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CEO Of The Nation's Largest Bank Talks About The Treasury Department's Plans For Buying Into Financial Firms

[dstadlin]

I worked for a predecessor bank to Bank Of America 1978-80 and was an acconting officer that workedon special projects. Something I will never forget is being in a meeting with senior management and hearing their vision for Virginia National Bank. Cliff Cutchins and Wright Harrison deserve the credit for the amazing growth of VNB into BOA. They had a vision that by the year 2000 VNB would be the largest national bank. Through a series of mergers their vision was accomplished. The most amamzing thing was that in those days, working for the bank was like being part of a family. I left to attend law school and in all my years in the business world, I have not encountered more visionary leadership with heart than that of VNB in the 80''s.