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Re: alexindef post# 1281

Tuesday, 08/12/2008 10:56:40 PM

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 10:56:40 PM

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Yates is an engineer, lawyer, BOD of Boyd Gaming - Las Vegas.

William G. Yates, Jr. Appointed to Boyd Gaming's Board of Directors

LAS VEGAS, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD) announced today that William G. Yates, Jr., 56, has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors.Mr. Yates is replacing Kenny C. Guinn, who resigned from the 11-member Board to focus on his Nevada State, gubernatorial campaign.
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Mr. Yates is Chief Executive Officer of W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co. which he founded with his father in 1963.W.G. Yates & Sons is one of the largest contractors in Mississippi and works throughout the southeast.

Commenting on the appointment, William S. Boyd, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, "Bill Yates has a high level of integrity and an impressive record of accomplishment in the commercial construction field, making him ideally suited to enhance Boyd Gaming's Board.
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Mr. Yates graduated from the University of Mississippi with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in 1963 and a Juris Doctor degree in 1965.He and his wife, Nancy, live in Philadelphia, Ms.

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