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Adelson, Sheldon G.
Las Vegas Sands
278
Adkerson, Richard C.
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
135
Akerson, Daniel F.
General Motors
5
Akins, Nicholas K.
American Electric Power
176
Alexander, Anthony J.
FirstEnergy
160
Allen, Samuel R.
Deere
97
Alvarado, Joseph
Commercial Metals
326
Amos, Daniel P.
Aflac
128
Anastasio, Curtis V.
NuStar Energy
377
Anderson, Richard H.
Delta Air Lines
83
Anderson, Gerard M.
DTE Energy
287
Andreotti, Lamberto
Bristol-Myers Squibb
134
Angel, Stephen F.
Praxair
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Armstrong, Greg L.
Plains All American Pipeline
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Williams
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Austrian, Neil R.
Office Depot
233
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