August A. Oliveira
Graduating class: 1960
Inducted into Hall of Fame: 2003
Hall of Fame Category: Lifetime Achievement
The ninth son in a family of ten boys, August Oliveira made the most of his educational opportunities. He participated in sports at Fairhaven High School and concentrated on his future. Upon graduation August declined a scholarship offer from New Bedford Tech and joined the United States Air Force for a four-year tour.
Although tempted to make a career of the military, college beckoned him and he took advantage of the GI Bill, graduating from New Hampshire College with high honors and a class rank in the top 5%.
In 1968 August accepted a position as an Assistant National Bank Examiner with the Office of the Comptroller of Currency. As time progressed, so did his career, and he held various managerial and executive positions: Regional Director for Financial and Planning - Boston, Regional Director for Human Resources - Boston, Acting Director - Philadelphia Regional Office, Acting Director for Strategic Planning - Washington, D.C., Executive Assistant to the Senior Deputy Comptroller - Washington, D.C., and Special Assistant to the District Deputy Comptroller - New York.
August retired as the senior manager of the Boston Office with the responsibility for supervising approximately seventy-five bank examiners and almost as many community banks throughout New England.
Currently he is the Senior Vice President of Ocean Nation Bank in Kennebunk, Maine. He is responsible for bank operations and administration. The bank has over 500 employees and with more than forty branches in Southern Maine and New Hampshire has assets exceeding more than$ I .7 billion.
According to August, "The definition of success can be debated. In my view success is living a life with purpose and using our God-given skills and talents to the best of our abilities. Very few of us are able to make significant contributions to society, but in some small way, we can all make a difference."