Mr. Bear is President of Bear Brothers, Inc. and Bear Lumber Company. In addition to his duties as chief executive of the two corporations, he is actively involved in project management, estimating and the procurement of new construction projects. He was born in Montgomery, Alabama in 1946, and graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1968. He then served in the U.S. Army for two years including a tour in Vietnam. Employed by Bear Brothers, Inc. in August 1970 he has been engaged in the general contracting business since that time. He became President of Bear Brothers, Inc. in 1986 and president of Bear Lumber Company in 2008.