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Larry Pollock is the President and Chief Operating Officer and a Director of the Cole National Corporation (NYSE: CNJ), owner of Pearle Vision stores and Cole Vision optical stores and Things Remembered personalized gift stores. Together, the two businesses maintain 2,900 locations in the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean, and Europe. Mr. Pollock has been a partner in the Independent Group Limited Partnership and an owner of broadcast properties. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Borders Group Incorporated (NYSE: BGP), which operates Borders Books and Walden Books.Prior to joining Cole National Corporation, Mr. Pollock utilized his management skills in the jewelry and home furnishings industries. From 1997 until it was merged with Waccamaw Corporation in June 1999, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of HomePlace Stores, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. He began his professional career in 1969 with J.B. Robinson Jewelers where his last position was President and Chief Executive Officer.From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Pollock was President and Chief Executive Officer of Karten's Jewelers, based in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and for the next two years was President and Chief Operating Officer of Zale Corporation, owner of 1,180 jewelry stores nationwide. Mr. Pollock holds trustee positions with the National Conference for Community and Justice in the Northern Ohio region, the Bellefaire Jewish Children's Bureau, and Menorah Park Center for Senior Living. Mr. Pollock received a BS in marketing/retailing from Ohio State University. | 