Samuel W. Bartholomew, Jr.

Mr. Bartholomew is a founder and chairman of Stokes Bartholomew Evans & Petree, P.A.. After graduation from West Point, he was an airborne ranger and was commissioned as an armored cavalry officer, serving tours of duty in Europe, Panama and Vietnam.

Mr. Bartholomew graduated from Vanderbilt Law School in 1973, Order of Coif and was a Law Review Editor. From 1974 to 1984 he was an adjunct professor, teaching at Vanderbilt Law School and Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. He is past chairman of the Vanderbilt Law School Dean's Council and has served on the Law School Alumni Board.

In 1984, President Reagan appointed Mr. Bartholomew to the Board of Directors of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae). He has served on the Board of the Tennessee Housing Development Agency and was appointed a Federal Land Commissioner by the U. S. District Court. He has served on several corporate Boards, including SunTrust Bank of Tennessee and Corrections Corporation of America, and presently serves on the Board of Union Planters Corporation.

Mr. Bartholomew has been active in state economic development and served as Director-General of the first Tennessee Trade Mission to France and has served on the Board of the Tennessee European Economic Alliance, Trustee of the Tennessee Technology Foundation, Tennessee Economic Education Council, Chairman of the Nashville Business Incubation Center and currently serves as general counsel to Tennessee Tomorrow, Inc.

Professionally, he is a member of the Nashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations and a Fellow in the Tennessee and Nashville Bar Foundations. He is past chairman of the Legal Committee of Airports Council International.

Active civically, Mr. Bartholomew currently serves on the Boards of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, Nashville YMCA, Middle Tennessee Football Foundation, Sergeant York Foundation and the Family Foundation. He is past chairman of the Nashville Rotary Club, Salvation Army, St. Thomas Hospital, West Point Society and the Tennessee U.S. Olympic Committee and served on the Boards of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce (three terms), Tennessee NFL Committee, Cumberland Museum, American Cancer Society, M.S. Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Tennessee Family Institute, Nashville Sports Council, Music City Bowl, First Priority of America and Tennessee Police Athletic League.

Politically, Mr. Bartholomew served as chairman of the 1984 Tennessee Reagan-Bush Committee and was a delegate to the 1984 Republican Convention. He was State Campaign Director for Senator Howard Baker in 1972 and various other positions with Senator Baker, Lamar Alexander and other Republican candidates since 1970. He also co-chaired Lamar Alexander's 2002 U.S. Senate Campaign. Mr. Bartholomew is past chairman of the Governor's Prayer Breakfast, served as State Chairman of the Vietnam Leadership Program and Vietnam Memorial and was presented the Governor's Outstanding Tennessean Award in 1984. He was vice chairman of the 2000 Billy Graham Crusade in Nashville.