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John L. Atkins, III has served as a director since March 2007. Mr. Atkins is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of O’Brien/Atkins Associates, PA, a multidisciplinary design services firm that he co-founded in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina in 1975. Named to the North Carolina Board of Architecture in 1978, Mr. Atkins served as Secretary-Treasurer, Vice President and two terms as President, before being named Emeritus Member in 1988. Mr. Atkins was elevated in 1991 to the American Institute of Architects’ College of Fellows, an honor only five percent of architects receive. Mr. Atkins serves as director, executive committee member and treasurer of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. He also serves as director of the North Carolina Railroad Company. Mr. Atkins is a licensed architect. In 2005, Mr. Atkins was awarded the American Institute of Architects-North Carolina Chapter’s F. Carter Williams Gold Medal, the Chapter’s highest individual honor, in recognition of his distinguished career, and was named the 2005 College of Design’s Distinguished Alumnus by North Carolina State University. In 2003, Mr. Atkins also received the Watauga Medal, the highest nonacademic honor bestowed by North Carolina State University in honor of individuals who have made significant contributions to the university’s advancement. Mr. Atkins holds a Bachelor of Architecture from North Carolina State University and a Master of Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. | 