Feb. 10 , 2005
Norman - A. Thomas Loy, Chairman and CEO of MetaFund, has been named one of four Distinguished Alumni from the University of Oklahoma’s College of Arts and Sciences. Loy will be honored at the college’s annual Kaleidoscope Evening, set for 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, at the ballroom of Oklahoma Memorial Union, 900 Asp Ave.
In addition to receiving the award, Loy will give a free, public presentation titled “Post-Capitalist Society: Will It Address the Elephants in the Room?” at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, in the Scholars Room of the union.
Loy earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in letters and a Master of Liberal Studies from OU. He is a banker, professor, consultant, author, public speaker, and entrepreneur. In 2000 he founded MetaFund – a non-profit, community development, merchant banking/venture capital firm that promotes job creation, housing, and other direct benefits for underserved demographies and distressed geographies throughout Oklahoma. He also serves on the board of directors and as chairman of the audit committee of First Bethany Bank.
Loy began his banking career in 1975 in Oklahoma City, where he served as auditor for four affiliated banks, chief financial officer, chairman and president of a bank check and data processing company, and co-founded a fully-registered broker/dealer of which he was chairman and president. He earned securities licenses as a general securities principal and registered representative as well as various insurance licenses and has served on the boards of two banks, two securities brokers, a bank examination company, a credit card company, a mortgage bank and three graduate banking schools. In 1986, Loy was selected by the Oklahoma Bankers Association to become one of its four original statewide bank advisers to civic organizations.
As a banking consultant for many years Loy specialized in community bank financial analysis, stock valuations, and strategic planning. At Oklahoma City University he served as visiting and adjunct professor of finance and banking, and he co-founded the Graduate Banking School and the Bank Directors' College, both of which he served as executive director.
In 1992-93, Loy was the resident banking adviser for the U.S. Treasury Department and KPMG in the Czech and Slovak Republics, where he helped establish banking schools and advised bankers and government officials. He has organized and/or lectured at more than 100 banking schools, conferences and seminars throughout the United States and Europe.
In addition to his work with MetaFund, Loy devotes much of his time to community service programs, such as the Citizens League of Central Oklahoma and the Boys and Girls Club of Oklahoma County. In 1996, he helped found SchoolScapes, a project to beautify the grounds of Oklahoma City public schools. For his work in SchoolScapes, he received the 1998 National Association of Community Leadership’s Distinguished Leadership Award.
Loy also has lived and worked in Dallas, Hawaii, and Switzerland, been a coin-op laundry developer, upscale dog food manufacturer, bank stock and tennis ball arbitrageur, speed reading and mnemonics teacher. He is the author of many published articles and opinion columns, a monograph for the Oklahoma Academy entitled A Macro Vision For Civil Society (1996), and two books: Merger/Acquisition Handbook For Community Banks (1994), and Cash Management Handbook For Community Banks (1989).
Other distinguished alumni being honored by the College of Arts and Sciences at the Kaleidoscope Evening are Edward N. Brandt Jr., Regents’ Emeritus Professor at OU’s Health Sciences Center; Fred R. Harris, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee; and David Wanser,
Texas deputy commissioner for behavioral and community health. Peter G. Pierce III, president of First Bethany Bancorp, will receive the college’s Distinguished Service Award. All four distinguished alumni will give presentations on Thursday, Feb. 24.
Proceeds from the Kaleidoscope Evening go toward student scholarship support. Tickets are available for $100 per person. For ticket reservations or additional information on any of the presentations, contact Vivian Glore at (405) 325-2347. |
