Brandywine Realty Trust Announces Former Senator Wyche Fowler, Jr. Joins Board of Trustees.PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. -- Brandywine Realty Trust Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN) is a real estate development trust (REIT) in the United States that buys, sells, leases and manages approximately 225 commercial properties, no more than 25 industrial parcels of land, mixed-use property, and over 200 acres of undeveloped (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BDN BDN Borland Developer Network BDN Bangor Daily News (Maine, USA) BDN Business Development Network BDN Bell Data Network BDN Bulk Data Network BDN Busy Doing Nothing (band) BDN Buffered Delta Network ) has announced that former Senator Wyche Fowler, Jr. has joined its Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. . A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Fowler served for 16 years in the United States Congress. First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1977, he was a member of the Ways and Means WAYS AND MEANS. In legislative assemblies there is usually appointed a committee whose duties are to inquire into, and propose to the house, the ways and means to be adopted to raise funds for the use of the government. This body is called the committee of ways and means. and Foreign Affairs Committees, the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Congressional Arts Caucus. Fowler was later elected to the United States Senate in 1986, where he served as Assistant Floor Leader, and a member of the Senate Appropriations, Budget, Energy and Agriculture Committees. In 1996, Fowler was appointed the U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he resided for five years as emissary EMISSARY. One who is sent from one power or government into another nation for the purpose of spreading false rumors and to cause alarm. He differs from a spy. (q.v.) to the United States. Upon his return in 2001, he was awarded The Jefferson Cup by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), division of the U.S. Dept. of Justice charged with investigating all violations of federal laws except those assigned to some other federal agency. for his assistance in combating terrorism and the solving of terrorist crimes against the United States military in Saudi Arabia. Additional honors and recognition include being named Lion of Judah by the State of Israel for successfully freeing Soviet Jew Yakov Gluzman, twice being named Solar Man of the Year for work on alternative energy development and conservation and being presented with the Central Intelligence Agency "Seal" medallion for dedicated service to the intelligence community, among others. "On behalf of our entire Board of Trustees, we are delighted that Wyche Fowler is joining our board. Adding a trustee of his status, diverse political and legal experience, and character reflects upon our continual commitment to having the strongest possible board," commented Gerard H. Sweeney, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Brandywine Realty Trust. Former senator Fowler received his B.A. in English from Davidson College, a J.D. from Emory University and honorary degrees from Hofstra University, Davidson College and Morris Brown College Morris Brown College: see Atlanta Univ. Center. . Prior to his election to Congress, he practiced law in Atlanta for eight years. He currently is engaged in an international business and law practice and serves as Chairman of the Board of the Middle East Institute, a non-profit research foundation in Washington, D.C.. About Brandywine Realty Trust Brandywine Realty Trust, with headquarters in Plymouth Meeting, PA and regional offices in Mt. Laurel, NJ and Richmond, VA, is one of the Mid-Atlantic region's largest full service real estate companies. Brandywine owns, manages or has an ownership interest in 293 office and industrial properties, aggregating 23.8 million square feet. For more information, visit Brandywine's website at www.brandywinerealty.com. Note: Certain statements in this release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance, achievements or transactions of the Company and its affiliates or industry results to be materially different from any future results, performance, achievements or transactions expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors relate to, among others, the Company's ability to lease vacant space and to renew or relet space under expiring leases at expected levels, the potential loss of major tenants, interest rate levels, the availability and terms of debt and equity financing Equity Financing The act of raising money for company activities by selling common or preferred stock to individual or institutional investors. In return for the money paid, shareholders receive ownership interests in the corporation. , competition with other real estate companies for tenants and acquisitions, risks of real estate acquisitions, dispositions and developments, including cost overruns and construction delays, unanticipated operating costs and the effects of general and local economic and real estate conditions. Additional information or factors which could impact the Company and the forward-looking statements contained herein are included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events. |
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