Flowers Foods Elects FSU's Dean Melvin Stith to Board of Directors
July 07 2004 - 4:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
Flowers Foods Elects FSU's Dean Melvin Stith to Board of Directors
THOMASVILLE, Ga., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of
directors of Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) has elected Melvin T. Stith,
Ph.D., dean of the College of Business at Florida State University,
to the company's board of directors. With the addition, Flowers
Foods' board expands to nine directors, seven of whom are
independent. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040707/CLW075 ) "We are
delighted to welcome a director of such stature and competence to
our board," said Amos R. McMullian, chairman of the board of
Flowers Foods. "Dr. Stith is well respected in his field and we
look forward to having his input as our board guides Flowers Foods'
overall business development and growth strategy." Dr. Stith has
been dean of the College of Business, Florida State University in
Tallahassee, Florida since 1991. He also is Jim Moran Professor of
Business Administration. Under Dr. Stith's leadership, the College
of Business has been consistently ranked as one of the top fifty
undergraduate programs in the country and, currently, the College
ranks in the top forty programs. A native of Jarratt, Virginia, Dr.
Stith received his undergraduate education at Norfolk State
University and his MBA and Ph.D. in Marketing from the School of
Management at Syracuse University. Dr. Stith serves on the board of
directors of Synovus Financial Corporation (NYSE:SNV) and
Correctional Services Corporation (NASDAQ:CSCQ). He previously
served on the board of directors of Rexall Sundown, Inc. and
Keebler Foods. Headquartered in Thomasville, Ga., Flowers Foods is
one of the nation's leading producers and marketers of packaged
bakery foods for retail and foodservice customers. Flowers operates
34 bakeries that produce a wide range of bakery products marketed
throughout the Southeastern, Southwestern, and mid-Atlantic states
via an extensive direct-store-delivery network and nationwide
through other delivery systems. Among the company's top brands are
Nature's Own, Cobblestone Mill, BlueBird, Mrs. Freshley's, and
European Bakers. For more information, visit
http://www.flowersfoods.com/ .
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040707/CLW075
http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Flowers Foods CONTACT:
Marta J. Turner, Senior Vice President of Corporate Relations of
Flowers Foods, +1-229-227-2348 Web site:
http://www.flowersfoods.com/
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