Biography of
Mr. Bob W. Karpe
Bob W. Karpe is Chairman of the Board of Karpe Real Estate Center. a position he has held since1984. This is a complete real estate company, established in 1926 by his father, Elmer F. Karpe. The firm is engaged in sales, loans, appraisal, property management, investment, and real estate development. Between the years of 1981 - 1984, Mr. Karpe was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to be President of the Government National Mortgage Association in Washington D.C. As President of this $68 billion dollar per year corporation, he initiated international marketing of GNMA securities.
Bob Karpe was Real Estate Commissioner for the State of California during the years of 1971 - 1975, appointed by then Governor Ronald Reagan.
Presently, Mr. Karpe is a Director of the California State University, Bakersfield Foundation, and Honorary Director of the Bakersfield Police Activities League. He has received many honors in past years including the John Brock Award in 1991, and inducted into the Bob Elias Hall of Fame in 1991.
Mr. Karpe has been a supporter of the Bakersfield Police Activities League since it was formed in 1994. Through Mr. Karpe's philanthropic efforts BPAL enjoys a state of the art facility that provides educational and recreation programs to over one thousand children annually and, on average two hundred children daily.
We commemorate Mr. Karpe's efforts by naming our gymnasium in his honor.
* This honor was given at the BPAL Awards and Recognition Dinner February 20, 2004.
