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January 20, 1973-January 20, 1977
Attended Southern Methodist University
Served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1941-1945
Founder, Southeast Drilling Company, 1947
Chairman, Board of Governors, Southern Methodist University, 1965-1973
First Republican Governor of Texas since Reconstruction, 1979-1983; 1987-1991