THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, January 9, 1996               TAG: 9601090223
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: D1   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Daily Digest 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   20 lines

NATIONSBANK OFFICIAL TO RETIRE AT MONTH'S END

James Thompson, vice chairman of NationsBank Corp. and head of its global finance businesses, said Monday he plans to retire at the end of the month. ``For about a year, I have been considering the possibility of early retirement,'' Thompson said in a statement. ``I think the best time for me to do that is now.'' Thompson joined NationsBank predecessor NCNB in May 1963 as a management trainee. He became vice chairman in 1985. (AP) by CNB