Stanley E. Reed Joins Simmons First Corporate Board.PINE BLUFF, Ark. -- Stanley E. Reed, a third generation farmer from Marianna, and president of Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance of Arkansas, has joined the Simmons First National Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : SFNC SFNC Shiba Fanciers of Northern California ) board of directors according to J. Thomas May, chairman and chief executive officer. May noted, "I have had the opportunity to know Stanley and his family for many years, and have worked with him on several different boards of directors. He is a tremendous business man, and, more significantly, a great family man. His knowledge and commitment to agriculture and higher education is unequalled. He gets involved to make a difference and he has certainly been successful in helping several organizations improve the economic opportunity and quality of life for many Arkansans. I'm very proud to have him as a member of our Corporate Board." Reed is a graduate of University of Arkansas School of Law Presently, the law school has approximately 445 students. History Founded in 1924, by Julian Waterman, who remained dean until his death in 1943, the law school met initially in the bottom floor of Old Main, and was approved by the American Bar Association two years later, in and received his bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas strives to be known as a "nationally competitive, student-centered research university serving Arkansas and the world." The school recently completed its "Campaign for the 21st Century," in which the university raised more than $1 billion for the school, used at Fayetteville, both with highest honors. He serves as chairman of the Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. for the University of Arkansas System The University of Arkansas System comprises five main campuses within the state of Arkansas, a medical school, two law schools, a unique graduate school focused on public service, and several community colleges. and is on the board for Baptist Health System and was elected to a second, two-year term on the American Farm Bureau Federation's board of directors at their national convention in January 2006. Reed is a member of the Arkansas Academy for Agricultural Engineers and has been honored as a Distinguished Alumni of the College of Engineering. He has served on numerous commodity promotion boards, including past chairman of the state Soybean soybean, soya bean, or soy pea, leguminous plant (Glycine max, G. soja, or Soja max) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), native to tropical and warm temperate regions of Asia, where it has been Promotion Board and has been active in Cotton Incorporated and served on the State Support Committee for Cotton Research. Reed is serving his fourth term as president of the Arkansas Farm Bureau, and has been on the Arkansas Farm Bureau state board for over 20 years, including four years as vice president and secretary / treasurer for six years. He has held numerous county and state chairmanships with Farm Bureau and the Southern Farm Bureau Casualty and Life Insurance Companies. He is currently vice chairman of the Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Company. Simmons First National Corporation is a $2.7 billion financial holding company, with eight community banks in Pine Bluff, Jonesboro, Lake Village, Rogers, Searcy, Russellville, El Dorado and Hot Springs, Arkansas Hot Springs is the tenth most populous city in the state of Arkansas in the United States of America, the county seat of Garland County, Arkansas, and the principal city of the Hot Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area encompassing all of Garland County. . The Company's eight banks conduct financial operations from 84 offices, of which 81 are financial centers, in 46 communities. |
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