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B. William Millard Choate
1. College and Early Work Experience
Choate graduated from Vanderbilt University around 1973 with
a bachelor of arts degree. After graduation, he worked for about
a year for Boyce Steel Co., a structural steel fabrication
company, where he estimated bids and fabricated structural steel.
Choate worked for Gray Construction Co. in Glasgow,
Kentucky, approximately from 1974 to 1977. He worked as an
estimator, a project manager, an assistant superintendent, and a
superintendent. He returned to Nashville around 1977 and worked
for about a year at Foster & Crayton Co. in a management training
program and as an estimator and project manager. He also worked
as a concrete form worker and carpenter.
2. Toon Construction Co.
Choate was a manager at Toon Construction Co. (Toon) in
Atlanta, Georgia, from 1978 to 1986. Choate was Toon's chief of
operations beginning in 1979 or 1980.
Choate hired David Barrett (Barrett) in 1981, assigned him
to a construction project, and trained him. Choate hired Patrick
Freese (Freese) to serve as an estimator around 1985. Choate
hired Jeff Dudley (Dudley) in 1986. Dudley had no background in
construction. Choate believed that Dudley would be good at
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