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Paul Hill, president of the Western Region of Legacy Bank, which includes the Elk City, Hammon and Weatherford banks, graduated in 1965 from Ponca Military Academy.
Hill is completing his second term as Oklahoma's state director on the Independent Community Bankers of America.
ICBA's board of directors is made up of 68 directors who serve as a liaison for the state or district in which they were elected or appointed. In that capacity, Hill provides advice on developments of interest to community bankers in his area and helps shape ICBA policy.
Paul's involvement includes serving as vice chairman of the Regulation Review Committee and as a member of both the Regulation Review and Membership/Marketing Committee. He has been the Oklahoma state director since 2004. His term ends in March 2010. This involves trips to Washington D.C. and elsewhere to represent the Oklahoma Community bankers.
Comes to PMA
Hill came to the Ponca City from Oklahoma City. His father died in 1959 and his mother had to work, so he attended PMA in the eighth grade, did not go there in the ninth, but returned for his sophomore, junior and senior years. "The PMA helped shape my character and my life habits and life skills dramatically," Paul said.
As an only child, Hill was always driving himself "to be the best." What PMA did for him was instill discipline, organization and goal setting. "As a young cadet my goal was to stay out of trouble and do well in academics and sports."
He said, "I felt at PMA that we were forced to do things for ourselves and it was not the typical home situation. We were encouraged to develop our unpersonal skills." Paul's leadership skill became apparent during the time he was Cadet Corps Commander.
Thrived on Competition
A competitive fellow Paul tested himself in the sports arena by being a four sport letterman for three years at PMA, playing baseball, basketball, football and competing in track.
Additionally he was a member of the Drum and Bugle Corps. He admits, "I didn't enjoy losing or coming in second."

Capt. Honeyman, was a favorite of Paul's. "He was an unique individual, gruff and stern, but fair and was always available for a question if we called on him. Capt. Moore was a great teacher and coach," he said.
After graduating from PMA, Paul, married, had a daughter and later divorced. He spent three years in the Army and began his financial experience. The service had a program where he would spend half a day at the base at Fort Sill and a half day at a company "in the real world."
Later he was hired in Oklahoma City at Beneficial Finance full time and also attended school and earning his business administration degree. His journey to his present financial destination included, several stops along the way, including positions in Lawton, Oklahoma City and even a stint for Ford Motor Credit in Phoenix, Ariz.
Paul remarried in 1973 went back to school and majored in accounting and received his degree in Bachelor of Business Administration from University of Central Oklahoma in 1980, and then decided banking would be his career, but at that time there were no banking jobs available.
But eventually he would enter banking with stops along the way including Maysville, Kingston, Willow, and Harthorne, where he became president. Prior to that he held the positions of vice president and senior vice president.
Settles in Elk City
Legacy presently has offices in Elk City, Weatherford, Hammon, Binger, Hinton, Oklahoma City (2), Edmond, Newcastle, Blanchard, Marlow and Duncan.
Before taking the helm of the Elk City Legacy Bank, 11 years ago, he was in Binger for 16 years. In 1999, Paul settled in Elk City, where he is president of the Western Region of Legacy Bank and serves on parent bank's board of directors.
The Western Region's economic base is rich in oil, agriculture and retail trade. Total assets for the Western Region as of Dec. 31, 2009 were $109 million, total deposits $108 million and total loans $75 million.
Paul and his wife Sharon have been a part of the community for the past 11 years. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Elk City Chamber of Commerce and is vice president of the Elk City United Way, which is an independent organization. The Hills have two sons.