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Robert H. Chapman III

Job Title/Position - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Treasurer

Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina - May 5, 1951

Married with two children

Member of The First Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg (Former Deacon)

Education:   National Cotton Council - Cotton Leadership Program 1989-1990
    Harvard Business School - Program for Management Development 1986
    Institute of Textile Technology - The Management of Textile Technology 1982
    University of the South, Sewanee, TN - 1969 - 1973 B.A. Economics
    Spartanburg Day School - graduated 1969

Employment:  Inman Mills - July 1976 to present
   December 2003 to Present - Chairman, CEO & Treasurer
   January 1991 to December 2003 - President and Treasurer
   June 1986 - December 1990 - Vice President
   December 1984 - June 1986 - Assistant Vice President
   December 1984 - Elected Director of Inman Mills
   June 1979 - December 1984 - Plant Manager
   July 1976 - 1979 - Management Trainee
   The C&S National Bank - July 1973 - June 1976

Current Board Member: Inman Mills (1984 to Present)
   Tuscarora Yarns, Inc. (2000 to Present)
   Advance America (2004 to Present)
   Linville Resorts (2003 to Present)
   Sage Automotive Interiors, Inc. (2009 to Present)

Past Member of Board of Carolina Golf Association 1976-1980
Past Member of Board of SCTMA, Plant Managers Division 1988-1991
Past Member of Board of Spartanburg Chamber of Commerce 1984
Past Member of Board of Spartanburg Development Association 1984-1987
Past Member of Board of United Way 1985–1988, 1996-1999
Past Member of Board of Spartanburg Arts Council 1981-1989, President 1985-87
Past Member of Board of Doctors Memorial Hospital 1987-1994
Past Member of Board of Spartanburg Y.M.C.A. 1993-1996
Past Member of Board of New York Cotton Exchange
Past Member of Board of Independent Colleges & Universities of SC, Inc.
Past Member of Board of Spartan Communications, Inc. 1996-2000
Past Member of State Board for Technical & Comprehensive Education 1988-2000
Past Member of Board of South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance (President, May 1999-May 2000)
Past Member of Board of Spartanburg Regional Medical Center Foundation (Chairman, 1998)
Past Member of Board of American Textile Manufacturers Institute
Past Member of Board of Bank of America -- Local Advisory Board
Past Member of Board of Spartanburg County Foundation (1996-2003)
Past Member of Board of FabTech Industries (November 2000 to May 2004)
Past Member of Board of South Carolina Technical College System Foundation (2001 to 2004)
Past Member of Board of J. E. Sirrine Foundation (1995 to 2005)
Past Member of Board of Mary Black Foundation (2005 to 2007)
Past Member of Board of The Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg (2002 to 2008)
Past Member of Board of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company - South Carolina Advisory Board (1996 to 2009)
Past Member of Board of Converse College (2002 to July 2010)
Past Member of Board of Bumper2Bumper Media Corp. (2001 to February 2011)
Past Member of Board of YMCA of Greater Spartanburg (2005 to January 2011)