David B. McCall

David B. McCall Jr. (March 31, 1924 – February 17, 2004) was an American banker and politician who served as the Mayor of Plano, Texas, from 1956 to 1960. In his business career, McCall founded and served as the CEO of the Plano Savings and Loan Association for over 25 years before its collapse in 1989. In 1997, McCall was convicted of fraud for creating $25 million in fraudulent loan records and was sentenced to 5 years in prison. Days before he died in 2004, McCall was given a presidential pardon by President George W. Bush.

Early life McCall was born in 1924 in the unincorporated community of Snow Hill, just north of Farmersville, in Collin County, Texas. He was an elementary school principal and basketball coach from 1952 to 1955. During McCall's tenure, the city's population doubled and the city installed its 1,000th telephone. On October 10, 1996, McCall pleaded guilty and he was sentenced to 5 years in prison, 90 days of home confinement, and 5 years of probation. He was also ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution. McCall served 6 months in prison before being released. Harvard pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 2 years in prison.

Personal life McCall and his wife had two sons, both of whom were involved in Texas politics. Brian McCall represented the Plano area in the Texas House of Representatives from 1990 to 2010 before resigning to become the chancellor of the Texas State University System. David McCall III was the first chairman of Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), the transit agency serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. In February 2004, Plano dedicated a downtown plaza honoring McCall five days before McCall was pardoned by President Bush. He was nicknamed "Mr. Plano."