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Rex M. Ball (1934-2010), an American architect, received his undergraduate degree in architecture from Oklahoma State University in 1956 and a master's degree in architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1958. He joined the Oklahoma-based architecture and engineering firm HTB Inc. in 1958, eventually becoming its CEO; in 1994, he became chairman emeritus of the firm. During his tenure, the firm's work included the renovation of the National Press Building in Washington, D.C., modernization and renovation projects for the U.S. military, and numerous projects in Oklahoma. Ball served on the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission from 1969 to 1971, and later was a member of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce and also the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce. He was president of the Tulsa Historic Preservation Commission and the co-founder and president of the Tulsa Art Deco Society. He served two terms on the Univeersity of Oklahoma's Board of Vistiors for the College of Architecture and was also a long-standing member of the Urban Land Institute and the American Institute of Certified Planners. Ball was a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. He was appointed to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts in 1994 and served until 1997.