"Builders : George R. and Herman Brown" book research files, 1898-1995.

Bentsen, Lloyd

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Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, U.S. Senator and Representative, businessman, Texas county judge, and decorated World War Two veteran, was born in Mission, Texas, on February 11, 1921. He ran for Vice-President of the United States in 1988 on the Democratic ticket with then Massachusettes governor Michael Dukakis. He served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1994. Bentsen kept up a full schedule until 19...

Hobby, Oveta Culp, 1905-1995

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Oveta Culp Hobby (January 19, 1905 – August 16, 1995) was the first secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, first director of the Women's Army Corps, and a chairperson of the board of the Houston Post. Hobby went to Washington, D.C., in 1941 to head the newly formed women's division of the War Department's Bureau of Public Relations. At the request of Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall she drafted plans for the formation of a women's auxiliary to the male army, ...

Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007

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Lady Bird Johnson was born Claudia Alta Taylor in Karnack, Texas on December 22, 1912. Her parents were Thomas Jefferson Taylor and Minnie Pattillo Taylor, and she had two older brothers, Tommy and Tony. Her mother died when she was only five years old, and her Aunt Effie Pattillo moved to Karnack to look after her. At an early age, a nursemaid said she was "as purty as a lady bird," and thereafter she became known to her family and friends as Lady Bird. She graduated from Marshall High School i...

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

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Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was born on August 27, 1908 at Stonewall, Texas. He was the first child of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines Johnson, and had three sisters and a brother: Rebekah, Josefa, Sam Houston, and Lucia. In 1913, the Johnson family moved to nearby Johnson City, named for Lyndon''s forebears, and Lyndon entered first grade. On May 24, 1924 he graduated from Johnson City High School. He decided to forego higher education and moved to California with a few ...

Texas Eastern Corporation

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Brown family.

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Hackerman, Norman

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Born in Baltimore, Maryland on 2 March 1912. Education: A.B., Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University (1932), Ph.D., Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University (1935). Employment: 1935-1939 Loyola College ; 1936-1940 Colloid Corporation ; 1939-1941 United States Coast Guard ; 1941-1943 Virginia Polytechnic Institute ; 1944-1945 Kellex Corporation ; 1982- The Robert A. Welch Foundation ; 1945- University of Texas at Austin ; 1970- Rice University. From the description of Oral history interview w...

Rice University. Board of Trustees.

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Beginning in 1891, the Rice Institute (later University) Board of Trustees recorded minutes of their meetings, both those dealing with the Rice Institute and those concerned with operations of the Rice Land Lumber Company. The Board of Trustees meetings were held to discuss a wide range of topics, including the academic curriculum, faculty, student and campus activities, related community affairs, and other current issues with which the Board was concerned. The Minute Books of the Rice Land Lumb...

Sarofim, Louisa Brown

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Pitzer, Kenneth S. (Kenneth Sanborn), 1914-1997

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Kenneth S. Pitzer was a Chemistry professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Pitzer also served as the Director of Research for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (1949-1951), president of Rice University (1961-1968), president of Stanford University (1968-1970) and a trustee at several colleges including Pitzer College. From the description of Kenneth S. Pitzer papers, 1915-2000 (bulk 1930-1997). (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 150411481 S...

Stude, Mike.

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Brown Shipbuilding Company, Inc.

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Pratt, Joseph A.

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Rice University.

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Rice University's Office or Research and Graduate Studies oversees research and graduate programs. From the guide to the Research and Graduate Studies office records UA 130., 1996-2001, (Rice University Archives, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University) William Marsh Rice University (commonly called Rice University and opened in 1912 as The William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Letters, Science and Art) is a private, comprehensive research uni...

Hobby, William Pettus, 1878-1964

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William “Bill” P. Hobby served as lieutenant governor of Texas for 18 years (1973-1991). Born in Houston on January 19, 1932, he is the son of former Texas governor William Pettus Hobby, Sr. and Oveta Culp Hobby. He graduated from Rice University in 1953, served for several years in the United States Navy, and then joined the staff of the Houston Post, owned by the Hobby family. Hobby became executive editor and president of the newspaper company in 1965, and he remained president u...

Brown, Herman, 1892-1962

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Brown, George R., 1898-1983

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Brown & Root, Inc.

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Brothers-in-law Dan Root and Herman Brown founded Brown and Root, Inc. in 1919 as a road-building company by brothers-in-law Dan Root and Herman Brown. In the following decades the company expanded into larger industrial construction projects including offshore oil platforms and dams. In the 1960s Brown and Root, Inc. was purchased by the Haliburton Company. Haliburton merged Brown and Root with the M.W. Kellogg Company in the 1990s to form Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR). KBR became a stand-alo...

Connally, John Bowden, 1917-1993

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John Bowden Connally Jr. (February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993) was an American politician. He served as the 39th Governor of Texas and as the 61st United States Secretary of the Treasury. He began his career as a Democrat and later became a Republican in 1973. Born in Floresville, Texas, Connally pursued a legal career after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin. During World War II, he served on the staff of James Forrestal and Dwight D. Eisenhower before transferring to the Asiati...

Castaneda, Christopher James, 1959-....

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Brown, Alice Pratt

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Brown Foundation.

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