DANIEL P. AMOS, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF COLUMBUS-BASED AFLAC INC., ASSUMED THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF GEORGIA, AT THE ANNUAL DIRECTORS’ MEETING HELD MAY 23. HE REPLACED JOSEPH WHITE, A PARTNER AT THE ATLANTA LAW FIRM TROUTMAN SANDERS, WHO HELD THE POST FOR THREE YEARS.
DURING THE MEETING, WHICH WAS HELD AT THE OFFICES OF TROUTMAN SANDERS, MR. AMOS FOCUSED ON THE SOCIETY’S ORIGINAL MISSION STATEMENT PROMOTING MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE STATE OF GEORGIA. AFLAC IS A MULTINATIONAL INSURER WITH
ITS PRIMARY OPERATIONS IN THE U.S. AND JAPAN. MORE THAN 70% OF THE COMPANY’S REVENUES COME FROM JAPAN.
OTHER OFFICERS WHO WERE ELECTED BY VOTING REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SOCIETY FOR TERMS FROM JULY, 1996 TO JUNE, 1997 INCLUDE FIVE VICE CHAIRMAN: PAUL BOWERS, GEORGIA POWER CO.; KUNIO SUZUKI, THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI, LTD.; ROBERT W. ROSS, TURNER INTERNATIONAL INC.; JOHN STEED, PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER AND KEIICHI KITAMURA, MITSUI & COMPANY (USA), INC.
THE SOCIETY WILL BE HOSTING A RECEPTION AND DINNER FOR KUNIHIKO SAITO, THE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S., ON MONDAY, JUNE 3, AT THE HOTEL NIKKO ATLANTA BEGINNING AT 6 P.M. MR. SAITO’S VISIT TO ATLANTA WILL BE HIS FIRST AS THE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. THE COST OF THE RECEPTION AND DINNER IS $50 PER PERSON.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER FOR THE EVENT, PLEASE CONTACT THE SOCIETY AT (404) 524-7399.