The Florida Air Museum in Lakeland, Fla., will now be operated under the auspices of Sun 'n Fun and its president, John "Lites" Leenhouts, the organization announced on Friday. John Burton, the current museum president, will step down. Burton had previously been president of the Sun 'n Fun operation for about 12 years, until Leenhouts was hired last summer. The changes are meant to "minimize duplication of services and improve the organization's overall efficiency," Sun 'n Fun said. Previously, the museum, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sun 'n Fun, operated as a separate not-for-profit entity with its own board of directors. Now, day-to-day operations of the museum will be absorbed into the Sun 'n Fun organization.
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