Samuel L. Higginbottom is a retired executive officer of Rolls Royce Inc. (an aircraft engine manufacturer) where he served as Chairman President and Chief Executive Officer from 1974 to 1986. He was the Chairman of the Columbia University Board of Trustees from 1982 until September 1989. He was President Chief Operating Officer and a director of Eastern Airlines Inc. from 1970 to 1973 and served in various other executive capacities with that company from 1964 to 1969. Mr. Higginbottom was a director of British Aerospace Holdings Inc. an aircraft manufacturer from 1986 to 1999 and was a director of AmeriFirst Bank from 1986 to 1991. He is a Trustee Emeritus of St. Thomas University Miami Florida. |