John R. Bartels

John R.
Bartels, Jr. aged 69 yrs has served as a director of the Company since January 2002.
He currently is of counsel at the law firm of Bartels & Feurelsen LLP where he was a senior partner from 1988 until 2002.
From 1986 to 1992, He served as a member of the Board of Directors, and general counsel, of Florida Digital Network, Inc. He also has served as special labor counsel to several corporations and local businesses.
He received his B.A., Magna Cum Laude, from Harvard University in 1956, and an LL.B.
in 1960.
He attended the University of Munich in 1957 as a Fulbright Scholar where he was an Adenauer Scholar.
His professional credits include: Adjunct Professor, Rutgers University School of Law 1969-1971; Instructor, Trial Advocacy, Pace Law School 1978-1986, Assistant U.S.
Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1964-1968; Recipient, Outstanding Service Award, U.S.
Department of Justice 1970; and Chief, Organized Strike-Force, U.S.
Department of Justice, Newark, New Jersey.
In 1972 and 1973, He was counsel to Governor Nelson Rockefeller, where he served as Chief Investigator on the "Hoover Commission" to investigate and recommend improvements to New York City government.
Additionally, from 1972 to 1973, he was the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the U.S.
Department of Justice, Criminal Division.
From 1973 to 1975, he was the first Administrator for the U.S.
Drug Enforcement Administration, established by Congress in 1973, and in 1974 he was a Delegate from the U.S.
Delegation to the U.N.
Commission of Narcotic Drugs.
His professional memberships include The New York State and American Bar Associations, and he is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
He was a recipient of the Pace Law School Leadership Award in 1990 and received the Commissioner's Award from the Royal Mounted Canadian Police in 1974.