R. W. Wilkinson
Director

Born: November 18, 1932 - Welch, WV
Hometown: Pineville, WV
Education: Pineville Public Schools (1938 - 1948)
Greenbrier Military School (1948 - 1951)
University of Virginia (1951 – 1955) Undergraduate, Earned B.S. in Education Majors in History and Public Speaking. Practice Teaching: Albemarle County High School
University of Virginia (1959 – 1962) Law School, Earned L.L.B. and Juris Doctor
Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers The State University, New Brunswick, NJ (Completed June, 1968)
While attending University of Virginia: All American in Basketball (1954-1955)
PHI KAPPA ALPHA SOCIAL FRATERNITY
PHI ALPHA DELTA LEGAL FRATERNITY
Member of ‘13’ Society Freshman Basketball Coach – 1956 Asst. Varsity Coach – 1958 Athlete of the Year – State of VA – 1955

Military Service: Army (1957 and 1958)
Resident: Bluefield, West Virginia
Profession: Banker – President & CEO
The First Century Bank, N.A. and
First Century Bankshares, Inc.
Church: Christ Episcopal (Past Senior Warden) (Basketball Coach)
First Century Bankshares, Inc.
Member of Board of Directors
President & Cheif Executive Officer

DIRECTORSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

West Virginia Bankers Association: Chairman
ProServe: Board of Directors
West Virginia Roundtable: Board of Directors
Council for Community & Economic Development: Board of Directors
Mercer County Development Authority: President
Bluefield Area Development Corporation: President
West Virginia State Chamber of Commerce: Board of Directors
University of Virginia Law School Business Advisory Board
West Virginia College of Graduate Studies: Board of Advisors
Bluefield State College Foundation: Treasurer
Hugh I. Shott, Jr. Foundation: President, Chairman & Executive Director
Ethel N. Bowen Foundation: Chairman
A. R. Matthews Foundation: Treasurer
Craft Memorial Library/Mercer County Service Center: Chairman
University of Virginia Heart Foundation: Board of Directors
Bluefield Health Systems: Chairman of the Board
Bluefield Regional Medical Center Foundation: Board of Directors and Chairman of the Board West Virginia Mansion Preservation Foundation: Board of Directors
Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce: Past President 1990
Southern Economic Development Council: 2001 Volunteer of the Year
WV Economic Development Council: 1991 Volunteer of the Year
State of WV – Financial Services Advocate of the Year: 1990
The West Virginia State Bar Association
The West Virginia Bar Association
Discover the Real West Virginia Foundation
Fellowship of Christian Athletes: State Board
Committee to Review the Higher Education Resource
Allocation Model
Resource Allocation Policies
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AFFILIATIONS WITH SOCIAL & PROFESSIONAL CLUBS

Fincastle Country Club, Bluefield, VA
Dunes Country Club, Myrtle Beach, SC
University Club, Bluefield, WV – Past President
University of Virginia Alumni – Past President
WV University Board of Trustees – Former Member
Virginia Episcopal School – Board of Directors (4 years)
Bluefield United Way – Past President
West Virginia Bankers, Trust Division – Past President
Citizen of the Year Award – Jaycees 1986
Boss of the Year Award – Jaycees 1982
Boss of the Year Award – Professional Secretaries, Inc. – 1978
Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
Small Business Administration – "Financial Services Advocate of the Year – 1990"
Bluefield Hardware Company
Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce’s Robert Francis
Hamilton Award for superior community services.
Memorial Elementary School Basketball Coach, 4 years – City Champs
Bluefield Rotary Club – Past President, Paul Harris Fellow, Rotarian of the Year
NABC – Silver Anniversary All American Team – 1980
The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award – 1992 (Presented by Bluefield College)
West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame – 1998

PREVIOUS AFFILIATIONS

Robert C. Byrd Hardwood Technology Center, Gardner, WV
Salvation Army Citizens Advisory Board
Mercer County Labor/Management Board
West Virginia State Labor Commission
Software Valley Foundation
Alternate to Republican National Convention – 1972
American Institute of Banking: Advisory Board
West Virginia Jobs Investment Trust Board
West Virginia Armature Company – Chairman
West Virginia Armature Company/Baker Superior Sterling Company – Board of Directors Bluefield Distributing Company – Chairman
Castle Rock Bank – Board of Directors
Mercer County Bank – Board of Directors
GTE-South – Board of Directors
The First National Bank of Bluefield – President & CEO
The Bank of Oceana – President & CEO
Bluefield Area Foundation, Inc. – Board of Directors