SS John B. Lennon SS John B. Lennon SS "John B. Lennon" was an American Liberty ship in World War II. The ship was built by the J.A. Jones Construction shipyard at Brunswick, Georgia; sponsored by Mrs. F.R. Bustin, and launched on 22 December 1943. The ship was named after John B. Lennon, the treasurer of the American Federation of Labor, later appointed by Woodrow Wilson to the U.S. Department of Labor's board of mediators and Commission of Conciliation, and also served on the U.S. Commission of Industrial Relations. "John B. Lennon" sailed from the shipyard at Brunswick to New York City in early
John Anthony Lennon John Anthony Lennon John Anthony Lennon (born 1950 in Greensboro, North Carolina) is an American composer of contemporary classical music based in Georgia. John Anthony Lennon was born in Greensboro, North Carolina and raised in Mill Valley, California. He earned a B.A. degree in liberal arts from the University of San Francisco, first majoring in English and minoring in philosophy, later adding music courses. He received M.M. and D.M.A. degrees in music composition from the University of Michigan, where he studied composition with Leslie Bassett and William Bolcom. Lennon is a professor of composition at Emory University in Atlanta. He