Rex Earl Breeden

Background

Breeden, Rex Earl was born on October 19, 1920 in French Lick, Indiana, United States. Son of Charles Henry and Ella Zoe (Lashbrooks) Breeden.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Indiana State University, 1942.

Career

High school teacher, Clinton (Indiana) Public Schools, 1942-1943; designer, Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama, 1943; founder, chairman, Breeden, Inc. Realtors and Developers, Columbus, since 1952; founder, chairman, Blairex laboratories, Inc., Evansville, Indiana, since 1976; co-founder, Columbus Bank & Trust Company, since 1976; also board directors, Columbus Bank & Trust Company. Member Indiana Real Estate Commission, l965-73.

Achievements

• Rex Earl Breeden has been listed as a noteworthy real estate developer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board director Heritage Fund, Columbus, 1979-1980, William R. Laws Scholarship Foundation, Columbus, 1963-1967. Past president, member Indiana State University Board Trustees, Terre Haute, Indiana Lieutenant junior grade United States Navy, 1943-1946, PTO. Member Society Industrial and Office Realtors (president Indiana chapter 1982-1983), Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce (past president, Community Service award 1977), Beta Gamma Sigma. Clubs: Harrison Lake (president 1971-1972), Card Sound Golf (president 1992), Key Largo Anglers, Columbia, Meridian Hills, Skyline, Indiana Society.

Connections

Married Joy Rosalie Conley, April 19, 1941 (divorced 1961). Children: Rebecca S. Cseszko, Jeanne Kay Matson, Diane Louise Lee. Married Barbara Ann Horst, August 4, 1965 (divorced 1994).

Married Kathy Lyn Kain-Carr, June 10, 1995.

Father:

Charles Henry Breeden

Mother:

Ella Zoe (Lashbrooks) Breeden

Spouse:

Kathy Lyn Kain-Carr

Spouse:

Joy Rosalie Conley

Spouse:

Barbara Ann Horst

child:

Rebecca S. Cseszko Breeden

child:

Jeanne Kay Matson Breeden

child:

Diane Louise Lee Breeden