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Mr. Meyer, age 62, became one of our directors in February 2000 at the time of our acquisition of RailTex, Inc. Mr. Meyer served as a director of RailTex from 1977 until our acquisition of RailTex. Mr. Meyer currently serves as Of Counsel to the law firm Salans, Hertzfeld, Heilbronn, Christy & Viener. Mr. Meyer serves as Vice Chair of the Electricity Committee and the Railroad Committee of the Section of Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law of the American Bar Association. While in private practice, he was Division Attorney for the San Antonio Division of the Southern Pacific Railroad from 1969 to 1986. From January 1998 to his time of retirement in July 2000, Mr. Meyer was Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Central and South West Corporation, a public holding company for five electric utility companies operating in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and the United Kingdom. From 1988 to January 1998, Mr. Meyer was Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of Central and South West Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Central and South West Corporation. Mr. Meyer received his B.B.A. degree in finance and accounting from the University of Texas in 1961 and his L.L.B. from the University of Texas in 1964. Mr. Meyer is Chair of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.
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