Harvey Entertainment Appoints William D. Dallas to Board of Directors; Michael Burns Steps Down From Board With New Role At Lions Gate Entertainment.Business & Entertainment Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2000 The Harvey Entertainment Company (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :HRVY) today announced the appointment of William D. Dallas to its Board of Directors. Mr. Dallas is currently the Chairman and CEO of First Franklin Financial Corporation, a subsidiary of National City Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NCC). Simultaneously, the Company announced the resignation of Board Director Michael Burns in conjunction with his new role at Lions Gate Entertainment
Roger Burlage, Chairman and CEO of Harvey Entertainment, commented, "I'm delighted that Bill Dallas has joined our Board. He brings with him a wide breadth of financial acumen and experience with public companies. Michael Burns has voluntarily stepped down as to avoid any appearance of conflict with his new position as Vice Chairman of Lions Gate." The Harvey Entertainment Company Board of Directors now consists of Roger A. Burlage, William D. Dallas, Michael S. Doherty, Gary M. Gray and Meyer Gottlieb. Mr. Dallas co-founded First Franklin in 1981, and it is now the mortgage banking industry's leading nonprime wholesale originator. First Franklin employs nearly 1,000 mortgage professionals and originated $4.5 billion in nonprime mortgages in 1999. Mr. Dallas is co-founder of two other banking institutions, Heritage Bank of Commerce (NASDAQ:HTBC), a community business bank serving Silicon Valley, and California Oaks State Bank, in Thousand Oaks, California Thousand Oaks, commonly referred to as "T.O." by residents, is a city in southeastern Ventura County, California, in the United States. It was named after the many oak trees that grace the area, and the city seal is adorned with an oak. . He is also a Board member of Factual Data Corporation (NASDAQ:FDCC), a Loveland, Colorado-based credit services provider; Castle & Cooke, Inc. (NYSE:CCS), a nationwide real estate development company; and Affinity Corporation, a private technology company dedicated to mortgage fraud detection. Mr. Dallas recently joined the Board of Regents An independent governing body that oversees a state's public Colleges and Universities. All 50 states have governing bodies that oversee the administration of public education. of California Lutheran University Mission statement The University's mission statement is as follows: "California Lutheran University is a diverse, scholarly community dedicated to excellence in the liberal arts and professional studies. and he teaches business and law classes at Pepperdine University. He is also a Board member of the Sherwood Country Club and a Board member and Grand Patron Founder of the Alliance for the Arts in Thousand Oaks, California. Mr. Dallas received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Studies, Magna cum Laude, in 1977 from Bowling Green State University Bowling Green State University, at Bowling Green, Ohio; coeducational; chartered 1910 as a normal school, opened 1914. It became a college in 1929, a university in 1935. in Bowling Green, Ohio Bowling Green is the county seat of Wood CountyGR6 in the U.S. state of Ohio. At the time of the 2000 census, the population of Bowling Green was 29,636. It is part of the Toledo, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. . He completed his postgraduate studies in 1987 and received his Jurist Doctorate (JD) from the University of Santa Clara School of Law. He is also a Certified Mortgage Banker (CMB). The Harvey Entertainment Company (www.harvey.com) is a diversified entertainment company engaged in the management and exploitation of branded characters through merchandising, licensing and all entertainment media. The Harvey Classic Character brands include hundreds of characters including Casper, the Friendly Ghost; Hot Stuff; Richie Rich; Wendy the Witch; Baby Huey; The Ghostly Trio; Herman and Katnip Herman and Katnip are a duo of cartoon characters (Herman the mouse and Katnip the cat), who have appeared both separately and together in Famous Studios cartoons from 1943 to 1960. ; Pirana and Spyman. Harvey has an entertainment library consisting of over 150 motion pictures and 165 television episodes, including 91 episodes of Harvey Classic animation. Through its Sunland Studios (formerly PM Entertainment) subsidiary, the Company is involved in the production and distribution of motion pictures and television. |
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