Trustee Biography

George L. Bunting, Jr.

Chairman of the Board

In 1991, George L. Bunting, Jr. retired from Noxell Corporation (a Procter & Gamble Company as of 1989) as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. He served as Chairman of the Boards of Johns Hopkins Health Systems and Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1994 to 1998, as well as Johns Hopkins Medicine from 1996 to 1998. He was Vice-Chair of the Board of Johns Hopkins University from 1996 to 1998 and again from 2002-2007. George is currently a Trustee Emeritus of Johns Hopkins Medicine and Johns Hopkins Health System. He was a Trustee for Johns Hopkins University from 1985 to 2011.  George was a Director of Crown Central Petroleum Corporation, Mercantile Bankshares Corporation, USF&G Corporation, PHH Corporation, Bell Atlantic – Maryland, Inc., Maryland National Bank, and Baltimore Equitable Society. He currently serves on the boards of several non-profit institutions including The Greenwall Foundation; T. Rowe Price Charitable, Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies; and Chesapeake Bay Foundation. 

 George chaired the Governor’s Employment Training Commission under Governor Harry R. Hughes from 1984-86. He served on the Board and Executive Committee of The Cosmetic, Toiletry & Fragrance Association (CTFA), having served as Chairman of CTFA from 1990-91 and from 1979-81. He served on both the Board and Executive Committee of The Nonprescription Drug Manufacturers Association from 1975-85. A Baltimore native, George is a graduate of Loyola College in Baltimore and received his MBA in marketing from Columbia Business School.