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| John D. Johns | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 8, 1952 Gadsden, Alabama |
| Alma mater | University of Alabama (B.A.) Harvard Business School (M.B.A) Harvard Law School (J.D) |
| Spouse | Dr. Nancy Dunlap Johns |
| Children | Dr. Anna Johns Hrom and James Dixon Johns |
John D. Johns (born February 8, 1952) was born in Gadsden, Alabama to J. D. and Margaret Griffin Johns. He graduated with honors in 1974 from the University of Alabama. Johns was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa, and served as president of the Jasons Honor Society and Kappa Alpha. He then earned a dual juris doctor from Harvard Law School and master of business administration from Harvard Business School in 1978.
Johns joined the Protective Life Corporation in 1993 as Executive Vice President and CFO. He served as chairman, president and CEO of Protective Life Corporation from 2002 to 2017, and as executive chairman from 2017 to 2019. Earlier in his career, Johns served as General Counsel at Sonat and helped found Maynard Cooper & Gale, a law firm in Birmingham, Alabama. He was inducted into the Alabama Academy of Honor in late 2013, in part for his nine years of service to the Alabama Commission on Higher Education.
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- John D. Johns Protective Life Archived 2014-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
- Protective CEO Johns among new Alabama Academy of Honor inductees
- #386 John D. Johns - Forbes.com
- Protective Life CEO Johnny Johns to become Executive Chairman, Rich Bielen tapped as CEO
- SEC Report 10.9.2019
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