Independent Real Estate Professional, Consultant & Expert Witness
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
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- Principal Broker at BILL CHERRY, REALTORS
- Past
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- Columnist at Galveston County Daily News
- On-Camera Feature Reporter at News 24 Houston - TV (Belo)
- Member at Trinity Episcopal Church Galveston Texas
- Vice President and DIrector at Columbia Communities, Inc.
- Vice President-Commercial Lending & Vice President of Guaranty Service Corp. at Guaranty Federal Savings & Loan Association
- Vice President & Financial Principal at Securities Management & Research, Inc.
- Auditor at First National Bank of Clayton, Missouri
- Staff Announcer - Program Host at WWL -AM Radio
- Staff Announcer - Personality at KGBC-AM
- Education
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- Washington University in St. Louis
- University of North Texas
- Tulane University
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William Speakman Cherry’s Summary
Undergraduate Schools: Tulane University and University of North Texas
Graduate Schools: Washington University Graduate School of Business, University of North Texas Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, and Rice University Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Administration.
Professional Schools: Elkins School of Radio, American Institute of Banking School of Commercial Lending.
Licenses: Texas Real Estate Broker, Texas teacher, Texas Central Appraisal District Arbitrator.
Church: Saint James Episcopal Church, Dallas.
Professional Affiliations: Metrotex Association of Realtors, TAR, NAR, Preservation Dallas Historic Home Specialist, Dallas-Fort Worth Professional Musicians Association, Local 72-147, Premier Member, Texas Radio Hall of Fame.
Business and Civic Associations: Former Rotarian (30 years), Mardi Gras Knights of Momus (founding board member and member of the executive committee), member Preservation Dallas, World Affairs Council Dallas/Fort Worth, former member of Galveston County CAD Appraisal Review Board.
Author: Monthly columnist Texas Escapes Magazine (www.texasescapes.com), contributing columnist to Galveston County Daily News; published book: Bill Cherry's Galveston Memories (VanJus Press, 2000).
Miscellaneous: Marquis Who's Who in America, 61st Edition and Marquis Who's Who in Business and Finance; Marquis Who's Who in the World; Who's Who in American Real Estate; one of the hosts of the legendary American Airlines' "Music ‘til Dawn" radio program; newspaper history weekly columnist for "Galveston County Daily News" for ten years, writing over 500 columns; author of Bill Cherry's Galveston Memories, published by VanJus Press in 2000; former on-camera personality for News-24 Houston; professional light jazz and dinner music pianist; former adjunct professor at St. Thomas University, Houston and Galveston College (economics and real estate investments); after dinner story teller and motivational speaker.
William Speakman Cherry’s Specialties:
Expert testimony, real estate and bankruptcy matters; complex real estate negotiations and financing for acquisition and sale of large projects; historic downtown adaptive restoration, leasing & sales; leasehold negotiations for commercial tenants & property owners; real estate tax arbitrator by appointment of State of Texas Comptroller..
William Speakman Cherry’s Experience
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Principal Broker
BILL CHERRY, REALTORS
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Real Estate industry)
January 1970 — Present (40 years )
Commercial real estate consultant for inner-city redevelopment investors and cities, listing and sale of large homes and estates, state licensed arbitrator for central appraisal district apprisal disputes.
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Columnist
Galveston County Daily News
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
January 1995 — April 2005 (10 years 4 months)
Wrote a weekly column titled "Bill Cherry's Galveston Memories" that were pieces about the history of Galveston. I wrote some 600 of them. From those columns, an anthology of 60 were published in a hardback book of the same title, in 2000 by VanJus Press.
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On-Camera Feature Reporter
News 24 Houston - TV (Belo)
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
May 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 8 months)
On-camera historical feature writer and talent. Pieces titled "Bill Cherry's Memories."
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Member
Trinity Episcopal Church Galveston Texas
(Religious Institutions industry)
June 1940 — April 2004 (63 years 11 months)
Lifetime member
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Vice President and DIrector
Columbia Communities, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Real Estate industry)
January 1975 — December 1980 (6 years )
Headed the branch of the company that developed subdivisions and built for-sale housing.
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Vice President-Commercial Lending & Vice President of Guaranty Service Corp.
Guaranty Federal Savings & Loan Association
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Banking industry)
January 1970 — December 1975 (6 years )
Made all commercial loans.
Headed Guaranty Service Corp. which invested in land development and the building of single and multi-family homes.
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Vice President & Financial Principal
Securities Management & Research, Inc.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Capital Markets industry)
February 1967 — December 1970 (3 years 11 months)
This company is a broker-dealer for the mutual fund family marketed by agents of American National Insurance Co., Galveston. I was primarily in charge of licensing of agents and the broker-dealer as well as reviewing prospectuses and financial reports.
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Auditor
First National Bank of Clayton, Missouri
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Banking industry)
September 1963 — June 1964 (10 months)
Auditor for medium-sized bank in Clayton, a suburb of St. Louis. The bank has sinced merged with another bank.
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Staff Announcer - Program Host
WWL -AM Radio
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
September 1958 — June 1959 (10 months)
Staff announcer and evening music program host while in college at Tulane University.
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Staff Announcer - Personality
KGBC-AM
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
September 1954 — June 1958 (3 years 10 months)
Part-time announcer and disc jockey while in junior high and high schools. My program was written about in the Houston Chronicle Sunday Rotogravure Magazine in 1957.
Additional Information
William Speakman Cherry’s Websites:
William Speakman Cherry’s Interests:
Historic homes and buildings restoration and adaptation. Professional pianist, writing historical pieces for newspapers, magazines and TV.
William Speakman Cherry’s Groups:
Rotary, Knights of Momus, Premier Member of Texas Radio Hall of Fame, Trinity Episcopal Church Galveston. Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, Metrotex Association of Realtors, Monthly Contributor of Texas Escapes Magazine, University of North Texas Exes.
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CCIM - North Texas Chapter
William Speakman Cherry’s Honors:
Marquis "Who's Who in America," Marquis "Who's Who in Finance and Business," Marquis "Who's Who in American Real Estate," Marquis "Who's Who in the World," "GDN Best Realtor".
William Speakman Cherry’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- expertise requests
- business deals
