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'''David Ray Seim''' (October 22, 1945 – November 25, 2018), was a [[Banking|banker]] and [[business]]man from [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]]. His last position was the chairmanship of Happy State Bank, which he assumed in 2012.

'''David Ray Seim''' (October 22, 1945 – November 25, 2018), was a [[Banking|banker]] and [[business]]man from [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]]. His last position was the chairmanship of Happy State Bank, which he assumed in 2012.

A former shoe salesman and employee of CIT Loans, Seim subsequently devoted more than forty years to the banking industry. He retired in 2010 as vice chairman of the West Texas Division of Plains Capital Bank, but he soon re-entered the  banking world at Happy State Bank. He was born in [[Corpus Christi]], Texas, one of three children of Grace Estelle (1912-2003) and Walter Max Seim (1908-1981), who are interred at Resthaven Memorial Park in Lubbock.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52188627/grace-seim|title=Grace Seim|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 2, 2019}}</ref> The family relocated to Lubbock in 1957 when David was twelve years of age. He attended Smylie Wilson Junior High School and graduated from Monterey High School in Lubbock in 1963, at which he played on the football team and was elected senior class president. Thereafter, he graduated from [[Texas Tech University]], also in Lubbock.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lubbockonline/obituary.aspx?pid=190848549|title=David Seim obituary|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=November 28, 2018|accessdate=January 2, 2019}}</ref>  He was a past chairman of the advisory board of the Texas Tech School of Banking and the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at [[Southern Methodist University]] in University Park, near [[Dallas]], Texas. He held the Chairman's Award from the Independent Bankers’ Association of Texas and the William Tinney Award for Ethics in Business from the Rotary International Club of Metropolitan Lubbock.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20181231/in-memoriam-influential-lubbockities-remembered-from-2018|title=In memoriam: Influential Lubbockites remembered from 2018|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche Journal''|date=January 1, 2019|access date=January 26, 2019}}</ref>  

A former shoe salesman and employee of CIT Loans, Seim subsequently devoted more than forty years to the banking industry. He retired in 2010 as vice chairman of the West Texas Division of Plains Capital Bank, but he soon re-entered the  banking world at Happy State Bank. He was born in [[Corpus Christi]], Texas, one of three children of Grace Estelle (1912-2003) and Walter Max Seim (1908-1981), who are interred at Resthaven Memorial Park in Lubbock.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52188627/grace-seim|title=Grace Seim|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 2, 2019}}</ref> The family relocated to Lubbock in 1957 when David was twelve years of age. He attended Smylie Wilson Junior High School and graduated from Monterey High School in Lubbock in 1963, at which he played on the football team and was elected senior class president. Thereafter, he graduated from [[Texas Tech University]], also in Lubbock.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lubbockonline/obituary.aspx?pid=190848549|title=David Seim obituary|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=November 28, 2018|accessdate=January 2, 2019}}</ref>  He was a past chairman of the advisory board of the Texas Tech School of Banking and the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at [[Southern Methodist University]] in University Park, near [[Dallas]], Texas. He held the Chairman's Award from the Independent Bankers’ Association of Texas and the William Tinney Award for Ethics in Business from the Rotary International Club of Metropolitan Lubbock.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20181231/in-memoriam-influential-lubbockities-remembered-from-2018|title=In memoriam: Influential Lubbockites remembered from 2018|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche Journal''|date=January 1, 2019|access date=January 26, 2019}}</ref>