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5 unusual facts about Paul Amen


Chuck Knox

Building on his success, Knox then moved back to the colleges, serving two seasons as an assistant under Paul Amen at Wake Forest University in 1959.

Paul Amen

In 1979, Amen was appointed Director of the Nebraska State Banking Department by Governor Charles Thone.

After leaving Wake Forest, Amen retired from sports and begin a career at Wachovia Bank in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he rose to the rank of vice president.

Amen earned a master's degree in education from the University of Nebraska in 1940 while an assistant football coach there under Biff Jones.

He was fired as state banking director in 1983 by Governor Bob Kerrey within weeks of the collapse of Commonwealth Savings and Loan in Lincoln, but later investigations showed that he had borne no responsibility for its failure.



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