ELMO J. HURST, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Elmo J. Hurst has been an outstanding businessman and philanthropist in West Virginia and across the nation for over fifty years. After graduation from WVU in 1953 with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Mining Engineering and three years as Lieutenant (J. G.) in the United States Navy, he began work as an assistant Chief Engineer and assistant to the Vice President and General Manager of Winding Gulf Coals Inc. in West Virginia. He became Vice President and General Manager Of Lively Manufacturing and Equipment Company and J. O. Lively Construction Company. When these companies were sold to Elgin National Industries in 1969, he became President of both. In 1972 he became Executive Vice President and director of Elgin. He retired in 1988 as President of Elgin. Soon after, he purchased controlling interest in the Miller Bearing Company and Almega/Tru-Flex, Inc. and became Chairman and CEO of both companies. He also is Chairman and CEO and owns controlling interest of Mountain State Home Care, Inc. and AmeriCare Management Services, Inc. and serves on the Board of Directors of several engineering and financial and banking organizations.

The accomplishments of Hurst's professional activities are matched by his philanthropic efforts. He was instrumental in establishing the Beckley Area Foundation. He served as chair and member of the WVU Foundation Board of Directors for more than 20 years and has also served the University as a member of the College of Engineering Visiting Committee, the College of Minerals and Energy Resources Advisory Committee, Vice Chairman of "The Campaign" for WVU and as a member of the Executive Council of the Alumni Association.

The University has honored him by inducting him into The Order of Vandalia, Woodward Circle, The Irving Stewart Society, and selected him as WVU Mountaineer in 1980. The University also honored Elmo and his wife Betty by naming the atrium of the Minerals and Energy Resource Building in their honor.

He has generously donated his time and money in serving West Virginia in such organizations as the West Virginia Housing Authority Board, Governor Arch Moore's Advisory Council for Technical Services, the Beckley YMCA, and was instrumental in the foundation of the Women's Resource Center in Beckley. One measure of his important contributions to the Beckley community is the Spirit of Beckley Community Service Award he received in 1996.

MILITARY SERVICE:

Lieutenant (J. G.) United States Navy

1953: Officer Candidate School
Newport, Rhode Island
Graduated and Commissioned
Ensign, U.S.N.R.

1954: U.S. Naval Harbor Defense School
Treasure Island
San Francisco, California

1954-1956: Commanding Officer
U.S. Naval Harbor Defense Unit,
Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone

OCCUPATIONS:

1956-1960: Assistant Chief Engineer
Winding Gulf Coals, Inc.
Tams, West Virginia

1960-1967: Vice President and General Manager
Lively Manufacturing and Equipment Com.
Glen White, West Virginia

1967-1969: Executive Vice President
Lively Manufacturing and Equipment Com.
Glen White, West Virginia

1969-1987: Executive Vice President and Director
Elgin National Industries, Inc.
120 South Riverside Plaza
Chicago, Illinois

President and Director
J.O. Lively Construction Company
Glen White, West Virginia

President and Director
Toner Construction Company
Glen White, West Virginia

Vice President and Director
Roberts & Schaefer Company
Chicago, Illinois

Vice President and Director
Centrifugal & Mechanical Industries, Inc.
St. Louis, Missouri

Vice President and Director
ENI Engineering Company
Monroeville, Pennsylvania

Vice President and Director
Langley & Morgan Corporation
Harlan, Kentucky

Vice President and Director
Mining Controls, Inc.
Beckley, West Virginia

Vice President and Director
Clinch River Corporation
Tazewell, Virginia

Vice President and Director
Norris Screen Manufacturing Company
Princeton, West Virginia

Vice President and Director
Chandler Products, Inc.
Euclid, Ohio

1986-1988: Vice President and Director
Ohio Rod Products
Versailles, Indiana

Vice President and Director
Fasteners, Inc.
Michigan City, Indiana

Vice President and Director
Cornell Manufacturing Company
Orangeburg, New York

1987-1988: President
Elgin National Industries, Inc.
120 South Riverside Plaza
Chicago, Illinois

1988-1997: Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Miller Bearing Company, Inc.
Breman, Indiana

1972-1992: Member Board of Directors and Executive Committee and Chairman of Trust Committee
Beckley National Bank
Beckley, West Virginia

1992-1996: Member Board of Directors Bank One West Virginia
Charleston, West Virginia

1989 - Present: Member Board Trustees - United Mineworkers
1985 Construction Workers, Pension Plan
Washington, D.C.

1989 - Present: Member Board Trustees
1978 Retired Construction Workers Benefit Trust
Washington, D.C.

1992 - Present: Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Almega / Tru Flex, Inc.
Bremen, Indiana

1999 - Present: Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Mountain State Health Care, Inc.
Beckley, West Virginia

2000 - Present: Member Board of Directors
Old Florida Bank
Fort Myers, Florida

2001 - Present: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
AmeriCare, Inc.
Beckley, West Virginia

PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS:

Registered Professional Engineer, State of West Virginia, State of Minnesota, and State of Ohio

Past President and Director of the Association of Bituminous Contractors

Member National Society of Professional Engineers

Member West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers

Member and Past President Appalachian Chapter, West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers

Member American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers

Member and Past Chairman Coal Preparation Committee, Society of Mining Engineers

Member American Mining Congress

Member Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute

Member and Past President New River and Winding Gulf Mining - Electrical and Mechanical Institute

Member Organizing Committee 5th International Congress of Coal Preparation

Past Member - College of Engineering Visiting Committee - West Virginia University

Past Chairman and Member of the Advisory Committee, College of Minerals and Energy Resources, West Virginia University

Past Member of the Executive Council, West Virginia University Alumni Association

Past Member - Governor's Advisory Council for Technical Services, State of West Virginia

Past Director of the West Virginia Housing Development Fund

Past Chairman and Director of Women's Resource Center

Past President and Chairman - King Coal Club

Founding Member Board of Directors of the Beckley Area Foundation

Past Chairman and Member of Board of Directors WVU Foundation, Inc.

Vice Chairman of "The Campaign" for West Virginia University

HONORS AND AWARDS:

1994 - West Virginia University - Order of Vandalia

1996 - Governor Distinguished West Virginian Award (Governor Caperton)

1996 - Spirit of Beckley Award

1998 - West Virginia University - Irving Stewart Society

2004 - West Virginia University - Member Woodburn Circle Society

2004 - West Virginia Business Hall of Fame

2004 - Governor Distinguished West Virginian Award (Governor Wise)