Ben B. Boothe, Sr., Renaissance Man
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FACTS: Ben B. Boothe, born July 3, 1948,father Melvin E. Boothe, Mother Pauletta Middleton Boothe, in Dawson County, Lamesa, Texas. He graduated from Fort Worth Christian High School in 1966 and studied in Ft.Worth Christian College and graduated from Harding University in 1970. He then graduated from the Merrill Lynch (Wall Street/Pine Street) Advanced Economics Center, and went on to graduate from the National Commercial Banking/Lending University at the University of Oklahoma, in Norman, Oklahoma in 1973-4. Unfortunately, he never learned to write very well, which is obvious from the Ben-penned writings on this page. He was the Head of the Trust Department of the First National Bank, in Tulia, VP and helped organize the Overton Park National Bank (later became a part of Frost Bank), in Fort Worth, V.P. of the First National Bank of Cedar Park, Texas, the First National Bank of Austin and President of the First National Bank of Mount Pleasant. He founded the Western National Bank of Texas in Ft. Worth, which maintained high CAMEL ratings and performance standards until his departure from that bank.
BUSINESS: Boothe founded: Boothe and Associates, Inc., a firm doing banking consulting, economic consulting and environmental consulting, this firm active throughout the USA from 1989 to the present time. Boothe and Associates developed a clientele of 600+ bank and commercial clients for valuation, appraisal and environmental services. He also founded: Environmental Solutions and Certified Environmental Inspectors, doing specialized Phase 1, 2, 3, reports, NEPA reports and Environmental Assessments.
INTERNATIONAL WORK: His role expanded, when selected by the USIA (now a part of the State Department) to do an economic development, banking program in Mongolia for the U.S. Government. His material was so well received that the USIA cited him as a "model" example of how American businessmen can share knowledge and create positive impacts around the world for the USA. He was hired by the World Bank to do similar follow up programs in Mongolia, Bank and Lending Symposiums for bank and political leaders in Mongolia, Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan. He HAS made numerous presentations at the request of governments and institutions in India, Bangladesh, Romania, Austria, Mexico, Ecuador, Nepal and other nations. Most recently he has been invited to Nepal to teach farmers greenhouse food production on small farms, and India to work with bio-energy generation and recapture. His work in sustainable development, economic development, and renewable energy has been of great interest in several nations.
MEDIA RECOGNITION: Boothe has authored 8 books including novels, banking and economic works, and appraisal and valuation reference works. He has been featured on CBS TV network, Public Radio, NPR, Public TV, and over 60 local radio and T.V. stations in the USA and in Asia. He has over 400 magazine and newspaper features and articles publishedHe published "Global Perspectives" (bootheglobalperspectives.com) out of Washington, D.C. for many years and for the past 15 years has published this to a direct mailing list of global VIP's with a mirror site for the general public knows as: http://www.bootheglobalperspectives.com .The VIP list numbers 5000+ and the readership of the other site is estimated at 20,000+ per month. His You Tube videos (benboothe) have views of over 260,000.
OTHER INTERESTS: Ben spends much of his time on blatant self promotion, e.g., writing Wiki pages about himself. He also likes publishing books and articles that few read, and giving unsolicited and unwelcome advice. Boothe has had other interests including a wind turbine distribution company (Wind-Inc.), a solar water heating partnership, and has been involved in promoting municipal, university, prison and hotel utilization of alternative/renewable energy, wind power and solar water heating. He has been active in speaking on the subject of desalination municipal water projects powered by wind and solar, and an alternative to depleting fresh water supplies. He has promoted greenhouse food production through a company that he admires, CORNUCOPIA-ENTERPRISE.COM. He owns Unicorn Press, (a publishing company), BBA Realty, (Real Estate Broker), and has been certified and licensed by the following States: He was Certified by the State of California as an Environmental Specialist and Licensed Inspector for many years. Certified by the State of Texas as a Commercial Real Estate Broker Certified and licensed by the State of New Mexico as a Commercial Real Estate Appraiser Certified and licensed by the State of New Mexico as a Licensed Insurance Adjuster (All Lines) Certified and licensed by the State of Texas as a Licensed Insurance Adjuster (All Lines) He has held temporary licenses for Valuations and Appraisals for short term professional work in: Arizona California New Jersey Montana Oklahoma Louisiana Florida Colorado Alabama Georgia Ohio and other states as well as work in several foreign nations. He has done Environmental studies or economic studies in Asia and Latin America. Boothe has published and produced a number of videos some of which can be seen in the You Tube site of: benboothe with a hit list or audience view list approaching 300,000. In 2010 and 2011 he and Saneh T. Boothe produced a popular series called Venus&Mars a combination of lifestyle, political, economic and humorous video discussions and debates on subjects ranging from Airport Security to the political free speech and calls for tolerance and respect for others. To promote cultural diversity he has reported from many nations and often does subjects such as Happy Nooruz, or Tibetan on site visits such as Machu Picchu and Angor Wat explorations.
PHILOSOPHY: Boothe maintains a lifestyle of study, research (normally reading one book per week) and extensive correspondence and exchanges with experts from around the world. His article: What I Believe (www.bootheglobalperspectives) has been reprinted and distributed throughout the world. His philosophy of a Global Connected Generation that is more tolerant of others and more enlightened in areas of international peace and cooperation was described in the book: FLOWERS FACING THE SUN which declared: "Like the thousands of flowers, all individual end different, on the Boothe Ranch, which at sunrise all face the sun, and follow it as it crosses the sky, we are FLOWERS FACING THE SUN, all of different nationalities, culture and religious structure, but we all seek and follow the light". He has been a voice for international dialogue, calm and enlightened policies, and wisdom in political and economic leadership. Congressman Ralph Hall said: "We value Ben Boothe as a resource because of his "GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE". What? You've never heard of Ralph Hall?
One Washington DC insider said about Ben "What he says today become fact tomorrow and what he predicts today, happens six months or a year later." One guy said about Ben "He's just a pathetic guy who obviously never quite lived up to his own grandiose expectations" The same guy also famously said "When Ben talks, nobody listens"
He has been an advisor and source of information to many of in the US Congress. This is not surprising considering Ben, while not the brightest bulb, may actually be smarter than many of the liberal idiots in Congress. Ben writes evaluations and occasional critiques of elected officials, and they usually don't get offended because they realize nobody cares what Ben thinks. His recommendations have been read and considered by 4 presidents.