Floyd Dean Copeland

Background

Copeland, Floyd Dean was born on April 11, 1939 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Son of Clyde Xenephon and Dorothy Russell (Dean) Copeland.

Education

University of Mississippi (Bachelor of Arts, with special distinction, 1961). Oxford University, Oxford, England (Bachelor of Arts, 1963. Master of Arts, 1973).

Yale University (Bachelor of Laws, 1965).

Career

Admitted to the bar, 1967, Georgia (Not admitted Tennessee). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Rhodes Scholar, 1961-1963.

Adjunct Professor at Emory Law School in Securities Law, 1972-1977, Business Planning, 1978. Seminar Panelist: Securities Regulation, 1976-1983, 1985, 1992. Director Responsibility, 1983-1992, 1994-1997.

Bank and Thrift Acquisitions, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994-1997. Chairman, Corporate and Banking Law Section of Georgia Bar, 1995. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations.

State Bar of Georgia. American Law Institute. Military: United States.

Army, 1965-1967 (Executive Vice President and General Counsel) (Chattanooga, Tennessee).

Achievements

• Bar: Georgia 1967, Tennessee 1998.

Membership

Board of directors Atlanta Metro Boys and Girls Clubs, 1986-1997. Secretary State andDist. Rhodes Scholarship Selection Coms., Atlanta, 1976-1997.

Captain United States Army, 1965-1967. Member American Law Institute.

Interests

• Avocations: racquetball, reading, traveling.

Connections

Married Linda Gail Langston, December 22, 1965. Children: Albion Ehlers, Russell Braden.

Father:

Clyde Xenephon Copeland

Mother:

Dorothy Russell (Dean) Copeland

Spouse:

Linda Gail Langston

child:

Albion Ehlers Copeland

child:

Russell Braden Copeland