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Mr. Perkins has served as a director of the Company since February 1998. Mr. Perkins retired from Jewel Companies Inc. the retail supermarket and drug chain in 1983. He had been with Jewel since 1953 serving as President from 1965 to 1970 as Chairman of the Board of Directors from 1970 to 1980 and as Chairman of the Executive Committee until his retirement. He has served on a number of corporate boards and is currently a director of LaSalle Hotel Properties three Jones Lang LaSalle REITs and several start-up companies. For more than 30 years he has served on corporate boards including AT&T Aon Corning Cummins Engine Eastman Kodak Firestone Inland Steel Industries Kmart Lucent Technologies The Putnam Funds Springs Industries and Time-Warner Inc. He is Honorary Chairman of the Illinois Coalition and Protector of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Continuity Trust. Mr. Perkins is a trustee and Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University. He is also a member of the Civic Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago a Director of Leadership for Quality Education and a member of Blue Ridge Partners Potomac Ventures and RoundTable Healthcare Partners L.P. Advisory Boards. Mr. Perkins holds a B.A. degree from Yale University and an M.B.A. degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. | 