When Rex served as a missionary on the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific, the author Robert Louis Stevenson, who spent his final years of life there, first captured Rex's imagination. He developed such a great respect for the Samoan people and their land, that decades later we established the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum and Preservation Foundation for the restoration of Stevenson's 1890 island plantation home in Apia, Samoa. Today, the museum is a primary attraction for tourists, local visitors and school children. To find out more about the museum, click here.

As the General Manager of the Mayer Central Building Corporation, Rex demonstrated exceptional skills in all aspects of property leasing, management and administration involving $50 million in real estate, including hotels, apartment projects and office complexes in Arizona and New York. He was accredited as a Certified Property Manager (CPM) through the Institute of Real Estate Management.

Rex received his B.S. degree in Business Administration at Arizona State University and has completed extensive graduate study in real estate, taxation, auditing, consolidations and mergers. He was the recipient of the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, in recognition of his exceptional business accomplishments, substantial contributions to this university, and his inspirational commitment to service.

Rex describes himself as "a self-made, hardworking, intelligent, principled person who loves people, especially the distributors." He describes success as "a willingness to dream, hard work, consistent goods and services, absence of debt and teambuilding."