20061020 A nice quick profile of First Mariner’s Ed Hale

A nice quick profile of First Mariner’s Ed Hale

Hale keeps his focus on achieving success

October 20, 2006 – Read more on “Soundtrack” here: Business Banking

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Kelly Carson, of The Examiner has a nice quick-read profile of Ed Hale. For those who have followed his career, he’s the little engine that could… And everyone’s working class hero.

BALTIMORE - Edwin Hale Sr. has tunnel vision.

He focuses on success.

As chairman and chief executive officer of Baltimore’s 1st Mariner Bank, owner of the Baltimore Blast indoor soccer team

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“I went from being a trucking guy to being a banker overnight,” Hale said. “It was a religious experience.”

One thing led to another during the turbulent banking days of the 1990s, and the Bank of Baltimore eventually melded into today’s Wachovia Bank.

“It was not a happy day,” Hale said of the day when the Bank of Baltimore was sold to the first of a few corporate interests. But part of the deal to sell the bank was that Hale not be prevented from starting another bank, which he did 11 years ago.

“I felt comfortable being chairman of a bank,” Hale said. “And I knew doing a local bank would work.”

Read he rest here: Hale keeps his focus on achieving success

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