{{Infobox person | name = John Medlin | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = November 23, 1933 | birth_place = Elevation, North Carolina, U.S. | death_date = June 7, 2012 | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma_mater = University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | employer = | occupation = Business executive | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | political_party = | boards = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = }} '''John Grimes Medlin Jr.''' (November 23, 1933 – June 7, 2012) was the chief executive officer of Wachovia from 1977 to 1993.<ref name="John G. Medlin, Jr">{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/989/000096701/ |title=John G. Medlin, Jr |publisher=Nndb.com |date= |accessdate=2012-06-09}}</ref> He also served as chairman of the bank from 1988 to 1998.<ref name="bloomberg1">{{cite web|last=Arnold |first=Laurence |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-07/john-medlin-wachovia-ceo-as-assets-grew-10-fold-dies-at-78.html?industry=IND_BANKING&isub= |title=John Medlin, Wachovia CEO as Assets Grew 10-Fold, Dies at 78 |publisher=Bloomberg |date=1933-11-23 |accessdate=2012-06-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=John G. Medlin Jr. |url=http://blog.wellsfargo.com/guidedbyhistory/2012/06/john_g_medlin.html |title=John G. Medlin Jr. - Wells Fargo - Guided By History Blog |publisher=Blog.wellsfargo.com |accessdate=2012-06-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121216153647/http://blog.wellsfargo.com/guidedbyhistory/2012/06/john_g_medlin.html |archivedate=2012-12-16 }}</ref>
==Personal life== Medlin was born in Elevation, North Carolina to John G. Medlin Sr. and Mabel Stephenson.<ref name="John G. Medlin, Jr"/> He grew up on the family farm, moving to Benson, NC, during high school. The first member of his family to attend college, he studied at the University of North Carolina on a Navy scholarship. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1956.<ref name="John G. Medlin, Jr"/>
==Career== After graduating from college, Medlin served in the U.S. Navy as a paymaster aboard a submarine support ship from 1956 to 1959. After leaving the Navy, Medlin joined Winston-Salem-based Wachovia the same year. He was named president in 1974 and CEO in 1977.<ref name="reuters1">{{cite web|last=Rothacker |first=Rick |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/08/wachovia-medlin-idUSL1E8H7IVU20120608?feedType=RSS |title=Long-time Wachovia CEO John Medlin Jr., 78, dies |publisher=Reuters |date= |accessdate=2012-06-09}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> During his time as CEO, Wachovia's assets grew from $3.6 billion to $35.3 billion, making it the 20th largest bank in the country.<ref name="bloomberg1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/06/07/3299745/john-medlin-wachovias-fourth-ceo.html|title=Banking 'icon' John Medlin dies at 78|last=Dunn|first=Andrew|date=2008-05-19|publisher=Charlotteobserver.com|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130119004143/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/06/07/3299745/john-medlin-wachovias-fourth-ceo.html|archivedate=2013-01-19|url-status=dead|accessdate=2012-06-09}}</ref>
==Honors== In 1995, Medlin was inducted into the North Carolina Business Hall of Fame. He was honored in 1998 as the recipient of the Distinguished Citizens Award from the N.C. Citizens for Business & Industry. The North Carolina Bar Association honored Medlin "for outstanding contributions to the administration of justice in North Carolina” in 2008.<ref>[http://www.ncbar.org/about/communications/news/2008-news-articles/medlin-honored-by-ncba-bog.aspx Medlin Honored By NCBA Board of Governors]</ref> In the 1990s, Medlin was appointed by Chief Justice James G. Exum to serve on the North Carolina State Judicial Council and as chairman of the commission on the Future of Justice and the Courts in North Carolina.<ref>[http://www.nccourts.org/Citizens/SRPlanning/Documents/Medlinarticle.pdf "Judicial Independence Requires More Resources and Greater Management Flexibility"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616194240/http://www.nccourts.org/Citizens/SRPlanning/Documents/Medlinarticle.pdf |date=2012-06-16 }} by John Medlin and Rhoda Billings</ref>
==Death== Medlin died on June 7, 2012, from a heart attack while playing tennis.<ref name="reuters1"/>
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