OBITUARIES / PASSINGS / Carl Wilson Gregory
Carl Wilson Gregory, 68, who was a member of a pioneering Fullerton family and the chief executive officer of Fullerton Community Bank, died of complications from cancer March 30 at his Fullerton home, his family announced.
In 1941, his family bought a controlling interest in what is now Fullerton Community Bank, and his father, R. Merrill Gregory, became its president and chairman. Carl Gregory joined the institution in 1972 as an appraiser and rose to president in 1979.
His grandfather, R.S. Gregory, had laid out and subdivided the land surrounding Fullerton Union High School. He also served as the city’s mayor in the 1920s and postmaster in the 1930s and ‘40s.
Carl Gregory was born Jan. 3, 1941, in Fullerton. After graduating from Oregon State University, he served in the Navy for seven years.
He was a psychological warfare officer, a nuclear weapons officer and worked with SEAL teams before being discharged.
At USC, Gregory earned a master’s in business administration and spent a season on the Mammoth Mountain ski patrol before joining what was then known as Fullerton Savings and Loan.
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