December 30, 2002

• Terry Kelley Joins BankDallas as President and CEO
• Arkansas Banker Floyd L. Parker Elected President of Graduate School of Banking at LSU
• Gary Griffith Named President of First National Bank Blytheville, AR
• Federal Reserve Board Names Dick Driscoll, Chairman/President/CEO of First Savings Bank in Arlington, to Thrift Institutions Advisory Council (TIAC)
• Bank One Corp, Chicago, Withdraws Its Teller Fee

December 23, 2002

• Scott Heitkamp Promoted to CEO, Raleigh Crosby to EVP, and Danny Brooks to SVP, ValueBank Texas, Corpus Christi
• Union Planters National Bank, Memphis, TN, Names Danny Montelaro as New President of its Baton Rouge Market
• Arvest Bank, Little Rock, Taps Tom Fritsche as Executive Vice President /Lending Manager
• Mountain Bancshares, Yellville, AR, and Arvest Bank Group Inc., Bentonville, AR, in Merger Talks
• Melinda Chausse Named SVP/COO at Comerica Bank-Texas, Dallas

December 16, 2002

• Guaranty Bank, Dallas, Taps John T. Stuart III as Vice Chairman and Robert B. Greenwood as Chief Lending Officer
• SouthTrust Corporation, Birmingham, AL, and Founders Bancshares, Inc., Dallas, Agree to Merge
• Bank One Names Robert Ryder Head of Retail Banking for Central and North Louisiana
• Glen Rice Joins Intrust Bank's Oklahoma City Team as Senior Vice President of Commercial Lending
• Richard Bradford Lepore Appointed Senior Vice President, Citizens National Bank of Bossier City, LA
• Aubrey Garrison Joins Onebanc, N.A., Little Rock as Senior Vice President
  
  

December 9, 2002

• Lynn P. Hebert Promoted to President and CEO of West Carroll Community Bank, Oak Grove, LA
• Kevin Griffin Named Executive Vice President, Independent Bank, McKinney, TX
• Najvar Named Inaugural President, The Right Bank for Texas, N.A., Houston
• SNB Bank of Dallas, a Branch of Stillwater National Bank & Trust Co., Stillwater, OK, Opened Recently in Frisco, TX, with Len McLaughlin as President
• Former Houston Banker Joyce R. Cure Named President and CEO of American Bank, Baxter Springs, KS
• Texas Lawyer Names Five Attorneys as Top Texas Attorneys in Banking Law: Joseph M. Ford; William T. Luedke IV; Larry Temple; Peter G. Weinstock, and Don E. Wood. Ford Named Top "Go-To" Banking Lawyer.
  
  

December 2, 2002

• Mainbank, n.a., Dallas, Appointed Jerry Burnett as President and Director, and Two New Directors, William A. Mote and David Pendery
• Frank White, AR Banking Commissioner, Issued Order Requiring Bank Directors to Attend Training Classes
• TechMecca Financial Industry Technology Conference and Expo Set for December 4-6 in Austin
• Stan O'Neil Named NE Tarrant County Regional President of TexasBank, Weatherford, TX
• Michael M. Bush, President and CEO of Mississippi River Bank, Belle Chase, LA, has been Selected to Serve on the New Presidential Business Commission Representing LA
• Hugh Kincaid Has Been Named SVP, The Bank of Bentonville, AR