G. Gilmer Minor III

G. Gilmer Minor III is Chairman Emeritus of Owens & Minor, Inc., a $8 billion, Fortune 200 national distributor of medical and surgical supplies as well as a healthcare supply chain management company. Owens & Minor serves hospitals, integrated healthcare systems, alternate care locations, group purchasing organizations, the federal government and consumers. The company also has established itself as a leader in the development and use of technology. The Company operates over 50 distribution centers across the country and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange as OMI.

Mr. Minor retired as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer in 2005 but continues as the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors.  Mr. Minor has been with Owens & Minor, Inc. all of his working life.  He served in various sales, operations and management capacities of increasing responsibility before becoming President in 1981 and Chief Executive Officer in 1984.  He was elected Chairman of the Board in May, 1994.  In April, 1999, Mr. Minor relinquished the President’s title. Mr. Minor is a 1963 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute with a BA in History.  In 1966, he received his MBA from The Colgate Darden School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia.

Mr. Minor is a dedicated volunteer and participant in a variety of civic, industry, and charitable organizations.  He serves on the Board of Directors of SunTrust Banks, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia), as well as Owens & Minor, Inc.  He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business Foundation and the Advisory Board of Trustees of the Virginia Health Care Foundation, having served as its chairman from July 2003 to June 2005. Mr. Minor is also a member of the Virginia Business Higher Education Council as well as the Virginia Business Council.

Mr. Minor received the United Negro College Fund’s Flame Bearer of Education Award in 1998.  He was recognized as Virginia Industrialist of the Year in 2001 and inducted into the 2003 Greater Richmond Business Hall of Fame.  In 2004, Mr. Minor received the Virginia Region Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award and the B’nai B’rith National Healthcare Award.  In 2008, the VMI Foundation awarded him their highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, for service to the Virginia Military Institute.

Mr. Minor is married to the former Charlotte Major of Portsmouth, Virginia, and they have two children and three grandchildren.  Mr. Minor's recreational interests are baseball and reading.