Union Planters Announces Election of New Directors.Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photos are available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com MEMPHIS Memphis, city, ancient Egypt Memphis (mĕm`fĭs), ancient city of Egypt, capital of the Old Kingdom (c.3100–c.2258 B.C.), at the apex of the Nile delta and 12 mi (18 km) from Cairo. , Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 2001 Jackson W. Moore, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Union Planters Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :UPC), announced today the election of Samuel W. Bartholomew, Jr., Michael S. Starnes, and Robert R. Waller to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company and its principal subsidiary, Union Planters Bank, N.A. "We are extremely pleased to welcome these distinguished and respected individuals as directors of our company," Moore said. "They will contribute a broad range of business and professional experience in the governance of the corporation." "Sam Bartholomew is one of the most widely respected professional and civic leaders in middle Tennessee. He has served on several corporate boards during his career and will contribute to our growth in the vibrant middle Tennessee market," Moore said. "We are fortunate to have Sam associated with our company." Bartholomew is Chairman 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 Stokes, Bartholomew, Evans & Petree, P.A., a law firm based in Nashville with offices across the state. An engineering graduate of the United States Military Academy United States Military Academy, at West Point, N.Y.; for training young men and women to be officers in the U.S. army; founded and opened in 1802. The original act provided that the Corps of Engineers stationed at West Point should constitute a military academy, but , Bartholomew served in the Army as a combat armored cavalry officer. He received his doctor of jurisprudence degree from Vanderbilt University in 1973. His professional affiliations include the American and Tennessee Bar Associations. He is a former board member of SunTrust Bank of Tennessee, Corrections Corporation of America Corrections Corporation of America (NYSE: CXW) (CCA) is a company that manages public prisons and other facilities[1], and has concessions for many others. The company had annual revenues in 2004 of $1.15 billion USD. , and the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae). He also served as legal committee chair of the International Airport Operators Council. Among a variety of civic affiliations are leadership positions with the Nashville Chamber of Commerce, Tennessee Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program, Rotary Club, St. Thomas Hospital, the Billy Graham Crusade and Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. He and his wife Vicki reside in Nashville and have four children. "Mike Starnes embodies the best of the American entrepreneurial spirit and a keen understanding of the dynamics of today's business world," Moore said. Starnes founded M.S. Carriers in Memphis in 1978, operating out of his home with one truck. He grew M.S. Carriers to 5,000 employees and a fleet of nearly 5,000 tractors. He served as Chairman, Chief Executive and President for 23 years, guiding the truckload transportation and logistics company to $650 million in annual revenues before merging in June 2001 with Swift Transportation Company. He now serves as President of M.S. Carriers, a subsidiary of Swift Transportation, which is the largest truckload transportation firm in North America. Starnes is active in many business endeavors, having served as Chairman and a member of the Executive Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest not-for-profit federation of businesses, representing more than 3 million businesses and organizations in the United States. As of 2003, the chamber was comprised of 3000 state and local chambers and 830 business associations. . He currently serves as a director of RFS Hotel Investors and Mid-America Apartment Communities and is a former director of NationsBank of Tennessee. He is an active member of the Board of Youth Programs, Inc., which hosts the FedEx/St. Jude Classic Golf Tournament. Starnes serves on the executive committee of the American Trucking Association. A graduate of the University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1848, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford and three branch campuses located in Booneville, Tupelo, and Southaven. , Starnes is a member of the Ole Miss Hall of Fame. He resides in Memphis. "Dr. Bob Waller is an internationally renowned ophthalmologist with strong administrative skills, as demonstrated by his years of service at the Mayo Clinic and Foundation," said Moore. Dr. Waller was President and Chief Executive Officer of Mayo Clinic from 1988 to 1998 and was named President Emeritus in January 1999. Dr. Waller has served many professional groups, including the American Board of Ophthalmology The American Board of Ophthalmology is the founding member of the American Board of Medical Specialties. Originally, a combined board of Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology, the specialties split into two board backed specialties in the 1960s. , the American Ophthalmological Society, the American Medical Association American Medical Association (AMA), professional physicians' organization (founded 1847). Its goals are to protect the interests of American physicians, advance public health, and support the growth of medical science. and Minnesota Medical Society. He is Chair Emeritus of the Healthcare Leadership Council, based in Washington, D.C. Dr. Waller is a graduate of Duke University and the University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system in the American state of Tennessee. . He obtained residency training at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine and fellowship training at the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). in San Francisco. In 1992, he received the medical executive award from the College of Medical Group Administrators and was recently named an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland History Since medieval times, the practice of surgery was licensed by the Barber-Surgeons' Guild, also known at the time as the Guild of St. Mary Magdalene. The guild chapel was in Christchurch. . He is currently on the board of Hormel Foods Corporation, the Advisory Board on Social Enterprise at Harvard Business School Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. , and the Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award. In 2001, he served on the Bush-Cheney Transition Advisory Committee for Healthcare. Dr. Waller lived in Minnesota during his full time affiliation with Mayo Clinic and now lives in Memphis. He and his wife Sarah have three children. Founded in 1869, Union Planters is one of the 30 largest bank holding companies in the nation, with total assets of about $35 billion as of March 31, 2001 and 786 banking offices located in 12 states. Union Planters offers banking, investment, mortgage and insurance services to more than two million individuals and businesses. The company has consistently been ranked one of the top small business-friendly lenders in the country by the U.S. Small Business Administration. For more information, visit our web site at www.unionplanters.com. Note: Photos are available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : Samuel W. Bartholomew, Jr.: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.101801/bb8 Michael S. Starnes: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.101801/bb8a Robert R. Waller, M.D.: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.101801/bb8b |
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