The George A. LeMaistre Society is an association of Exchange Club Members and others who have given $1500 or more to the Exchange Club Foundation.
George Alexander LeMaistre, 1911-1994
According to his Tuscaloosa News obituary (September 27, 1994) George Alexander LeMaistre was a longtime Tuscaloosa businessman and attorney. Originally from Lockart, Alabama, he came to Tuscaloosa to attend law school at the University of Alabama.
LeMaistre began practicing law in Tuscaloosa in 1933 and began teaching law at the University of Alabama in 1939. After serving in the Navy in WWII, he formed the law firm of LeMaistre and Clement, and they were later joined by Walter P. Gewin.
He served as the first chairman of the Druid City Hospital Board and led the fund drive to move the hospital from the Northington campus to its current location. He also served on the Stillman College Board of Trustees retiring as Chairman in 1961.
In 1961 he became President and Chairman of City National Bank of Tuscaloosa. LeMaistre was named Director of the FDIC under President Richard Nixon in 1973 and Chairman by President Jimmy Carter in 1977.
In 1990 he became chairman of a new consulting firm, The Pilot Group, formed to give advice to banks and thrifts.
LeMaistre was inducted into the Tuscaloosa County Civic Hall of Fame in 2001, the first year of the award that was designed to honor citizens who made long-term, significant contributions to the development of the county while at the same time celebrating the community’s history and heritage.
Living Members of LeMaistre
Martha Cook
Sydney Cook
Robert Cotton
Charles DelGaudio
Nan Glaus
Laura Gregory
Ardis Hancock
Dexter Hancock
John Ingram
Tennis Jackson
Betsy Jarnigan
David M. Jones
Bev Leigh, III
AJ Martin
Jon McGee
Patrick McKane
Jim Meherg
Willis Meriwether
Larry O’Neal
Russell Phifer
Robert Poellnitz
Joe Powell
Ralph Quarles
Glen Smith
Ken Swindle
Jim Zeanah
Deceased Members of LeMaistre
Norman Agnew
Eric Baklanoff
Bill Barton
James Brown
Milton Collier
James Cowden
Henry DeVasher
Karl Elebash
Sam Gambrell
James Hulsey, III
Tennis Jackson
William Jordan
Fuller Kimbrell
Louis Lackey, Jr
Otis Lee
Bev Leigh, Jr
William Lipsey
Harmon Looney
Buck Medley
Harlan Meredith
M.T. Ormond
Lee Reardon
David Reynolds
M.L. Roberts
Wright Ross, Jr
James Russell
Muny Sokol
Russell Stockman
Bill Tate
Andy Tucker
Beasor Walker
Ernest Williams
Hoyt Winslett
George Wright
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