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Lex Sears was born in Vancouver, Canada, in July 1942 and lived there until 1970 when he moved to Tucson, where he has since resided. He graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1964 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and did his postgraduate work in Economics at Simon Framer University. Lex has been in the real estate business in Tucson, Arizona since 1971. His company, Sears Financial Corporation, is involved in real estate development, consulting, investment and management. Sears Financial has been involved in creating numerous residential communities. In addition, his company has been and is involved in developing office parks and shopping centers. One of his company's current projects, Eagle Crest Ranch, is a mixed-use community that will contain 1,000 single family homes and over 500,000 square feet of commercial and hi-tech industrial. In addition, Sears is involved in land bank financing of major builders, and numerous other ventures in Canada and overseas. Lex was a major stockholder and on the Board of Directors of Long Realty Co., southern Arizona's largest real estate company. He also served on the Community Board of Directors of Commercial Federal Savings Bank, Mission Management and Trust Co., and Stewart Title and Trust of Tucson. Currently, he serves on the board of Harbob Western Developments Canada Ltd., as well as CyraCom International, Inc.Lex is involved with numerous community boards in various capacities. He is a member of the Tucson Chamber of Commerce and the Southern Arizona Homebuilders' Association, and is the founder and past co-chair of the Real Estate and Allied Professionals organization. He is also past President of the Tucson Jewish Community Center, the Desert Caucus and Ventana Canyon Golf Club. He has been listed in Who's Who in the World Jewish Directory. | 