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JB Hunt to Be Inducted into Supply Chain Hall of Fame

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Johnnie Bryan Hunt, the founder of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell, will be a member of the inaugural class inducted into the Council of Supply Chain Management Professional Hall of Fame.

Hunt will be inducted along with Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and Malcom McLean, who invented the shipping container.

Hunt founded J.B. Hunt in 1969 with five trucks and seven refrigerated trailers, and the company eventually pioneered the use of intermodal transportation. 

Hunt retired as company president in 1982 but remained chairman of the board until 1995. He died at age 79 on Dec. 7, 2006 from injuries sustained in a fall at his home five days earlier.

His widow, Johnelle Hunt, will accept the award at the council’s global conference in September in Orlando, Florida.

“Mr. Hunt’s induction into the Supply Chain Hall of Fame is an incredible honor and one our company is extremely proud of,” said John Roberts, president and CEO of J.B. Hunt. “His innovation and foresight forever changed the industry, setting the stage for a new era of intermodal.”

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