Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> March 24, 1999
G. STEVEN DAWSON joined the company's predecessor in 1990 as Chief
Financial Officer with responsibility for all corporate and project
finances, human resources, information services, accounting/reporting
and investor relations. In 1993, he played an integral part in taking
Camden public with a $245 million IPO. He played a major role in
structuring, negotiating and the completion of a $650 million merger of
Paragon Group in 1997, and a $1 billion merger of Oasis Residential in
1998, into Camden Property Trust. Much of his time and energy is focused
on capital markets transactions and investor/lender relations. The
company has been an active issuer of unsecured public notes, and relies
heavily on unsecured lines of credit, preferred stock, common equity,
partnership equity, and in specific situations, secured taxable and tax-
exempt debt. Mr. Dawson has primary responsibility for maintaining
access to these types of capital in addition to his responsibilities in
other areas. Mr. Dawson has lived in the Houston area since graduating
from Texas A&M University in 1980. He lives in Sugar Land with his
family and is active in various civic and charitable organizations. Profile
company?
Mr. Dawson: Camden was started in 1982 by Ric Campo and Keith Oden as a
division of a large regional
