RFS Announces New Directors.MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 1996--RFS Hotel Investors, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : RFS) a Memphis-based real estate investment trust (REIT REIT See: Real Estate Investment Trust REIT See real estate investment trust (REIT). ) today announced the addition of R. Lee Jenkins and Minor Perkins to its Board of Directors. Jenkins is the former president of Plough, Inc. and executive vice president-consumer operations of Schering-Plough Corporation, an international manufacturer of health and personal care products. He retired from that position in December, 1989. Jenkins received the B.A. and LL.B. from the University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a coeducational public research university located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. , and a masters degree (LL.M.) in comparative and international law from New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the , as a Ford Foundation and Fulbright Scholar. He also serves as a director for the National Commerce Bancorporation and the Chickasaw Council of the Boy Scouts of America Noun 1. Boy Scouts of America - a corporation that operates through a national council that charters local councils all over the United States; the purpose is character building and citizenship training , Inc. Perkins became president of RFS Hotel Investors earlier this year when he joined the company from Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc., one of the South's largest investment firms. At Morgan Keegan, he was managing director and co-manager of the investment banking department. His experience also includes investment management in a bank trust department, and the establishment and management of child care and restaurant companies. Perkins received his B.A. from the University of Memphis The University of Memphis is a public research university located in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, and is a flagship public research university of the Tennessee Board of Regents system. . "We are honored to have Lee and Minor join our Board," said Robert M. Solmson, RFS chairman and CEO. "They bring broad experience and sound judgment to the table, which is very valuable to us as we chart the company's future." RFS Hotel Investors, Inc. is a Memphis-based REIT which owns 50 hotels comprising more than 7,000 rooms in 22 states. CONTACT: Mimi Hall Communications Mimi Hall, 901/682-1360 |
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