Thomas D. Bell, Jr., chairman of SecurAmerica LLC, has been elected a director of Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS), Norfolk Southern Chairman, President and CEO Charles W. Moorman announced on Jan. 26.
Bell retired as chairman and chief executive officer of Cousins Properties in July 2009. He previously served as chairman and CEO of the advertising and communications firm Young and Rubicam Inc., vice chairman and director of Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, executive vice president of Ball Corporation, chairman of the Center for Naval Analysis, and president and CEO of the Hudson Institute. In addition, during the Reagan administration he chaired the Committee on the Next Agenda as well as the Workforce 2000 Advisory Committee for the Secretary of Labor.