MILLENNIUM MOMENT

John B. Lawson was the man who headed up the “Aeronutronic Division” of

the Ford Motor Company, which occupied the area of Newport Beach between

MacArthur Boulevard and Jamboree Road that is now marked by Ford Road.

Lawson won a number of awards during the decades he spent in the area,

including Newport Beach’s Man of the Year in 1973, the Orange County

Press Club’s Man of the Year for 1965 and Orange County Manager of the

Year for 1965.

Lawson is the founder of Project 21, which campaigned to guide Orange

County toward managed growth.

Today, he lives in Monarch Beach.

* MILLENNIUM MOMENT celebrates the people who have made a major

contribution to the Newport-Mesa community during this century.