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          Holiday inn history...

          Wallace Edwards Johnson, American motel chain executive and builder. Named Layman of Year, Religious Heritage American Inc., 1965; recipient Horatio Alger award, 1968, Outstanding Community Salesman award, Golden Plate award American Academy Achievement, 1973; named to Hospitality Magazine Hall of Fame.

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          6. Background

          Johnson, Wallace Edwards was born on January 5, 1901 in Edinburg, Mississippi, United States. Son of Felix A. and Josephine (Edwards) Johnson.

          Education

          Student, Moorehead (Mississippi) Junior College.

          Doctor of Laws, Gordon College, 1968. Doctor of Laws, Harding College, 1970.

          Degree (honorary), California Baptist College, 1972.

          Career

          Co-founder, vice chairman, Holiday Inns Inc. (formerly Holiday Inns of America Inc.), Memphis, 1953-1988; founder, chairman, Wallace E.

          Johnson Enterprises (formerly Wallace E. Johnson Inc.), builders, Memphis, 1941-1988; president, Service Mortgage & Investment Company, Memphis, 1