Joseph Lamar Lanier

JOSEPH LAMAR LANIER, JR., is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Dan River, Inc. Prior to joining Dan River, he was President of Georgia
Textile Manufacturers Association. He has been a Director of that
company as well as of American Textile Manufacturers Institute, Textile
Hall Corporation and Virginia Manufacturers Association. His other
affiliations include: Trustee, Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer
University; Trustee, J.E. Sirrine Textile Foundation, Inc., Textile Hall
Corporation; member of the Boards of Directors, Sun Trust Bank of
Georgia, Sun Trust Banks, Inc., Flowers Industries, Inc., Torchmark
Corporation, DIMON Incorporated and Waddell Reed Financial, Inc. Mr.
Lanier graduated from Washington and Lee University with a B.S. degree
in Commerce in 1954 and attended Harvard Graduate School of Business in
1955. In 1987, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science degree by
Auburn university, the same year he was inducted into the Alabama
Academy of Honor. In 1988 he was awarded New York Board of Trade’s ‘Man
of the Year’ Award. Mr. Lanier lives in Alabama with his wife, Ann. They
have two children. His hobbies include: hunting, fishing, golfing and
boating.