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==Business career==

==Business career==

In 1955, Dunbar returned to Alexandria and joined Clark-Dunbar, Inc., a [[furniture]] business, first as treasurer and then vice-president. Upon his father's death in 1967, he became president and chairman of the board. In 1981, Clark-Dunbar was named the state's "Distinguished Retailer of the Year" by the Louisiana Home Furnishings Association. He was president of the Louisiana and Southwest home furnishings associations and chairman of the board of the National Home Furnishings International Association. Eventually, Dunbar left the up-scale furniture business and turned his building into an office complex known as Dunbar Plaza, located on Jackson Street Extension. The Dunbar family held much timberland on which [[petroleum]] was discovered.<ref name=ttt>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/2014/09/03/alexandria-businessman-dunbar-left-legacy-success/15050515/|title=Alexandria businessman Dunbar left legacy of success|date=September 3, 2014|author=Richard P. Sharkey|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=September 21, 2014}}</ref>​

In 1955, Dunbar returned to Alexandria and joined Clark-Dunbar, Inc., a [[furniture]] business, first as treasurer and then vice-president. Upon his father's death in 1967, he became president and chairman of the board. In 1981, Clark-Dunbar was named the state's "Distinguished Retailer of the Year" by the Louisiana Home Furnishings Association. He was president of the Louisiana and Southwest home furnishings associations and chairman of the board of the National Home Furnishings International Association. Eventually, Dunbar left the up-scale furniture business and turned his building into an office complex known as Dunbar Plaza, located on Jackson Street Extension. The Dunbar family held much timberland on which [[petroleum]] was discovered.<ref name=ttt>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/2014/09/03/alexandria-businessman-dunbar-left-legacy-success/15050515/|title=Alexandria businessman Dunbar left legacy of success|date=September 3, 2014|author=Richard P. Sharkey|publisher=''Alexandria Town Talk]]''|accessdate=September 21, 2014}}</ref>​

In 1979, Dunbar was elected the youngest director of the former Guaranty Bank & Trust Company, housed in the tallest building on Third Street in downtown Alexandria. Subsequently, he was the city director of the former Hibernia National Bank. Guaranty merged in 1987 into Capital One;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.fdic.gov/idasp/confirmation_outside.asp?inCert1=8797|title=Guaranty Bank and Trust Company|publisher=[[Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation]]|accessdate=September 21, 2014}}</ref> Hibernia also merged into Capital One in 2005. For twenty-eight years, Dunbar was president of Cotton Land Corporation of Alexandria.<ref name=obit/>​

In 1979, Dunbar was elected the youngest director of the former Guaranty Bank & Trust Company, housed in the tallest building on Third Street in downtown Alexandria. Subsequently, he was the city director of the former Hibernia National Bank. Guaranty merged in 1987 into Capital One;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.fdic.gov/idasp/confirmation_outside.asp?inCert1=8797|title=Guaranty Bank and Trust Company|publisher=[[Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation]]|accessdate=September 21, 2014}}</ref> Hibernia also merged into Capital One in 2005. For twenty-eight years, Dunbar was president of Cotton Land Corporation of Alexandria.<ref name=obit/>​