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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Mark P Mays	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Texas, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, David H Dewhurst
Joseph B Gildenhorn	Peter H Coors, John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Rely on Your Beliefs Fund, Mitt Romney
Sam Wyly	John Cornyn, Kay Granger, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Pete Sessions, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Texas, George H W Bush, Ed Harrison
Dean Morrison	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, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, David H Dewhurst
Jerry Finger	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Pete Sessions, Phil Gramm, Michael Allen Andrews, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Texas, George H W Bush
James G Gidwitz	Peter H Coors, John Cornyn, Mel Martinez, 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
James Leininger	John Cornyn, Kay Granger, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Pete Sessions, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Texas, Ed Harrison
Bradford M Freeman	Peter H Coors, John Cornyn, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Pete Sessions, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
James E Smith	John Cornyn, John McCain, Pete Sessions, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Keep Our Mission PAC, Rely on Your Beliefs Fund, George H W Bush, Preston M Geren III
Joseph Haggar Jr	John Cornyn, Kay Granger, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Texas, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Preston M Geren III
George D Baker	Peter H Coors, John Cornyn, Kay Granger, Pete Sessions, Phil Gramm, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Keep Our Mission PAC, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Common Sense Common Solutions Political Action Committee, Preston M Geren III
Herman Lay	John Cornyn, Kay Granger, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Pete Sessions, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Texas, George H W Bush, Ed Harrison
Smith Davis	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Mel Martinez, 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
Kay Carter Fortson	John Cornyn, Kay Granger, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Keep Our Mission PAC, Mitt Romney, Common Sense Common Solutions Political Action Committee, Metroplex Welcome Fund, Preston M Geren III
John L Nau III	John Cornyn, Kay Granger, 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
Stephen F Brauer	John Cornyn, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Rely on Your Beliefs Fund, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry
Nancy Kinder	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Mel Martinez, 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
Fayez S Sarofim	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Phil Gramm, Michael Allen Andrews, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Texas, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
Sam Pack	John Cornyn, Kay Granger, John McCain, Pete Sessions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Texas, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Ed Harrison, David H Dewhurst
Lawrence Lacerte	John Cornyn, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Pete Sessions, Phil Gramm, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Texas, Ed Harrison

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Mark P Mays