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[[caption]] WM. C. DOUCE [[/caption]]

Wm. C. Douce was elected chief executive officer of Phillips Petroleum Company on April 29, 1980. In this capacity, he continued to hold the position of president, a post he assumed in 1974.

Douce joined Phillips in 1942, after graduating from the University of Kansas with a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering. His career took him into various activities of the company, including petroleum refining, plastics and rubber chemicals. In 1966, he advanced to the position of manager of the company's chemical department.

In January 1969 he was promoted to senior vice president and later that year was elected a director of the company. He became a member of the executive committee in April 1971. Five months later, he was advanced to the position of executive vice president and in October 1971 he became chairman of the executive committee. In 1974, he was elected president and chief operating officer.

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[[caption]] JESSE HILL, JR. [[/caption]]

Jesse Hill, Jr. is President and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Atlanta Life Insurance Company. Starting out as an actuarial assistant with Atlanta Life, his only employer throughout his career, in 1949, he worked his way up in the company and became President in 1973. His thirty years of service were interrupted from 1952 to 1954 for military duty in Korea. The Atlanta Life Insurance Company is the largest stockholder life insurance company or financial institution controlled by Black Americans from the standpoint of net worth.

Mr. Hill is also a director of Delta Air Lines, Inc., National Service Industries, Inc., Morse Shoe Company, The Sperry and Hutchinson Company, Trust Company of Georgia, Knight-Ridder Newspapers, Inc., Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT). Mr. Hill is a member of the American Academy of Actuaries, a member of the board of directors of the American Council of Life Insurance, a member of the board of directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a member of the board of directors of the Conference Board, chairman of the board of directors of the Martin Luther King Center for Social Change and vice chairman of the National Coalition.

Married to the former Azira Gonzales Sanchez, Mr. Hill and his wife have two daughters and reside in Atlanta.

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[[caption]] Corrin, King, Procop [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] Mr. and Mrs. Ferrar, Richardson and Guest [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] Guest, Johnson, Corrin [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] McCabe, Archer, King, Westbrook, Graves, Cunningham [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] Mr. and Mrs. Kleinart, Corrin,  Barzelay, Robinson [[/caption]]

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