LittleSis: Preston M Geren Jr

An architect and engineer, he joined the firm his father founded here in the 1930s, Preston M. Geren Architects & Engineers, and had a hand in designing Southwest High School, buildings at Travis Avenue and Broadway Baptist churches, and at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, TCU, the University of Texas at Arlington and Texas A&M. The firm worked with architect Louis Kahn on the iconic Kimbell Art Museum. After graduating from Arlington Heights High School, he attended Texas A&M University until he joined the Army in World War II. For service in the Third Army in Europe, he received a Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart. Although he finished college after the war at Georgia Tech, he was forever an Aggie. “Preston represented Texas A&M's ‘First Family of Architecture,’” Jorge Vanegas, dean of A&M’s School of Architecture, said in a statement. His grandfather, Frederick Giesecke, taught the first architecture class at Texas A&M University in 1905, and his father and an uncle also studied architecture at A&M, Vanegas said.

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Vin Weber	John Cornyn, Kay Granger, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Pete Sessions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Keep Our Mission PAC, Rely on Your Beliefs Fund, Mitt Romney
George Klein	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
Clifton H Morris Jr	John Cornyn, Kay Granger, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Preston M Geren III
Bryce L Harlow	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
Raymond G Smerge	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Pete Sessions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Texas, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry
Thomas Stuart Smith	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Phil Gramm, Michael Allen Andrews, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Texas, Mitt Romney, Preston M Geren III, David H Dewhurst
Tucker S Bridwell	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Texas, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, David H Dewhurst
Nicholas Martin	John Cornyn, Kay Granger, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Texas, Mitt Romney, David H Dewhurst
Jerry Speyer	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Keep Our Mission PAC, Republican Party of Texas, Mitt Romney
Melvyn J Estrin	Peter H Coors, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, David H Dewhurst
Robert A Day	Peter H Coors, John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Texas, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
Paul Cambon	John Cornyn, Kay Granger, John McCain, Jim Oberstar, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Keep Our Mission PAC, Rely on Your Beliefs Fund, Mitt Romney, Common Sense Common Solutions Political Action Committee
Aubrey K McClendon	John Cornyn, Kay Granger, John McCain, Pete Sessions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Texas, Mitt Romney, David H Dewhurst
Lonnie Ken Pilgrim	John Cornyn, Kay Granger, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Pete Sessions, Phil Gramm, Michael Allen Andrews, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Texas
B M Rankin Jr	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Pete Sessions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Texas, Mitt Romney, David H Dewhurst
Thomas A Reiser	John Cornyn, John McCain, Pete Sessions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Texas, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, David H Dewhurst
William D Smithburg	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Keep Our Mission PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
J Patrick Rooney	Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Pete Sessions, Phil Gramm, Michael Allen Andrews, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Keep Our Mission PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
Herb Kelleher	John Cornyn, Kay Granger, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Jim Oberstar, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, George H W Bush, Preston M Geren III
Alfred Hoffman Jr	John Cornyn, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Pete Sessions, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Rely on Your Beliefs Fund, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney

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Vin Weber