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we were interested in but was a place where you could still get around easily and get to know people.” interested.” Son Jeff graduated from Berry High Logan and wife Sandy lived in School, while Stan is a Mountain Birmingham while sons Jeff and Stan Brook High School graduate. were growing up. In 1992, the Logans Time Inc. bought Southern moved to New York when he became Progress in 1985. Seven years later, Time’s CEO. The couple returned Logan made the move to New York to Birmingham in 2006 – but not so City to head Time. Logan could relax and take it easy. “I had no aspirations to move to “I didn’t want to sit on the front New York or to get into the fast lane,” porch in a rocking chair,” he said. he said. “I wouldn’t have gone there Logan was on the lookout for a when our sons were younger. It was business in which he and both sons just good timing.” could be involved. He decided to buy During their years in New York, a half interest in Seek Publishing, a Logan and his wife maintained homes wholesale gift and greeting card manuin Birmingham. Once their first facturer. Logan later bought the entire grandchild – the couple now has five company and moved its headquarters grandchildren – was born, visits home from Memphis to Birmingham. became more frequent. He also made two moves that “I’d always planned on coming any sportsman might dream of: He back to Birmingham,” Logan said. bought the “I’m just glad Birmingham I was able to Barons, the do it standing “I worked at labor-type Chicago up and not in a White Sox’s jobs – picking cotton, box.” Double-A In addicutting grass, sacking franchise, and tion to Seek B.A.S.S. LLC, Publishing, groceries. My goal was a fishing orgaLogan quickly to someday make $4 to nization owned found new by ESPN. fields to con$5 an hour at the local The three quer by buying plant.” newest venthe Barons and tures are busiBASS. He’s a Don Logan nesses, he said, lifelong basenot hobbies. ball fan with “But it’s fond memories nice when you enjoy something and can of listening to St. Louis Cardinal blend the two together,” Logan said. games on the radio with his father, and While growing up in Hartselle, he’s an avid fisherman. Logan said, his head wasn’t filled with Logan said the recent decision dreams of big city success. He rode the to move the Barons from Regions bus from his home in the country to Field in Hoover to a new stadium in Morgan County High School. downtown Birmingham was based on “I didn’t see myself as much of any- several factors. thing,” he said. “I hadn’t even thought “We’ve had a great run in Hoover, about college until my senior year. and I have deep roots there. The sta“I worked at labor-type jobs – pickdium is well-maintained and in great ing cotton, cutting grass, sacking grocondition, but it’s almost 25 years old. ceries. My goal was to someday make “The trend now is to have stadiums $4 to $5 an hour at the local plant.” downtown,” he said, “and building His decision to go to college was a new facility rejuvenates franchises fueled by two factors, he said. and gives you additional markets. We “Some of my friends were going should be able to attract more people to Florence State Teachers College,” from the business community.” Logan said. “And I’m lazy. I realized I His love for fishing has taken was working very hard but not making him to places like Brazil, Bolivia, a lot of money.” Christmas Island and Alaska. After a year and a half at Florence “I’d like to go to some of the lakes State, now the University of North in Mexico if it wasn’t so dangerous,” Alabama, Logan enrolled in a co-op he said. program offered by Auburn University. It’s hard to imagine that Logan has Participants worked for three months much spare time, but he’s a bookworm and went to school for three months. as well as a businessman. Logan started out working as a math“I love to read,” he said. “I read ematician at the NASA arsenal in 100 books or more a year, plus Huntsville. magazines. Right now, I’m re-reading “I’d never even been on the Auburn ‘Lonesome Dove.’” campus until the first day of class,” he He and Sandy now live in said. Mountain Brook, in a house they’d After graduating from AU, Logan owned in earlier years. went on to earn a master’s degree from Logan’s professional and personal Clemson. He began work on a doctorcontributions to Birmingham make his ate but, since by then he was married love for the city evident. But there’s and had a child, decided to enter the always room for improvement, he working world. said. He went to work for Progressive “Birmingham could use a bump in Farmer magazine in 1970 in data its self-image that needs to come from processing, the first step to Southern the entire region working together,” he Progress’s top spot. said. “It needs a combination of politi“Birmingham was a good place to cal leadership from all the entities in live,” he said. “The kids were involved our region and from the business comin sports, and we were close to our munity.” ❖ families. Birmingham had all the stuff
Logan,
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BBG Announces 2012 Directors Birmingham Botanical Gardens recently announced its 2012 board of directors. Henry Ray will serve the second year of his two-year term as president, while Tricia Noble remains as president-elect. Scott Walton returns as treasurer, and Lou Willie will again serve as secretary.
New officers are Hanson Slaughter, vice president of development, and Brian Barr, vice president of facilities and planning. Barr also is one of seven new board members for 2012. Others are Cathy Adams, former Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington, Barbara Burton, Tricia Holbrook, Robert Holmes and Junior Board president Amanda Fleming. Carl Jones and Janet Taylor will
again serve as officers, joined by Elizabeth Broughton, 2011 vice president of development. Four 2011 board members will rotate off: Mena Brock, Louise Wrinkle, Reese Murray III and Thomas G. Amason Jr. Other 2012 board members are Laurie Allen, Shane Boatright, Maggie Brooke, Gary Burley, Margi Ingram, Clarke Gillespy, Sheryl Kimerling, Mike Malone, Fred Murray, Kathryn Porter, Lucy Tutwiler and Mary Williamson. ❖
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