Thomas J. Malone
President and Chief Operating Officer
Milliken & Company

Tom Malone grew up in Mississippi. He graduated from Pearl River Junior College in 1960 and received his B.S. in Engineering in 1963 and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in 1966 from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Upon graduation, Dr. Malone joined Milliken & Company as a chemist in the Milliken Research Corporation. Over the years, he has held a number of different positions, including President of the Interior Furnishings Division and Milliken Chemicals, prior to being named company President and Chief Operating Officer in October 1983.

Malone is Chairman of the Industry Operating Board for the AMTEX (American Textile) Partnership, a research and development collaboration between the fibers, textiles, and fabricated products industry and DOE, DOE laboratories, other government agencies, and leading U.S. universities. The goal of AMTEX is to strengthen the competitiveness of this industry.

Malone was named 1994 Leader of the Year by Textile World and in 1995 was named Honorary Research Fellow in Textile Research by the Textile Research Institute. He holds many professional affiliations and is a member of the Chief Executives' Organization as well as a member of the President's Circle of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine. In addition, he is involved with the Council on Competitiveness and the World Business Council and serves on the Board of Textile Hall Corporation and the Board of Directors for Mercantile Stores Company.

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