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Robert Hunt Elected To AutoZone's Board of Directors

3 October 1997

Robert Hunt Elected To AutoZone's Board of Directors

    MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 3 -- John C. Adams Jr., chairman and
chief executive officer of AutoZone Inc. today announced the
election of Robert J. Hunt, 48, to the company's board of directors.  Hunt has
been executive vice president -- finance and chief financial officer of
AutoZone since 1994.
    Hunt replaces Thomas S. Hanemann, 60, AutoZone's retired president, who
resigned from the board.

SOURCE  AutoZone Inc.