BIOGRAPHY

Jackson T. (Jack) Stephens

Jack Stephens is Chairman of Stephens Inc., a diversified financial group, of Little Rock, Arkansas.

Born on August 9, 1923, he was the youngest of six children.  He attended public schools in Prattsville, Arkansas and later graduated from Columbia Military Academy, Columbia, Tennessee.  He attended the University of Arkansas and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1946.

He returned to Little Rock and joined his brother, W.R. “Witt” Stephens, in a business venture that became Stephens Inc.  He served as President of the company from 1957 until 1986.

During his career, he has received numerous recognitions, including the Horatio Alger Award in 1980.  He has served on the board of the Little Rock Boys Club, the Quapaw Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and has been instrumental in several fund-raising activities for local hospitals.  He served on the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees from 1948 to 1958 and received a Distinguished Alumnus Citation in 1965.  He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Law Degree from the University in 1985.  In 1989, he was the first recipient of the annual J. William Fulbright Award given for international trade development.

He has served as a member of the board of directors of Missouri Pacific Railroad, Burlington Northern, Inc., Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Systematics, Inc., and Dillards.  He is currently on the board of Metzler Corporation of New York, an affiliate of B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co., of Frankfurt, Germany.

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03/30/07