Education
Graduate with highest honors, Southern Technology Institute. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Southern Polytechnic State University.
Career
President Lanier Worldwide Inc., 1977—1987, president, Chief Executive Officer, 1987—1999, chairman, Chief Executive Officer, 1999—2001. Board directors AnnTaylor Stores Corporation, 1998—2009, First Union National Bank, Atlanta, Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc., Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., since 2007.
