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Article: The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Behind the News Column.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- January 26, 1998
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By Cliff Glickman, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jan. 26--CHAIRMAN WHO LED ITS RECOVERY BIDS IJL FAREWELL: Parks Dalton was asked the other day what he liked about being a chief executive. His answer would surprise most people who know him well.
"It was a great ego ... " was the first thing out of his mouth, though the words slowed and stopped before he got out the word "boost."
Modesty is a trait rarely seen, or even sought, in a CEO. Dalton, who built Interstate Securities into a regional brokerage firm, then led the recovery of successor Interstate/Johnson Lane, managed to remain a modest man ...