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Aubrey Patterson's route into banking unintended initially.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 26-DEC-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Aubrey Patterson's route into banking unintended initially.(Executive Leadership)

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Aubrey Patterson, Chairman and CEO, BancorpSouth Inc., in Tupelo.

When Aubrey Patterson was introduced as president of the American Bankers Association (ABA) in 2002, ABA Banking Journal editor William Streeter described him as "low profile, high energy," sharing "Elvis's birthplace, but not his flamboyance. Look past Patterson's quiet demeanor, though, and you'll see a man with an analytical mind, a competitive spirit and clearly formed ideas about banking."

"Compared with Elvis, Patterson is the personification of low-key," wrote Streeter. "In fact, Patterson concedes he wasn't much of an Elvis fan, even though as a teenager he once heard Presley play the Grenada roller rink."

Born in Grenada in 1942, Patterson's dad worked on flood control projects for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In the mid-1950s, the family relocated to Oxford, where he met his future wife, Ruby Kathryn, at University High School. The couple attended the University of Mississippi together, rubbing elbows with classmates Trent Lott and...

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