Cleophus Thomas, Jr. Elected to AmSouth Board of Directors.Business Editors BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2002 Cleophus Thomas, Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of A.G. Gaston Corp., the holding company for Booker T. Washington Insurance Co., has been elected to the board of directors of AmSouth Bancorporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ASO) and AmSouth Bank. In making today's announcement, C. Dowd Ritter, AmSouth's chairman, president and chief executive officer, said, "Cleo Thomas is a distinguished and thoughtful leader and we are proud to add him to our board. Throughout his career, whether in law, business or public service, he has constantly sought to raise expectations and meet - or exceed - increasingly higher goals. That attitude is an excellent fit with our company and we are confident our shareholders, employees, customers and our communities will benefit from his leadership." Thomas, 46, joined Gaston Corp. in 1992 as general counsel. He is also of counsel to the law firm Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville LLP. Active in numerous civic, cultural, charitable and professional organizations, Thomas is currently a member of the board of directors of The Donoho School, the Alabama Children's Hospital, the Wallace Foundation and the West Anniston Community Foundation. He is chairman of the board of directors of the Kappa Alpha Psi Kappa Alpha Psi (KAΨ) is the second-oldest collegiate Greek-letter fraternity with a predominantly African American membership and the first black intercollegiate fraternity incorporated as a national body. Foundation, chairman of the board of the Jacksonville State University Jacksonville State University is a public university serving Northeast Alabama on a 459 acre (0 km) campus with 58 buildings in Jacksonville, Alabama which is in the Appalachian foothills of northeast Alabama. International House, and a member of the board of the Jacksonville State University Visual Arts Society. He served as a member of the University of Alabama System The University of Alabama System encompasses three wholly independent universities in Alabama, USA: the University of Alabama, the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Alabama in Huntsville. board of trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. from 1983 to 2002. He is a past member of the Board of Bar Examiners of the Alabama State Bar and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation Established in 1952, the American Bar Foundation (ABF) is an independent, nonprofit national research institute located in Chicago, Illinois committed to objective empirical research on law and legal institutions. . Thomas graduated with honors from the University of Alabama The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA or colloquially as 'Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Founded in 1831, UA is the flagship campus of the University of Alabama System. in 1977. He received the George C. Marshall Scholarship to Oxford University in Oxford, England, and was awarded a bachelor's degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1980. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (colloquially, Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Law is considered one of the most prestigious law schools in the United States. in 1982. Thomas is married to the former Carla Ann Newbern and they have three children. About AmSouth AmSouth is a regional bank holding company headquartered in Birmingham with $38 billion in assets, 600 branch banking offices and more than 1,200 ATMs. AmSouth operates in Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia. AmSouth is a leader among regional banks in the Southeast in several key business segments, including consumer and commercial banking, small business banking, mortgage lending, equipment leasing, annuity and mutual fund sales, and trust and investment management services. AmSouth also offers a complete line of banking products and services at its web site, www.amsouth.com. |
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