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<\/p>\n<\/div>\nRex Elston Edgar<\/h1>\nClass of 1953<\/h2>\n
Rex Edgar, a standout high school and collegiate athlete, coach, banker, and Oklahoma National Guard lietenant colonel, was the first vice president of the Perry High School Alumni Association. A native of Hayward, OK, he moved with his parents to Perry as a child and entered the fifth grade. His brother, James, also attended Perry schools. <\/p>\n
Rex was a Member of the High School Honor society for four years. Wrestling at 148 lbs., he won the Geary Tournament as a junior and senior, and at State finished fourth as a junior and third as a senior. He was All-Conference Tight End and Co-Captain of the football team his senior year. He was All-State in Baseball and played in the 1953 Oklahoma All-Star Baseball game Aside from being on PHS sports teams all four years of High School, he also played Semi-Pro for the Perry Oilers Baseball Team (1952-56).<\/p>\n
Rex attended the University of Oklahoma (OU) on a wrestling scholarship, where he lettered for three years, was Big-Seven Champion at 167 lbs., an All-American by placing third in the NCAA Tournament, and a member of the 1957 National Championship Team. Rex was on the OU Freshman Baseball Team (1954). He graduated in 1958 with a Bachelor in Business Administration in Accounting. He later earned a Master of Science in Educational Administration at Oklahoma State University, and he graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, KS in 1976.<\/p>\n
Mr. Edgar has been highly successful as a coach, in banking, in the Armed Forces, and in service to his community. As the head wrestling coach at Perry High School (1961-69), his teams won six state championships (when there were only two classes, AA and A); he coached 21 individual state champions; and he was Coach of the Year for 1963, 64, 65, and 67. As head football coach from 1963-69, Rex took the Perry Maroons to three conference playoffs, and Perry celebrated its first undefeated football team since the 1940s. Rex was also a dedicated teacher and superior school administrator.<\/p>\n
In 1969, the Bank of Oklahoma in Tulsa recruited Rex as Vice-President and Manager for Trust Operations ($275 M in assets; his Regional Division included Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Kansas, and he oversaw $150 M in commercial loan assets). The First National Bank of Ponca City hired Mr. Edgar in 1975 as President and CEO, where Rex grew the Trust Department by $100 M in assets and Bank assets by $110 M. The United Bank of Del City called him to serve as President and CEO, and Chairman of the Board (1984-87). From there Rex become the President and CEO of the Bank of Del City (1987-91).<\/p>\n
Rex answered his nation’s call to help rescue the nation’s banking system from the early 1990s savings and loan (S&L) crisis. As the Assistant Director of the Oklahoma\/Arkansas\/Missouri Division of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) from 1991-94, he was responsible for the management and liquidation of 65 S&L businesses with assets over $1 B. After the FDIC, Rex took a position with the Bank of Boston as Manager of the Credit Card Division with 4 M credit cards from 1995-2004.<\/p>\n
Mr. Edgar served his country in the Oklahoma National Guard from 1958 to 1978. He was the Provost Marshal of the 1st Brigade, 45th Infantry Division; Commander of the ft-Battalion \u2014 179th Infantry \u2014Tulsa; and Commander of the ft Battalion-Infantry-Perry. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel.<\/p>\n
Rex has given to his community through church and community service as Youth Director \u2014 First Methodist Church, Perry (1960-69); Lay Minister \u2014 First Methodist Church, Coyle; Sunday School Teacher \u2014 First Methodist Church, Perry (1960-69); President \u2014 Lions Club, Perry and Ponca City; President \u00acChamber of Commerce, Ponca City and Del City; President \u2014 Economic Development, Ponca City and Del City; President \u2014 United Way, Ponca City and Del City; President \u2014 School Board, Ponca City; Finance Chairman \u2014 Salvation Army, Ponca City; currently Member \u2014 Asbury United Methodist Church, Tulsa.<\/p>\n
Rex retired in 2004. He has been married to Dovie Hanna Edgar, a graduate of Perry High School, for 51 years. They have two sons: Jeffery Layne Edgar of Fort Worth Texas; and Bryan Thomas Edgar of Oklahoma City. Rex and Dovie reside in Tulsa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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