James R. Hamby was presented with the Distinguished Alumni Award during East Central University’s 2019 Evening of Honors and Recognition held recently in ECU Foundation Hall of the Chickasaw Business and Conference Center. Presenting Hamby with the award was ECU President Dr. Katricia G. Pierson. Hamby, a native of Weleetka, 1973 graduate of ECU and current president of Vision Bank-Ada, has been the consummate community supporter of ECU and Ada, serving with the ECU Foundation Inc. and being president of both the Ada Chamber of Commerce and Ada Jobs Foundation. Sponsors for the Evening of Honors and Recognition were the Chickasaw Nation, LegalShield, Vision Bank, Citizen’s Bank of Ada, ECU Foundation, Mercy, Heritage Trust, ECU Alumni Association, Oklahoma Heritage Bank, RamJack, Jay and Kenda Horne Family, Lou and Wes Watkins, Melvin Moran, the Ramadan Family and the Tony A. Scott Family.
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