George A. Schaefer

GEORGE A. SCHAEFER, JR. has been President and CEO of Fifth Third
Bancorp/Fifth Third Bank since January 1990. He was hired in 1971 as a
Management Trainee. He became the President and Chief Operating Officer
in April 1989. Mr. Schaefer is a member of the Cincinnati Business
Committee; Board Member of the University of Cincinnati; Board Member of
the United Appeal; Board Member of Children’s Hospital Medical Center;
Board Member of the Dan Beard Council of the Boy Scouts of America;
Board Member of the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce; Board Member
of the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati; Board Member of the
Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts, and Board Member of The Taft Museum.
Mr. Schaefer was in the U.S. Army Europe from 1967 to 1969; U.S. Army
Vietnam, 1969-1970, Bronze Star. Mr. Schaefer has a BS in Engineering
from U.S. Military Academy, West Point, 1967, and an MBA in Finance from
Xavier University, 1974. He is married with three children.