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Knight Replaces Eickhoff On Sun ‘N Fun Board

Posted on February 18, 2012 by mwflyer

LAKELAND, FLA. – The Sun ‘n Fun Board of Directors elected Bob Knight, president of Knight Industrial Equipment, Inc., Lakeland, Fla., as its chairman at their January 2012 board meeting. The chairmanship was vacated with the retirement of Bill Eickhoff, who served as chairman for 28 years. Knight will also serve as the board’s contact with Sun ‘n Fun’s new president & CEO, John R. “Lites” Leenhouts, who replaced John Burton, who became president of Sun ‘n Fun’s Florida Air Museum.

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