since 1989. Board directors Textile Hall Corporation, Flowers Industries, Inc., Trust Company Georgia(now Suntrust Banks) Torchmark Corporation, Dibrell Brothers.
Trustee LaGrange College Served to First lieutenant United States Army, 1955-1957. Member American Textile Manufacturers Institute (board directors).
Married Ann Morgan, August 21, 1954. Children: Joseph Lamar III, Ann M.