There are 4 article(s) tagged J.R. Pitt Hyde:

• October 2023

  • AutoZone team surprises founder with nearly $7M donation for museum

    Pitt Hyde was told he’d be filming an interview with AutoZone leaders. Instead, he was welcomed to a party with about 100 past and present AutoZone employees. 

    By Aisling Mäki October 23, 2023

• December 2021

  • New store support center shows AutoZone ‘committed’ to Memphis

    AutoZone opened the new Peter R. Formanek Store Support Center at 104 S. Front St., a space that combines two historic properties and creates space for 300 workstations.

    By Christin Yates December 10, 2021

• June 2019

  • Hyde backs Tom Lee Park changes, likens stand off to ‘whack-a-mole’

    The philanthropist supporting the remake of Tom Lee Park says there have been a dozen changes to plans by the Memphis River Parks Partnership since the Memphis In May International Festival raised objections to the plan this spring.

    By Bill Dries June 21, 2019

• October 2018

  • Freedom Awards match turbulence of 1968 with today

    Former Vice President Joe Biden told several thousand people at the National Civil Rights Museum Freedom Awards Wednesday, Oct. 17, that the gains made by the movement honored in the museum are “under siege.” “Once again, we need your energy,” Biden said as he accepted the award at the Orpheum theater.

    By Bill Dries October 18, 2018