Royce Mitchell Hammons

Background

Hammons, Royce Mitchell was born on July 22, 1945 in Hallettsville, Texas, United States. Son of Eugene Mitchell and Amy Aloysius (Royce) Hammons.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration, University Oklahoma, 1969. Graduate banking degree with distinction, Southern Methodist University, 1976. Postgraduate, Stanford University, 1990.

Career

Senior finance analyst, Republic National Bank, Dallas, 1969-1971; banking officer, Republic National Bank, Dallas, 1971-1972; assistant vice president, Republic National Bank, Dallas, 1972-1973; vice president, manager, Republic National Bank, Dallas, 1973-1978; president, Chief Executive Officer, American Bank of Commerce, Albuquerque, 1978; president, Chief Executive Officer, First Hutchings-Sealy National Bank, Galveston, Texas, 1979-1982; president, Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity Bank (National Association), Oklahoma City, 1982-1984; vice chairman, chief operating officer, Bank of Oklahoma (formerly Fidelity Bank), Oklahoma City, 1984-1986; president, Chief Executive Officer, The Oklahoma Bank, Oklahoma City, 1987-1993; chairman, president, Chief Executive Officer, University of Massachusetts Boston Oklahoma Bank, since 1995; director, Executive Committee, University of Massachusetts Boston Finance Corporation, since 1995.

Achievements

• Royce Mitchell Hammons has been listed as a noteworthy Bank executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee, treasurer Kerr Foundation, Inc., Oklahoma City, since 1987. Trustee Oklahoma City University, 1983-1993, Arthritis Foundation, Inc., Oklahoma City, since 1987, Hunzicker Brothers, Inc., Oklahoma City, 1988-1994, University Oklahoma Associates Council, since 1992, Bone and Joint Hospital, 1992-1996, St. Anthony Hospital Foundation, since 1996. Founder, treasurer Galveston Industrial Development Corporation, 1981.

Board directors, vice president Galveston Chamber of Commerce, 1979-1982. Board directors Albuquerque Center, Inc., 1978. Board directors, treasurer Oklahoma City Symphony, 1986-1987.

Finance committee City of Nichols Hills, since 1993. Member Oklahoma Bankers Association (chairman senior management committee 1985), Galveston Country Club (board directors, president 1980-1981), Whitehall Club (board directors, president 1984), Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club (member finance committee 1994), Oklahoma City Dinner Club.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, flyfishing, snow skiing, aviation.

Connections

Married Mary Kuykendall Frazier, March 29, 1969. Children: Jason Royce, Hadley Elizabeth.

Father:

Eugene Mitchell Hammons

Mother:

Amy Aloysius (Royce) Hammons

Spouse:

Mary Kuykendall Frazier

child:

Hadley Elizabeth Hammons

child:

Jason Royce Hammons