Cecil W. DUNN

DUNN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/20/2007 at 09:54:58

Cecil W. Dunn, prominent banker and civic leader from Eagle Grove, died at his home in Des Moines on Feb. 14, 1996, after a prolonged battle with lung cancer and heart disease. He was 69 years old. Dunn's two bank holding companies, with offices in Eagle Grove, Clarion, Goldfield, Manchester and Cedar Rapids, were the culmination of a self-made banking career that began in Dallas Center in 1948. He subsequently worked for Carleton D. Beh, whom he always considered his greatest mentor, from 1954 to 1958. In 1958, he began his association with Security Savings Bank in Eagle Grove, an association that grew to involve management and ownership of the bank and remained his primary occupational interest until his untimely death. Dunn served the state of Iowa as superintendent of banking from 1973 to 1975, and also served as director or officer for multiple boards, including the American Bankers Association, Community Bankers Council, Iowa Bankers Association, Trinity Regional Hospital Board, Iowa Central Community College Board, Eagle Grove Community school board (treasurer), Eagle Grove Chamber of Commerce, Eagle Grove Evangelical Lutheran Church Board and others. His lifelong interest in community service, philanthropy and advancement of educational opportunity earned him the "Hawk of the Year" Award in 1995 from the University of Iowa, the 1995 Albaugh Award for Community Service, the Iowa Governors Award for Volunteerism in 1994 and numerous other citations.

Gazette, The (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA)
February 16, 1996