Dale Polley Joins O'Charley's Board of Directors.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 2001

O'Charley's Inc. (Nasdaq/NM:CHUX) today announced that Dale W. Polley has joined the board of directors. Polley replaces Dr. C was a fictional scientist from the TV series Cro. She and her companion, Mike, went to the Arctic and thawed out a mammoth, who could talk. That mammoth now tells stories of life in the stone age with his friend, Cro, and his fellow mammoths. . Warren Neel, who resigned in March.

Polley is the retired, former president and vice chairman of the board of First American Corporation

This article is about The First American Corporation; for the similarly named banks see First American National Bank

Officially referred to as The First American Corporation (FAC) , and First American National Bank For other banks with a similar name, see .

First American National Bank was a subsidiary of First American National Corporation, a financial institution based in Nashville, Tennessee that served the states of Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia and Virginia. . Prior to joining First American First American may refer to:

First American (comics), A superhero from America's Best Comics
First American, a division of the now-defunction Bank of Credit and Commerce International.

in 1991, Polley served in various executive management positions for C&S/Sovran Corporation, Sovran Financial Corporation and Commerce Union Corporation. He currently serves on the boards of directors of Pinnacle Financial Partners, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta is responsible for the 6th District of the Federal Reserve, which covers Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. (Nashville branch), Nashville Sports Council, Music City Bowl, T.J. Martel Foundation, St. Thomas Foundation and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.

Commenting on the announcement, Gregory L. Burns, O'Charley's chairman and chief executive officer, stated, "Dale has the expertise and proven track record to make an invaluable contribution to our company. He is an excellent addition to the board, and we look forward to his advice and counsel."

O'Charley's Inc. operates 159 casual-dining, full-service restaurants in 14 states in the Southeast and Midwest. The menu, with an emphasis on fresh preparation, features several specialty items such as hand-cut and aged steaks, fresh seafood, chicken that is always fresh and never frozen, popular homemade yeast rolls, a variety of fresh-cut salads with special-recipe salad dressings and their signature caramel pie. In addition, the company currently operates two Stoney River Legendary Steaks Stoney River Legendary Steaks is a chain of steakhouses in the United States. There are 10 Stoney River Legendary Steaks restaurants in Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, Missouri and Tennessee. The parent company of Stoney River Legendary Steaks is O'Charley's, Inc. restaurants located in Atlanta, Georgia, and one location in Chicago, Illinois.

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