Record #:

6709

Author(s):

Nelson, Charlene H.

Abstract:

John Forlines, CEO of Bank of Granite Corp., is retiring after fifty years on the job. Forlines, 86, took the bank from one office in the foothills of Western North Carolina with five employees and $1 million in assets to one with nineteen offices with over 250 employees and $1 billion in assets.

Source:

North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 62 Issue 6, June 2004, p6, por

Subject(s):

Bankers--Granite Falls; Forlines, John A. Jr., 1918-2010

Record #:

6710

Author(s):

Brafford, Kevin

Abstract:

Craven Williams, president of Greensboro College, pushes himself and the college to be the best they both can be. Williams had twenty years experience as a college administrator when he came to the college in 1993. Since then he has raised over $50 million for the school; by 2013 he hopes to reach $100 million. Williams is featured in NORTH CAROLINA magazine's “executive profile.”

Source:

North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 62 Issue 6, June 2004, p18-21, por

Subject(s):

Williams, Craven F., 1940-