John Medlin

Former Wachovia CEO

Medlin worked at Wachovia for 41 years, serving as chief executive for 17 years until retiring on Jan. 1, 1994. He retired after 10 years as chairman in 1998. Medlin was born in 1933 on a farm near Benson. He graduated from the business school at UNC-Chapel Hill in 1956, and then served in the U.S. Navy. He joined Wachovia, then based in Winston-Salem, in 1959. He eventually became its chief executive in 1977, taking over the $3.3 billion-in-asset bank as banks in the Southeast were dealing with a real estate downturn. He served on several local nonprofit and corporate boards, including R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc., US Airways Group Inc., Hanes Corp., Piedmont Airlines Inc., UNC Chapel Hill, Salem Academy and College, Wake Forest University and UNC School of the Arts. When he died, he was serving on the board of Senior Services Inc. and the judicial independence committee of the N.C. Bar Association.

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William J Armfield IV	Erskine B Bowles, Charles A Sanders, Richard Burr, Elizabeth Dole, Robin Hayes, John McCain, John Edwards, Fritz Hollings, Jesse Helms, Lauch Faircloth, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Egbert Lawrence Davis III, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, American Spirit PAC, the, Draft Elizabeth Dole 2000 Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Stephen L Neal, Elliott Springs Close, A P Sands
Lanny Griffith	Lamar Alexander, Richard Burr, Saxby Chambliss, Elizabeth Dole, Virginia Ann Foxx, Orrin Hatch, Robin Hayes, John McCain, Jesse Helms, Paul Coverdell, Lauch Faircloth, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, George Holding
Stephen Schwarzman	Erskine B Bowles, Lamar Alexander, Richard Burr, Elizabeth Dole, Virginia Ann Foxx, Orrin Hatch, John McCain, Paul Coverdell, Lauch Faircloth, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, George Holding
John W Harris	Erskine B Bowles, Charles A Sanders, Lamar Alexander, Richard Burr, Elizabeth Dole, Bobby R Etheridge, Robin Hayes, John Edwards, Fritz Hollings, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Bob Graham, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Mitt Romney, Elliott Springs Close, A P Sands, Melvin L Watt
Charles R. Black	Lamar Alexander, Richard Burr, Saxby Chambliss, Virginia Ann Foxx, Orrin Hatch, John McCain, Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, Paul Coverdell, Lauch Faircloth, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, American Spirit PAC, the, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, George Holding
Robert Barnhill Jr	Erskine B Bowles, Lamar Alexander, Richard Burr, Elizabeth Dole, Bobby R Etheridge, Virginia Ann Foxx, Robin Hayes, John McCain, John Edwards, Jesse Helms, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, American Spirit PAC, the, Mitt Romney, George Holding
James Goodnight	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Dole, Bobby R Etheridge, Virginia Ann Foxx, Orrin Hatch, Robin Hayes, Jesse Helms, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Kay R Hagan, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Mitt Romney, George Holding
Joseph Petrone	Lamar Alexander, Richard Burr, Saxby Chambliss, Elizabeth Dole, Orrin Hatch, John McCain, Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, Paul Coverdell, Lauch Faircloth, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
Robert Luddy	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Dole, Virginia Ann Foxx, Robin Hayes, Jesse Helms, Paul Coverdell, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Egbert Lawrence Davis III, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, American Spirit PAC, the, Mitt Romney, George Holding
Ed Rogers	Lamar Alexander, Richard Burr, Saxby Chambliss, Elizabeth Dole, Orrin Hatch, Robin Hayes, John McCain, Jesse Helms, Paul Coverdell, Lauch Faircloth, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, George Holding
Henry J Faison	Richard Burr, Saxby Chambliss, Elizabeth Dole, Virginia Ann Foxx, Robin Hayes, John McCain, Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, George Holding
John C Whitehead	Erskine B Bowles, Charles A Sanders, Lamar Alexander, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Fritz Hollings, Lauch Faircloth, Bob Dole, Terry Sanford, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Tom Foley
Sam Fox	Lamar Alexander, Richard Burr, Elizabeth Dole, Orrin Hatch, John McCain, Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, Paul Coverdell, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
Louis Bacon	Erskine B Bowles, Lamar Alexander, Richard Burr, Saxby Chambliss, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Lauch Faircloth, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Kay R Hagan, James Relerford Helvey III, Mitt Romney
Robert Alexander Ingram	Charles A Sanders, Richard Burr, Elizabeth Dole, Bobby R Etheridge, Orrin Hatch, John McCain, Jesse Helms, Lauch Faircloth, Terry Sanford, George W Bush, National Republican Senatorial Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Mitt Romney, George Holding
James H Hance Jr	Erskine B Bowles, Richard Burr, Elizabeth Dole, Virginia Ann Foxx, Robin Hayes, John Edwards, Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, Lauch Faircloth, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Mitt Romney, Melvin L Watt
Tom Paxton Phillips	Erskine B Bowles, Charles A Sanders, Richard Burr, Elizabeth Dole, Bobby R Etheridge, Robin Hayes, John Edwards, Jesse Helms, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, North Carolina Democratic Party - Federal, Elaine Marshall, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Melvin L Watt
Richard Hohlt	Lamar Alexander, Richard Burr, Saxby Chambliss, Elizabeth Dole, Virginia Ann Foxx, Orrin Hatch, John McCain, Lauch Faircloth, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Bob Graham, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
Carl H Lindner	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Fritz Hollings, Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, Paul Coverdell, Lauch Faircloth, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
John K Castle	Lamar Alexander, Richard Burr, Elizabeth Dole, Orrin Hatch, John McCain, John Edwards, Paul Coverdell, Lauch Faircloth, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney

John Medlin

Former Wachovia CEO

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