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<DESCRIPTION>CERTIFICATION OF PRESIDENT & CHAIRMAN
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                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


     In connection with the Annual Report of Capital Southwest  Corporation (the
"Company")  on Form 10-K for the year  ended  March 31,  2003 as filed  with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, William
R. Thomas, President and Chairman of the Board of the Company, certify, pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002, that:

1.   The Report fully complies with the  requirements  of section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.   The information  contained in the Report fairly  presents,  in all material
respects,  the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.




Date:  June 13, 2003                             By: /s/ William R. Thomas
       -------------                                ----------------------------
                                                    William R. Thomas, President
                                                    and Chairman of the Board



A signed  original of this  written  statement  required by Section 906 has been
provided  to  Capital  Southwest  Corporation  and will be  retained  by Capital
Southwest Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or
its staff upon request.



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