Don Logan | |
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Residence | Mountain Brook, Alabama |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Media Executive |
Known for |
Chairman/CEO of Time Inc., Time Warner Cable, Southern Progress Corporation Owner, Birmingham Barons |
Spouse(s) | Sandra Logan |
Children | 2 |
Don Logan (born 1944) is an American media executive from Hartselle, Alabama who currently lives in Birmingham. A retired Time Warner media chairman, Logan also owns the Birmingham Barons minor-league baseball team. In May 2011, he was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.
In 2010, he led an ownership group to purchase the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society from ESPN. In late 2011, they relocated B.A.S.S. headquarters from Celebration, Florida, to Birmingham.
Pursuing a degree in mathematics, Logan graduated magna cum laude from Auburn University in 1966. He also holds a master's degree in mathematics from Clemson University and has been awarded honorary doctorates from Auburn University (1997), Clemson University and University of Alabama at Birmingham (1997).
While a co-op student at Auburn University, Logan alternated between school and working at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration outpost in Huntsville, Alabama, writing computer programs. Upon graduating, Logan did a brief stint with Shell Oil’s research division, leaving in 1970 to take a job as a data processing manager for Progressive Farmer (later renamed Southern Progress Corporation).