{"id":5932,"date":"2019-06-03T14:30:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T14:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=5932"},"modified":"2019-06-06T18:28:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T18:28:08","slug":"regions-names-mccrary-as-new-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=5932","title":{"rendered":"Regions names McCrary as new chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In December, Charles McCrary was named the new chairman of the board of Regions Financial Corp. and Regions Bank. McCrary, \u201973 mechanical engineering, is the former president and CEO of the Alabama Power Co. He headed Alabama Power from 2001-14, part of a 40-year career with the company and its parent, Southern Company. He served as Regions\u2019 lead independent director since 2014. He also served on the board of directors of AmSouth Bancorporation, a predecessor to Regions, from 2001-06.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCrary is a current at-large member of the university\u2019s board of trustees and a member of the State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame. 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