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A fortress of power built to last
Islands of the Oil Kings: Part 2
Sid Richardson’s home withstood many forces of nature, including Lyndon Johnson
By Alan Peppard, Staff Writer
Published on December 11, 2014
Once construction of Sid Richardson’s house on San Jose Island was complete in 1938, it became a frequent destination for those in pursuit of political power. In the 1940s, Richardson’s enormous fortune pulled Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson into its orbit and into the orbit of his island on the Texas Gulf Coast.
In the spring of 1937, Franklin Roosevelt visited the South Texas private islands of Dallas oilman Clint Murchison and Fort Worth oilman Sid Richardson, two best friends about to go on a history-making roll. Richardson was rich in new oil reserves, but cash poor and dependent on bankers. At his financial peak, Murchison sat atop a complex maze of entities that owned insurance companies, a publishing house, a steamship line, bus lines, Field & Stream magazine and Daisy Air Rifle.
They would both be ranked among the five richest
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Ed Bass
American financier and philanthropist
For the first American Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts, see Edward Bass.
Edward Perry "Ed" Bass (born September 10, 1945)[2] is an American businessman, financier, philanthropist and environmentalist who lives in Fort Worth, Texas. He financed the Biosphere 2 project, an artificial closed ecological system, which was built between 1987 and 1991. He is the chairman of Fine Line, an investment and venture-capital management firm in Fort Worth,[3] and chairman of the board of directors of the Sid W. Richardson Foundation, a philanthropic organization.[4] He was listed as #239 on the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans in 2012, with an estimated net worth of $2 billion.[5]
Early life and education
Bass was born in Fort Worth, Texas to Perry R. (1914–2006)[6] and Nancy Lee (née Muse) Bass (1917-2013),[6][7] the second-oldest of four sons; his brothers are Lee Marshall Bass, Sid Richardson Bass, and Robert Muse Bass. His father, P
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Director of the Bass Military Scholars Program
SEARCH COMPLETE: Retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Scott Brower named Director of the Bass Military Scholars Program
Summary
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente has appointed a committee to conduct a national search for the next director of the Bass Military Scholars Program.
The program directorsets the strategic leadership and direction for the Bass Military Scholars Program. The Bass Military Scholars Program provides financial aid and programming for meritorious professional students who are honorably discharged US Military or Coast Guard veterans pursuing post-baccalaureate degrees to be awarded from Vanderbilt’s Law School (J.D. program), Owen Graduate School of Management (M.B.A. program), Peabody College (M.Ed. and M.P.P. program), School of Medicine (M.D. program), and School of Nursing (M.S.N. program). Veterans participating in the program provide meaningful mentoring for other students at Vanderbilt to expose the student body to the values, discipline, and mission focus veterans bring to the
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