Eileen S Kraus

EILEEN S. KRAUS, retired, served as Chairman, Fleet Bank, Connecticut, a subsidiary of Fleet Boston Financial, from 1995 to 2000. She had been President, Shawmut Bank Connecticut, N.A., and Vice Chairman of Shawmut National Corporation since 1992; Vice Chairman, Connecticut National Bank and Shawmut Bank, N.A. since 1990; and Executive Vice President of those institutions since 1987. She is the lead director of Kaman Corporation, a director of Rogers Corporation, and chairman of the advisory board of Ironwood Mezzanine Fund I. Mrs. Kraus is 69 years old and has been a director since October 1993. She is Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Executive Committee. Mrs. Kraus' term will expire at the 2009 Annual Meeting.