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Howard W. Peak (December 31, 1948 – November 30, 2024) was an American politician who served as the mayor of San Antonio, Texas, from 1997 to 2001. He was succeeded in office by Ed Garza . [ 2 ] Prior to serving as mayor of the city, Peak served as a member of the San Antonio City Council from 1993 to 1997.
When David was ten, his family moved to San Antonio, Texas.At the encouragement of a new friend he began playing football at the Pop Warner level. After his junior season of varsity high school football in 2003, David was selected as a Unanimous First-Team All Area Class 5A defensive back by The San Antonio Express-News.
1960 champion Glenn E. Carroll is the first non-American (from Canada) to win the title. 1977 champion Evelyn Jane Burgay is the first woman to win the title. 1982 champion Kenneth Bernard is the first from outside North America (Australia) to win the title. 1985 champion Marie C. Pyne is the first European (Ireland) to win the title. 1995 Champion Mark Brown is the first and only Jamaican to ...
Ralph C. Smedley (February 22, 1878 – September 11, 1965) was an humanitarian.Toastmasters International was the brainchild of Smedley, as he is widely regarded as the founder of Toastmasters International, an international speaking organization with more than 352,000 members in 141 countries and more than 16,400 individual clubs. [1]
Jeff Wentworth, state senator from San Antonio; unseated in 2012 by Donna Campbell; John H. Wood Jr., federal judge in San Antonio until 1979, when he was assassinated by convicted murderer-for-hire Charles Harrelson, father of actor Woody Harrelson; John C. Woods, executioner of the Nuremberg Trials; master sergeant in United States Army
Forrest Mims was born in 1944 in Houston, Texas to Forrest M. Mims, Jr. (1923–1996) and Ollieve E. (Dunn) Mims (1924–1995). [10] He was the oldest of five children, two boys and three girls.
In 1956, he moved to San Antonio to try and revive a poorly performing dealership; he was granted a 25 percent interest in the dealership for his efforts. [4] In 1962, he became full owner of Tom Benson Chevrolet. [4] He was the owner of several automobile dealerships in the Greater New Orleans and San Antonio areas. Benson became wealthy by ...
John Howland Wood Jr. (March 31, 1916 – May 29, 1979) was an American lawyer and judge from Texas.He served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas before being assassinated by contract killer Charles Harrelson outside Wood's home in San Antonio, in 1979.