Julian Osbon
Description Julian W. Osbon, age 70, has been a director of the Company since December 1997. Mr. Osbon has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Osbon & Associates since 1997, a holding company that owns and operates Hancock Mill Development Company and The Marbury Center. Mr. Osbon was the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Osbon Medical Systems, Ltd. from 1989 through 1995. In 1995, Osbon Medical Systems, Ltd. was acquired by UROHEALTH Systems, Inc. and Mr. Osbon became President and Chief Operating Officer of UROHEALTH Systems, Inc. Mr. Osbon is a former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Accelerated Pharmaceuticals, a biotech startup company with proprietary technology for drug discovery based on computer modeling. Mr. Osbon is a former Chairman of CSRA Community Foundation, University Health Care Foundation, Historic Augusta, Inc., Augusta History Museum and Augusta Tomorrow. He currently serves as a member of the Wofford College board of trustees and the Medical College of Georgia Research Institute board. He is a former recipient of the ?State of Georgia SBA Business Person of the Year? award, and was selected as the recipient of the ?Spirit of Georgia? award for economic contributions to the State. He was appointed by the Governor of Georgia in 1999 to chair a Georgia Senate Joint Study Group to make recommendations about the future of the Medical College of Georgia and other Augusta area hospitals. The Georgia Cancer Initiative resulted from that effort, as did the separation of the MCG Hospitals into a stand-alone profit center. He also served in 2000 as a member of the MCG Presidential Search Committee. Mr. Osbon was also awarded the ?Presidential E? award by the President of the United States for innovative contributions to U.S. Exports and has been featured in business articles in The Wall Street Journal. To view the detailed information, you need to SUBSCRIBE with us. |
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