Background
Cox,, Houston Abraham was born on May 21, 1918 in Starkville, Mississippi, United States. Son of Houston Abraham and Kathleen Drew (Tidmore) Cox.
financial and futures markets consultant
Cox,, Houston Abraham was born on May 21, 1918 in Starkville, Mississippi, United States. Son of Houston Abraham and Kathleen Drew (Tidmore) Cox.
Student, Mississippi State College, 1938. Bachelor, University Missouri, 1939. BJ, University Missouri, 1968.
News editor Station KPO, NBC, San Francisco, 1944-1945. President Station WCLE, Clearwater (Florida) Broadcasting Company, 1946-1950. Manager commodity department Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Palm Beach, Florida, 1951-1958.
General partner, manager national commodity department Reynolds & Company, New York City, 1963-1971. Vice president, national commodity department Reynolds Securities, Inc., 1971-1976. Vice president ACLI Community Services, Inc., 1976.
1st vice president Smith Barney Harris Upham & Company, Inc., 1977-1980. Managed portfolio advisor Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc., 1980-1985. Consultant on futures markets Cox Proprietorship, Sarasota, Florida, since 1985.
Board directors New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange New York, 1971-1973. Member New York Cotton Exchange, 1978-1980. Member Chicago Board Trade, 1964-1980, chairman New York membership committee, 1972-1980.
Member Chicago Mercantile Exchange, 1964-1976, Kansas City Board Trade, 1964-1976. Member New York Cocoa Exchange, 1974-1980, board managers, 1974-1980.
Chairman commodities committee Greater New York council Boy Scouts American, 1967-1968. Board directors Connecticut Young Life. Chairman official board United Methodist Church, Darien, Connecticut, 1966-1969, trustee, 1966-1969.
Member board trustees Perpetual Foundation, First United Methodist Church, Sarasota, 1994-1996. Member Gulf Gate Community Association, Sarasota, since 1990. Member National Futures Association (national arbitration panel since 1990), Futures Industry Association (board directors 1965-1980, chairman board 1971-1973), Society Professional Journalists, Swedish Colonial Society, Blue Key, Commodity Club New York (president 1965-1967, board directors 1963-1971), Kappa Sigma, Phi Eta Sigma, Sigma Delta Chi.
Married Margaret Virginia Wray, June 29, 1942 (divorced March 1989). Children: Marlys Kimbrough Cox Beetley, Kathleen McCleary Cox Burghardt, Anna Margaret Cox Christian. Married Gloria Algarra Roca, April 29, 1989.
Children: Maria Clara Ganley, Luis Felipe Roca.