Background
Vandever, William Gary was born on June 17, 1925 in Tulsa. Son of Gary York and Allene (Vawter) Vandever.
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William Gary Vandever
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Master of Science, St. John's Military Academy, 1942. Attended, Tulsa University, 1945—1947. Attended, New York University, 1948.
Career
Chairman, president The Vandever Company Inc., Tulsa, 1959—1968, director, 1956—1970, Mid-American Federal Savings & Loan Association, since 1959. President, director 1st Fidelity Company, Inc., Tulsa, since 1964. Vice president, chairman executive committee, director 1st National Bank Stigler, since 1966.
President, director WGVI Finance Advisors Inc., Tulsa, since 1971, W.G. Vandever & Company, Inc., Tulsa, since 1974, Tulsa Petroleum Corporation, since 1978, Oklahoma Conveyance Corporation, since 1979, Mohawk Oil & Gas Corporation, since 1979, Kansas Energy Corporation, since 1980. With United States Air Force, 1943-1945.
Achievements
Membership
Member President's National Office of Emergency Planning, since 1963. Member advisory board National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1956-1970, Indian Nations council Boy Scouts American, Tulsa, 1960-1965, Tulsa Civic Ballet Association, since 1965, Tulsa Opera Inc., 1960-1975. Member President Kennedy's Bi-racial Committee, 1963-1964, council Metropolitan Opera New York, 1960-1963.
Board directors Tulsa Philharmonic Society, since 1952, vice president, 1960-1970. Board directors Tulsa Psychiatric Foundation, 1964-1968, Tulsa Broadway Theatre League, 1958-1965, Tulsa Community Chest, 1962-1969, Young Men’s Christian Association of Tulsa, 1960-1968. Trustee American Youth Performs Foundation, Incorporated, New York York City, since 1966.
Member Tulsa Chamber of Commerce, director, 1956-1969. Member of Summit Club, South Hills Country Club, Tulsa Club, Alpha Tau Omega.
Connections
Married Margaret Glenn, December 1967. Children: John York, William Eric. Children from previous marriage: Gary York, William Gary.
