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Don Logan (b. 1944) is an American media executive from Hartselle, Alabama living in Birmingham, Alabama. A retired Time Warner media chairman, Logan also owns Seek Publishing company and the Birmingham Barons minor-league baseball team, both of which are located in Birmingham and are co-ventures with his two sons, Jeff and Stan.

Education 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).

Work
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).

Southern Progress

After working in data processing for two years, Logan was promoted to vice president and general manager of Akra Data, the computer division. He then went on to be named president of the book publishing division of SPC, Oxmoor House, in 1978, and in 1984 became executive vice president of the company. In 1986, Time Inc. acquired the company, and Logan was promoted to chairman and chief executive officer of SPC. The largest regional magazine and book publishing company in the country, SPC publishes Southern Living, Cooking Light, Southern Accents, Health and Coastal Living magazines and Oxmoor House books, and it is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Time Inc.

Time Inc.

Six years after Logan’s promotion to CEO at SPC, he moved to New York to serve as president and chief operating officer of Time Inc. In August 1994, two years after moving to NY to work with Time Inc., Logan was named chief executive officer, later taking on the additional title of chairman in July 1997. Under his direction, Time Inc. experienced 11 straight years of earnings growth. In 2002, Logan became chairman of AOL Time Warner's Media and Communications Group, overseeing America Online, Time Inc., Time Warner Cable, the AOL Time Warner Book Group and Interactive Video Unit. He retired from Time Warner in 2005.

Boards and Committees
Logan has served many boards and committees in various positions:

 Board of Directors of Magazine Publishers of America Board of Trustees of the National Book Foundation Chairman of Time Warner’s Media and Communications Group Non-executive Chairman of Time Warner Cable Inc. Director of DTN Energy Services, LLC Director and Member of Finance Committee Time Warner Cable Inc.</li> <li>Board of Alabama Association of Independent Colleges and Universities</li> <li>Board of Directors of First Health Group Corp. (a major managed care organization headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois)</li> <li>President’s Advisory Council at Clemson University</li> <li>Auburn Foundation Board of Directors</li> </ul>

Awards and Accolades
<ul> <li>Inductee of Advertising Hall of Fame</li> <li>Henry Johnson Fisher award (magazine industry’s highest honor)</li> <li>Executive of the Year—Adweek Magazine</li> <li>Named to <i>Vanity Fair</I>’s power-ranking New Establishment List multiple times</li> <li>Inductee of the Alabama Academy of Honor</li> <li>Lifetime Achievement Award by Auburn Alumni Association</li> </ul>