COMPANY

Founded 1970, though as it has the First National Bank of Birmingham as predecessor. Between 1972 and 1995 the CEO was John Woods, during which time it increased assets from a mere $800M to $18B. AmSouth acquired First American National Bank in 2000, and was itself acquired by Regions Financial in 2006.

Official Website:
http://www.amsouth.com/

Industry:
Banking

Ticker:
NYSE:ASO

Corporate headquarters:
Birmingham, AL

Sales:
$3.4B (2005)

Employees:
12,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Thomas E. Hoaglin	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Huntington Bancshares
C. Dowd Ritter	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Regions Financial

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dennis C. Bottorff	Business	c. 1944		CEO of First American, 1991-99
William J. Cabaniss	Business	c. 1942		US Ambassador to Czechia, 2004-06
David J. Cooper	Business	c. 1945		Cooper/T. Smith Corporation
Earnest W. Deavenport, Jr.	Business	c. 1938		CEO of Eastman Chemical, 1994-2001
Donald DeFosset	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Walter Industries, 2000-05
Martha R. Ingram	Business	c. 1936		Chairman of Ingram Industries
Victoria B. Jackson	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Victoria Belle, Inc.
Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr.	Business	6-Apr-1935		Chairman of El Paso
James R. Malone	Business	c. 1942		Qorval LLC
Charles D. McCrary	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Alabama Power Company
Frank A. Newman	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Eckerd Corporation, 1996-2000
Claude B. Nielsen	Business	c. 1951		Coca-Cola Bottling Company United
C. Dowd Ritter	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Regions Financial
Herbert A. Sklenar	Business	7-Jun-1931		CEO of Vulcan Materials, 1986-97

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Charles I. Story	Business	?		CEO of Inroads, 1993-2005

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