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~ d i Reserve Bank of St. Louis News Release St. Louis, Missouri 63166 Telephone 314 / 444-8444 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT - Ruth A. Bryant 314-444-8311 78-40 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE St. Louis, Mo. ( October 30, 1978) -- A. Melvin Carr has been appointed vice president in the Bank Supervision and Regulation Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and Charles R. Halbrook has been named assistant vice president. Announcement of the two appointments was made today by St. Louis Reserve President Lawrence K. Roos. Mr. Carr, a native of Washington County, Illinois, has been employed at the Federal Reserve Bank since 1952. Educated at Southern Illinois Normal University, the Inter-Agency Bank Examination School, and the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin, he was previously vice president and cashier for the Peoples First National Bank & Trust Co. in Paducah, Kentucky, and assistant national bank examiner for the Comptroller of the Currency in Washington, D. C. Mr. Carr became assistant vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in 1977 after serving in various capacities in the Bank Supervision & Regulation Department. In his new post, he will oversee the Member Banks and Consumer Affairs Divisions of the department. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (more) - 2 - Mr. Halbrook joined the Federal Reserve staff as a transit clerk trainee in I 956. A Salem, Missouri, native, he was educated at Hannibal- LaGrange Baptist College, the American Institute of Banking, Assistant Examiners School and Examiners School in Washington, D. C., and the University of Wisconsin Graduate School of Banking. He has served as an instructor for four years at the Louisiana State University Graduate School of Banking of the South. While at the Federal Reserve, he has worked in the areas of Collection, Planning, and Bank Supervision & Regulation. He has been a supervisory examiner in Bank Supervision & Regulation since 1977. Mr. Carr and Mr. Halbrook, whose appointments are effective November 1, will oversee a staff of 40 people engaged in bank examination and supervision activities within the Eighth Federal Reserve District, which encompasses all or portions of seven states and is one of 12 regional Federal Reserve Districts. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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