![]() "Always supportive and encouraging, he inspired us to do our best and was delighted in our achievements. “Fred Rusteberg was a remarkable mentor, leader and gentleman," says Al Villarreal, current IBC Bank-Brownsville CEO and board chair. His years of community service earned him numerous recognitions, such as "Outstanding Citizen of the Year" and leadership awards from the Brownsville Historic Museum, Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts. He was a champion for everyone in Brownsville and Matamoros and took great pride in the fact that he was fluent in Spanish allowing him to communicate on both sides of the border, truly representing IBC Bank’s international roots.” He loved people and wanted to help build a future for everyone he touched. "He worked, lived and gave to his community under the moniker of Mr. “Fred was an outstanding citizen, family man, leader and a solid example of IBC Bank’s ‘We Do More’ mission," says Dennis E. IBC Bank and Commerce Bank are divisions of International Bancshares Corp., a $12.5 billion multi-bank financial holding company with 187 facilities serving 88 communities in Texas and Oklahoma. Rusteberg is survived by his wife, Frances, two married children and two grandchildren. I have been blessed to have had the opportunity to work side-by-side with Fred for more than 20 years and to have witnessed the incredible impact he had on everyone around him.” “Always supportive and encouraging, he inspired us to do our best and was delighted in our achievements. “Fred Rusteberg was a remarkable mentor, leader and gentleman,” says Al Villarreal, current IBC Bank-Brownsville CEO and board chair. Because of his commitment to expanding the region’s educational opportunities, he and his family established the first scholarship endowment at the University of Texas-Brownsville in 1995, and IBC Bank established the Fred and Frances Rusteberg Scholarship Endowment later that year. ![]() His years of community service earned him numerous recognitions, such as “Outstanding Citizen of the Year” and leadership awards from the Brownsville Historic Museum, Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts.Įducation played an important part in Rusteberg’s community involvement, including taking an active role in the development of science, engineering, technology, business and education programs at the University of Texas-Brownsville and Texas Southmost College. Rusteberg was also an active member of the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley Strategic Planning Community and served on numerous other councils and boards that directly impacted the community, including the University of Texas-Brownville Development Board, Brownsville Community Foundation, Brownsville Rio Grande Rail Road Board, Valley Baptist Medical Center Board, Preparatoria del Tecnologico de Monterrey Board in Matamoros, Mexico, University of Texas-Brownsville Advisory Committee and more. This resulted in the relocation of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific rail yards and rail transportation from the center of Brownsville. Before he began his banking career, Rusteberg worked as assistant port director for the Port of Brownsville and as project director for the Brownsville-Matamoros Railroad Relocation project, helping develop a $50 million pilot demonstration project. He was the founding chairman of “Brownsville First,” a grassroots community effort created in 1990 that successfully petitioned for Brownsville voters to approve a half-cent sales tax for economic development efforts, including a bond issue for economic development and quality of life projects, which the community continues to enjoy today. He was a champion for everyone in Brownsville and Matamoros and took great pride in the fact that he was fluent in Spanish allowing him to communicate on both sides of the border, truly representing IBC Bank’s international roots.”ĭuring his 40-plus years in banking, Rusteberg was also dedicated to the progress and development of the Brownsville community. “He worked, lived and gave to his community under the moniker of Mr. ![]() “Fred was an outstanding citizen, family man, leader and a solid example of IBC Bank’s ‘We Do More’ mission,” says Dennis E. After retiring as CEO, Rusteberg served as chairman emeritus of the IBC Bank-Brownsville board. During his tenure, he grew the bank to the high-performing institution it is today with 12 banking facilities and more than $1 billion in assets. He founded the first IBC Bank in Cameron County, the fourth IBC Bank in the International Bancshares Corp., in 1984. He retired in 2016, after more than four decades in the banking industry. Laredo-based IBC Bank is mourning the loss of banking veteran, community leader and founding president and CEO of IBC Bank-Brownsville, Fred W. ![]()
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