Apple chief executive and Alabama native Tim Cook is being honored by his home state.
Cook and seven others including University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban are being inducted into the Alabama Academy of Honor on Monday. A ceremony will be held at the state Capitol in Montgomery.
Cook is a native of Robertsdale, which is located near the coast in Baldwin County. The Auburn University graduate succeeded Apple founder Steve Jobs as CEO in 2011.
Other honorees include University of Alabama President Judy Bonner; Big Oak Ranch founder John Croyle; and biotech leader Jim Hudson Jr. of Huntsville.
Also being honored are U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions; former Mountain Brook mayor Margaret Porter; and businessman Edgar Welden.
The Apple executive will speak on behalf of the group.
