Edwin Rucker Buford

Background

Buford, Edwin Rucker was born on February 19, 1935 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of John Edwin and Georgia Sue (Rucker) Buford.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration, North Texas University, 1957. Master of Business Administration, Texas Christian University, 1963.

Career

Cost analyst Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc., Grand Prairie, Texas, 1957-1961. Budget supervisor General dynamics corporation, Fort Worth, 1961-1966. Comptroller, plant manager Baifield Industries, Inc., Carrollton, Texas, 1966-1969.

Assistant corporation controller ATO, Inc., Cleveland, 1969. With Temtex Industries Inc., Dallas, since 1970, senior vice president, 1974-1978, president, since 1978, also director.

Politics

Social norms that assume different standards for women than for men in marriage are outdated and should be rejected. Laws in civil society should define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.

Views

The strong feature of Methodism is that prayers are not only led by an ordained minister, but often by a local preacher - a lay person who has been trained and authorized to lead worship and preach.

Membership

Member Finance Executives Institute, Chief Executives Round Table.

Connections

Married Virginia Elaine Hampton, February 15, 1958. Children: Berrick Rucker, John Blanchard.

Father:

John Edwin Buford

Mother:

Georgia Sue (Rucker) Buford

Spouse:

Virginia Elaine Hampton

child:

Berrick Rucker Buford

child:

John Blanchard Buford