In support of Mays Business School’s Commercial Banking Program, the funds are being used to establish an endowment and annual awards program
DALLAS (February 13, 2020)
– NDBT, a 58-year-old community bank
with five banking centers
located in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, has committed $1 million in
support of the Commercial Banking Program at Texas A&M University’s Mays
Business School.
NDBT’s monetary
gift has established an
endowment to
honor NDBT’s founding chairman, Bert Fields, Sr., and his successor and
son, Bert Fields, Jr. Distributions from the endowment will be used to:
In addition, NDBT’s monetary gift is being used to establish the “Bert
Fields Excellence in Banking Award,” a monetary award given annually to
one undergraduate student and one graduate student who have demonstrated
exceptional leadership skills and academic excellence within Texas A&M’s
Commercial Banking Program. Each year, the award recipients will be
honored by NDBT during the “Bert Fields Excellence in Banking Award
Dinner.”
“Among the many benefits resulting from this gift is the sustainability
of a high-level, industry-focused educational platform that is
attracting top students, not only from across Texas but also throughout
the U.S., and preparing them for a career in the commercial banking
field,” said Larry Miller, president of NDBT. “As a
member of both the Commercial Banking Program’s Advisory Board and
Executive Committee, I have seen, first-hand, the great impact it has
had on the participating students.”
“NDBT is a strategic partner and vital stakeholder
of the Commercial Banking Program,” said Dwight Garey, director of the
Commercial Banking Program at Texas A&M. “Their bold endowment is in
support of the mission and vision upon which our program was founded. We
are thrilled that this NDBT gift honors and
memorializes the bank’s owner, Mr. Bert Fields, and showcases more ways
they are investing in the training and development of the banking
industry’s future leaders.”
Eli Jones, Ph.D., dean of
Mays Business School added, “NDBT’s partnership
with Mays supports our vision to advance the world’s prosperity. On
behalf of our faculty, staff, and students, I want to thank the Fields
estate, Larry Miller, president, Mike Shipman, chairman/CEO, and the
entire team at NDBT for their tremendous investment
in our program. Through opportunities like this, they are developing the
next generation of commercial banking leaders.”
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