Robert Edward Knight

Background

Knight, Robert Edward was born on November 27, 1941 in Alliance, Nebraska, United States. Son of Edward McKean and Ruth (McDuffee) Knight.

Education

Graduate School Banking, 1972, Colorado Graduate School Banking, 1975-1982, American Graduate School Banking, U. Wisconsin

Graduate School Arts & Scis Council

Graduate School Banking, Box Butte County Development

Career

Assistant professor United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland., 1966-1968. Lecturer U. Maryland., 1967-1968. Finance economist Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas Missouri, 1968-1970, research officer, economist, 1971-1976, assistant vice president, secretary, 1977, vice president, secretary, 1978-1979.

President Alliance (Nebraska) National Bank, 1979-1994, also chairman, 1983-1994.

President Robert Knight Associations, banking and economics consultant, Cheyenne, 1979. Chairman Eldred Foundation, 1985.

Visiting professor, chair banking and finance East. Tennessee State University, Johnson City, 1988. Member of faculty Stonier Graduate School Banking, 1972, Colorado Graduate School Banking, 1975-1982, American Institute Banking, U. Missouri, Kansas City, 1971-1979, Prochnow Graduate School Banking, University of Wisconsin.

Member extended learningfaculty Park College, 1996.

Member Council for Excellence for Bureau Business Research U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1991-1994, member Graduate School Arts & Scis Council, Harvard, 1994. Chairman Taxable Municipal Bondholders Protective Committee, 1991-1994. Trustee, 1984-1985, Knox Presbyterian Church, Overland Park, Kansas, 1965-1969.

Board regents National Commercial Lending School, 1980-1983.

Member Downtown Improvement Committee, Alliance, 1981-1994. Trustee U. Nebraska Foundation.

Board directors Stonier Graduate School Banking, Box Butte County Development Commission, Nebraska Com.for Humanities, 1986-1990. Member finance committee United Methodist Church, Alliance, 1982-1985, trustee, 1990-1993.

Box Butte County Industrial Development Board, 1987-1994.

Member Nebraska Committee for the Humanities, 1986-1990. Woodrow Wilson fellow, 1963-1964.

Achievements

• Robert Edward Knight has been listed as a noteworthy bank executive, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Stonier Graduate School Banking, 1979-1982, Nebraska Committee for Humanities, 1986-1990, People of Faith (Royal Oaks) Foundation, 2000-2004. Trustee Knox Presbyterian Church, Overland Park, Kansas, 1965-1969. Board regents National Commercial Lending School, 1980-1983.

Member Downtown Improvement Committee, Alliance, 1981-1994. Trustee University Nebraska Foundation, 1982-1994. Finance committee United Methodist Church Alliance, 1982-1985, trustee, 1990-1993.

Member Box Butte County Industrial Development Board, 1987-1994. Board member, treasurer Sun City Homeowners Foundation, Sun City, Arizona, 2005-2007. Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Knight Museum Foundation, since 1994.

Member American Economic Association, American Finance Association, Southern Economic Association, Nebraska Bankers Association (committee state legislation 1980-1981, committee commercial loans and investments 1986-1987), American Institute Banking (state committee for Nebraska 1980-1983), American Bankers Association (economic advisory committee 1980-1983, community bank leadership council), Western Economic Association, Rotary, Masons.

Connections

Married Eva Sophia Youngstom, August 12, 1966.

Father:

Edward McKean Knight

Mother:

Ruth (McDuffee) Knight

Spouse:

Eva Sophia Youngstom