ABILENE,
Texas, Jan. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ron Butler, a 30-year veteran at First Financial
Bank, will be inducted into the Texas Bankers Hall of Fame in April
on the campus of Sam Houston State
University, the university announced this week. One of five
honorees in this year's class, Butler currently serves as EVP/Chief
Administrative Officer of First Financial Bankshares and Chairman
and CEO of First Financial Bank's Abilene Region.
"We are so excited that Ron is receiving this well-deserved
honor because of his exceptional leadership, banking acumen and
strong relationships with our customers, employees, and the banking
industry, as well as the communities we serve," said F.
Scott Dueser, Chairman, President
and CEO, First Financial Bankshares. "I speak for everyone at First
Financial when I say we are so thankful for the outstanding job
that Ron does to make our Bank one of the top banks in the country
and we are grateful to Sam Houston State
University for recognizing him with four outstanding peers
in the banking industry."
During his career with First Financial Bank, Butler previously
served as CEO of First Financial Bank in Eastland and Stephenville. He has been active in the
community, serving on numerous community boards, and is the former
board chair of the Abilene Industrial Foundation and Abilene Chamber of Commerce. Butler also
serves on the Advisory Council of the Excellence in Banking program
at the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech
University and the Advisory Council of the Rawls College of
Business (Emeritus). He is former director of West Central Texas
Municipal Water District, board chair of ContinueCare Hospital at
Hendrick Medical Center, and the Abilene Improvement Corporation.
Butler also served a six-year term on the Brazos River Authority
board of directors and was appointed by Governor Rick Perry and has served numerous terms as a
director of the Texas Bankers Association.
Butler graduated from Texas Tech
University with a Bachelor of Business Administration and a
Master of Business Administration from Tarleton State University. He also is a graduate of
the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University.
"To be honored alongside these four outstanding bankers is
humbling and I am appreciative to Sam Houston
State University and the Texas Bankers Hall of Fame for this
honor," Butler said. "Any success I've experienced during my career
can be directly attributed to my First Financial teammates,
customers, and communities with whom I've had the pleasure of
working."
About First Financial
Bank
First Financial Bank, N.A. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of First
Financial Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIN). Headquartered in
Abilene, Texas, First Financial
Bankshares is a financial holding company that through its
wholly-owned subsidiary, First Financial Bank, N.A., operates
multiple banking regions with 79 locations in Texas, including Abilene, Acton, Albany, Aledo, Alvarado, Beaumont, Boyd, Bridgeport, Brock, Bryan,
Burleson, College Station, Cisco, Cleburne, Clyde, Conroe, Cut and Shoot, Decatur, Eastland, El
Campo, Fort Worth,
Fulshear, Glen Rose, Granbury, Grapevine, Hereford, Huntsville, Keller, Kingwood, Lumberton, Magnolia, Mauriceville, Merkel, Midlothian, Mineral
Wells, Montgomery,
Moran, New Waverly, Newton, Odessa, Orange, Palacios, Port
Arthur, Ranger,
Rising Star, Roby, San
Angelo, Southlake,
Spring, Stephenville, Sweetwater, Tomball, Trent, Trophy
Club, Vidor, Waxahachie, Weatherford, Willis, and Willow
Park. The Company also operates First Financial Trust &
Asset Management Company, N.A., with ten locations and First
Technology Services, Inc., a technology operating company. The
Company is listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the
trading symbol FFIN. For more information about First Financial,
please visit our website at http://www.ffin.com.
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