Gerald Grimes

Gerald Grimes was an American politician who served as the Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner from 1975 until 1991.

Biography

Grimes was born Robert Gerald Grimes in Oklahoma City to Robert Weldon Grimes and Lucille Bivins. He later graduate of Southeast High School and the University of Central Oklahoma.
He spent his career in the insurance industry, starting at the Hartford Insurance Company before joining the Oklahoma Insurance Department in 1970. In 1975, following the death of Commissioner Joe B. Hunt, Governor David Boren appointed Grimes as the 8th Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
He died in November 2023.