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Carroll Eugene Austin, American Insurance executive.

Background

Austin, Carroll Eugene was born on October 11, 1923 in Winchester, Indiana, United States. Son of Clarence E. and Olive Marie (Freeman) Austin.

Education

Graduate, Indiana Business College, 1946.

Career

Insurance agent, Campbell & Duff Insurance Agency, Richmond, Indiana, 1948-1951; field representative, Motor Vehicle Casualty Company, Elmhurst, Illinois, 1951-1963; insurance agent, partner, Reissig & Phair Agency, Hammond, Indiana, 1963-1975; insurance agent, owner, Reissig & Phair Agency, Hammond, Indiana, 1975-1980; insurance agent, owner, C.E. Austin Company, Inc., Munster, Indiana, 1980-1992; president, Bekan Insurance Group, Inc., Schererville, Indiana, since 1993.

Achievements

  • Carroll Eugene Austin has been listed as a noteworthy insurance executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Elder Christian Church, 1972-1993, trustee, finance committee chair 1974-1993. Chairman.St. John (Indiana) Police Commission, 1974-1982. With United States Army, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations.

Member Indiana Insurance Assemblies of God Theological Seminary of Indiana (president 1984), Honorary Order of Blue Goose International (treasurer since 1992), Hammond Exchange Club (president 1969-1970, 84-87), Woodmar Country Club (fellow member).

Connections

Married Ruth Sherrow, June 20, 1946. Children: Emily, Julie.

Father:
Clarence E. Austin

Mother:
Olive Marie (Freeman) Austin

Spouse:
Ruth Sherrow

child:
Julie Austin

child:
Emily Austin