Carter Furr, Jr. '91
Bert Young '95, and Sherwood Bowditch '99
"Top 40 Under 40"

Carter Furr, Jr. '91

CARTER FURR, JR., '91 was included in Inside Business magazine's 2003 "Top 40 Under 40" list, which selects community leaders under the age of 40, based on their success in business and their significant civic and volunteer activities in the Tidewater community. Furr, vice president of Signature Financial Management, Inc., serves on the financial development committee for the American Red Cross. Last year he chaired the Red Cross Links for Life golf tournament, helping it become the largest fundraising event in the history of the tournament. Furr is a graduate of Leadership Hampton Roads class of 2001, as well as an executive board member for the Norfolk Academy Alumni Association and past chairman of the NationsBank Chamber of Commerce Annual Membership Campaign. He is one of three Hampden-Sydney alumni on this year's list.

Bert Young '95

Also included was BERT YOUNG '95, president of Young Properties Management Corporation. He volunteers with the Suffolk Ruritan Club and is treasurer of the Suffolk Jaycees Peanut Festival Project. He is also chairman of the Jaycees' annual Christmas Tree Project, which, as the group's largest fundraiser, supports college scholarships for Suffolk High School seniors. He also serves on the executive committee of the Downtown Business Association for the city of Suffolk, a group of business leaders who work to revitalize the city's downtown area. Young, along with Sherwood Bowditch '99, is one of four people under the age of 30 on the list.

Sherwood Bowditch '99

SHERWOOD H. BOWDITCH '99 was included in Inside Business magazine's annual "Top 40 Under 40" edition, which selects community leaders under the age of 40 based on their success in business and their significant civic and volunteer activities in the Tidewater community. A commercial insurance account executive for Morgan Marrow, Bowditch believes that organizations should have frequent changes in leadership in order to stay active. In 1999 he restarted the dormant chapter of the Middle Peninsula Ducks Unlimited. That year the new chapter became the 11th biggest money raiser out of the 70 chapters in the state and 6th in large donor participation. After receiving the Area Chairman's Award in 2001 and 2002, he resigned from his position. "I think if you stick with things too long, they become your thing, and I didn't want that to happen," Bowditch told Inside Business. Recently, after running into a teenager who had dropped out of high school, he became aware of Gloucester High School's staggering dropout rate and got involved with the Boys and Girls Club. He is now vice chairman in charge of the organization's $200,000 capital fund drive. In March he was elected chairman of the Republican Party of Gloucester. Bowditch is one of four people under the age of 30 .