page_title: Maxey Dell Moody Jr.
section_title: Diversification of M. D. Moody
hierarchical_section_title: Maxey Dell Moody Jr. / Career / M. D. Moody & Sons / Diversification of M. D. Moody
caption_attribution_description: English: Max Moody Jr. with Mitsubishi employees in 1976.
context_page_description: Maxey Dell "Max" Moody Jr., also known as M. D. Moody Jr., was the president and CEO of M. D. Moody & Sons, Inc. from 1950 to 1987 and the founder of MOBRO Marine, Inc. As President and CEO he diversified and expanded M. D. Moody, firmly establishing it as a prominent business in the construction industry. His father's business under his leadership became the oldest family-owned construction equipment distributor in the United States, and at one time the largest crane dealer in the southeast.
  Moody was a founding member of the Jacksonville Businessmens Associations, a member of St. Vincent's Medical Centers Board of Trustees and on the board of directors for the Florida National Bank Holding Company.
context_section_description: By the 1970s it had diversified with several subsidiaries such as Moody Machinery Corp. and Moody Brothers. By the 1980s M. D. Moody & Sons, Inc., had become globally the 10th largest crane rental business. It further diversified with two additional subsidiaries called Moody Machinery Corp. near Atlanta, Georgia and Moody Truck Center.
caption: Max with Mitsubishi employees from Japan in 1976.
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