Samford Awards Honorary Doctorate to Lumber Titan Jimmy Rane: 'Learning Should Never Stop'
May 01, 2026
May 01, 2026
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, May 1 -- Samford University issued the following news release:
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Samford Awards Honorary Doctorate to Lumber Titan Jimmy Rane: 'Learning Should Never Stop'
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From left, Samford provost David Cimbora, honorary degree recipient Jimmy Rane and university President Beck A. Taylor
James W. "Jimmy" Rane, who transformed a floundering timber company into the world's largest treated lumber . . .
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Samford Awards Honorary Doctorate to Lumber Titan Jimmy Rane: 'Learning Should Never Stop'
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From left, Samford provost David Cimbora, honorary degree recipient Jimmy Rane and university President Beck A. Taylor
James W. "Jimmy" Rane, who transformed a floundering timber company into the world's largest treated lumber . . .