A 1961 graduate of Savannah Country Day School, Mr. Tenenbaum graduated from Emory University with a Bachelor's of Arts degree in History. He went on to do graduate studies in American Studies at the University of Minnesota. In 1967, he went to work in his family business, Chatham Steel Corporation, from which he retired in 2000 as Vice-President.An outstanding citizen of the State of South Carolina, Mr. Tenenbaum presently serves as chairman of the Alston Wilkes Foundation, trustee of both the Columbia Jewish Foundation and the Columbia Museum of Art, and chairman of the Alumni Advisory Committee to the Institute of Jewish Studies at Emory University. He is also a member of Habitat for Humanity, First Union Bank Advisory Board, The Richard W. Riley Institute of Furman University, and The Kosmos Club.