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Sam Furrow was born in Roane County, Tennessee in 1941.\u00a0 In addition to his two degrees from the University of Tennessee, Mr. Furrow is a graduate of Repperts School of Auctioneering and the Certified Auctioneers Institute of Indiana University.\u00a0 His current business interests include owning Furrow Auction Company, Mercedes-Benz of Knoxville, Land Rover Knoxville, Land Rover Chattanooga, Jaguar Chattanooga, and real estate development and investments.
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Widely respected for his business acumen, Mr. Furrow serves on the board of advisors for AmSouth Bank in Knoxville and on the boards of directors of Goody\u2019s Family Clothing, the Innovo Group, Inc. and the Knoxville\/Knox County Public Building Authority.
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Mr. Furrow also serves in numerous volunteer capacities.\u00a0 Currently he is chairman of the board of directors for Leadership Knoxville and for the Knoxville Zoo.\u00a0 He is a past campaign chairman and a past chairman of the board of the United Way of Greater Knox County.\u00a0 He serves on the board of the Knoxville Area Chamber Partnership, the Beck Cultural Center, the Boy Scouts of America, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Knoxville, and Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Knoxville.\u00a0 He is past president of the Tennessee Auctioneers Association.
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He is a member of the Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame.\u00a0 The National Conference of Christians and Jews and the Senior Citizens Home Assistance Service have both honored Mr. Furrow for his active volunteerism.
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In 1992 Phi Delta Theta Fraternity recognized Mr. Furrow with the Fraternity\u2019s Raymond L. Gardner Alumnus of the Year award.\u00a0 He was Bond #1 at Phi Delta Theta\u2019s Tennessee Gamma chapter at the University of Tennessee.\u00a0 He has served the chapter as chapter adviser.\u00a0 He has also served Phi Delta Theta as a Province President and an Alumni Club President.\u00a0 Mr. Furrow became a member of the Phi Delta Theta Foundation\u2019s Board of Trustees in 2003.
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He met his wife, Ann Baker Furrow, when she was the Sweetheart of Phi Delta Theta at Tennessee Gamma chapter.  They have two children:  Lee Ann Furrow-Tolsma, a graduate of Duke University, and Samuel Joseph Furrow, Jr., a graduate of Vanderbilt University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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