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Comments:  Mr. Leyden is a major U.S. collector of African Art. His collection is focused on the art of Côte d'Ivoire. Mr. and Mrs. Leyden have generously lent objects to the National Museum of African Art, and they have two magnificent pieces on loan at present in the permanent installation of sculpture.

Michael L. Lomax

Business: Arlington Management Services, Inc.
950 East Paces Ferry Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
(firm acquires and operates funeral homes and cemeteries)

Fulton County Government Center
Suite 10035
141 Pryor Street, S.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Home: 1478 Willis Mill Road, S.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30311

Born: October 2, 1947, Los Angeles, CA

Education: 1984, Ph.D., Emory University (American and Afro-American Literature)
1969, M.A., Columbia University (English Literature)
1968, B.A., (magna cum laude), Morehouse College, (English)

Affiliations: Chairman, Fulton County Budget Commission
Chairman, Fulton County Building Authority
Member, Fulton County Development Authority
Member, Fulton County Board of Health
Member, Delta of Georgia Chapter, United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa
Board of Trustees, Atlanta-Fulton County Public Library
Member, Atlanta Regional Commission
Board of Directors, Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau
Board of Directors, The Atlanta Botanical Garden, Inc.
Board of Trustees, Atlanta Historical Society
Kappa Boule, Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity
Emory University Museum Visiting committee
Vice Chairman, Democratic Leadership council
Member, Democratic Leadership Council
Member, Schomburg Commission for the Preservation of Black Culture
Board of Trustees, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University