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Mr. Banton, 66, retired in December 2003 as President and as a director of SouthTrust Corporation. Mr. Banton previously had stepped down as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of SouthTrust Bank in October 2003. He joined SouthTrust in 1982 was named President in 1985 and in 1988 was named Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining SouthTrust Mr. Banton was in charge of Corporate and International Banking for Signet Bank in Richmond Virginia. He is also a director of Brookwood Hospital; the Metropolitan Development Board (Birmingham Alabama); Birmingham Area Chamber of Commerce; and Inroads Development Program. Mr. Banton is a past director of the Birmingham Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
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