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5927
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Frank A. Daniels, Jr., retired president and publisher of the NEWS AND OBSERVER Publishing Company and current chairman of the Southern Pines Pilot, is featured in NORTH CAROLINA magazine's \"executive profile.\"
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C. Avery Thomas is a founding partner Thomas, Stout, Stuart, Core & Stuart. The firm opened on November 1, 1967, and is Burlington's largest CPA business. Thomas has a business administration degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is featured in NORTH CAROLINA magazine's \"executive profile.\"
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Robert Greczyn, president and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, is featured in NORTH CAROLINA magazine executive profile. Greczyn delivered newspapers, worked as a florist deliveryman, cut meat in a butcher shop, and drove a tractor-trailer before he found his true calling -- healthcare. He received a degree in psychology from East Carolina University and has held a number of healthcare positions, including executive director, Morven Medical Center, Inc., in Anson County. Greczyn assumed his present position in 2000.
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Gordon S. Myers, vice president of real estate for Inglis Markets, Inc., is also a strong supporter of the mountain regions. Among his accomplishments are funding to complete the missing link of I-26 and to renovate historic Beaucatcher Tunnel.
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William Cavanaugh, president and CEO of Carolina Power and Light Company, has overseen a number of challenges, including the reduction of operating costs and downsizing, to make the company ready for the 21st Century.
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P. Anthony Zeiss became the third president of Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte in 1992. Prior to assuming this position, he was vice president of instruction and president of Pueblo Community College in Pueblo, Colorado. Zeiss has authored several books and films and is a professional speaker and lecturer. Zeiss is featured in NORTH CAROLINA magazine executive profile.
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Larry Monteith will retire in August, 1998, as chancellor of N.C. State University. Among his accomplishments are the Engineering Graduate Research Center and the Campaign for N.C. State Students, a plan to raise $80 million for 2,000 academic scholarships.
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Dr. Leslie Alexandre is president and CEO of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, which is located in the Research Triangle Park. The center was created in 1984 by Governor James B. Hunt. Alexandre came to the center in 2002 and is helping North Carolina attain new heights in an industry where it already excels. Many state leaders give Alexandre much credit for helping the state become the third leading biotechnology state in the nation in terms of companies and employees. Alexandre is featured in this month's NORTH CAROLINA magazine executive profile.
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Dr. Phail Wynn, Jr., president of Durham Technical Community College, is profiled by North Carolina magazine. The recipient of numerous awards, Wynn had been president since 1980.
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6076
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Ruth G. Shaw is the new president of Duke Power Company, the state's largest utility. After a number of years in the field of education, Shaw joined the utility in 1992 as vice president of corporate communications. In 2002, she was named company president. Shaw is featured in NORTH CAROLINA magazine's \"executive profile.\"
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Dr. Richard Eakin became chancellor of East Carolina University, the state's third largest university, in 1987. He has overseen a period of great growth and change, including 4,000 more students, new campus construction, and adding programs to the curriculum.
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Dr. John Weems retired in June 1999 as president of Meredith College, after twenty-eight years of service. Known as a visionary leader and thinker, Weems saw a number of changes during his tenure. The college had a $2 million deficit when he arrived; he leaves the school debt free and financially stable; enrollment up by 1,200; and faculty positions, as well as the number of degrees, almost doubled.
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The North Carolina Business Hall of Fame, established in 1988, recognizes business leaders who made significant contributions to building the state's economy and who provided outstanding community and statewide service. Inductees must be retired from day-to-day operation of their organization or be at least seventy years of age. The 2005 honorees are William A. V. Cecil, owner, Biltmore Estate, Asheville; Hugh L. McColl, Jr., former CEO Bank of America, Charlotte; W. David Stedman, former textile executive, entrepreneur, and former NCCBI chair; and Joan Zimmerman, CEO Southern Shows and NCCBI Board member, Charlotte.
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Ed Pleasants, Jr. is a third-generation manager of his family's hardware business. Pleasants Hardware Company started in 1913 in Winston-Salem and has twelve branches in 8 states, specializing in commercial doors and rest room partitions and accessories.
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Nicholas St. George, president and CEO of Greensboro-based Oakwood Homes Corporation, is the force behind the company's recovery. Revenues rose from $107 million in 1991 to over $1 billion in 1997, and employment rose from 1,000 to 7,000.
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