FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (6/02)
Contact:  Lynn Stewart, Centenary News Service, 318-869-5120
 
 
 
 
 

Percy Hubbard Joins Centenary College Board of Trustees

Percy HubbardSHREVEPORT, LA -- Percy Hubbard, longtime Bossier City banker and civic leader, is the newest member of the Board of Trustees at Centenary College of Louisiana. He is manager of Hubbard Investments, LLC of Bossier City and former president and chairman of the board of the Red River Valley Bank. 

His election to the board was announced by Centenary President Kenneth L. Schwab and Chairman William G. Anderson following confirmation by the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church at its annual conference in June.

A native of Sikes, La., Hubbard grew up in Bossier City. He was working in a bank by the time he was 21 and, at the same time, was pursuing his education in Centenary's evening program. He earned the bachelor of science degree in 1964 and graduated cum laude. 

A member and chairman of Centenary's President's Advisory Council, Hubbard has also been active in a numerous other civic and professional organizations. He is a former chairman of the Committee of 100 and Bossier Public Trust and board member of Christus Schumpert Health System, Volunteers of America, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Foundation and the Greater Bossier Economic Development Foundation. He is also president-elect of the Rotary Club of Bossier City.

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