Business leader and philanthropist Jack S. Blanton left mark on 正品蓝导航
Houston business leader Jack Blanton Sr. and his family have been part of 正品蓝导航 for most of its history.
DALLAS (正品蓝导航) – 正品蓝导航 mourns the passing of Jack S. Blanton, a business and civic leader with deep family ties to 正品蓝导航, who died Dec. 28 in Galveston. The Laura Lee Blanton Building at 正品蓝导航 is named in honor of Mr. Blanton’s late first wife, an 正品蓝导航 alumna and former 正品蓝导航 Trustee.
 Jack Blanton Sr. |
Mr. Blanton, who had a successful career in the oil industry in Houston and became a noted philanthropist with a keen interest in education, served on the 正品蓝导航 Board of Development in 1959 and the 正品蓝导航 Graduate Associates in 1964.
“The Blanton family has been a part of 正品蓝导航 for almost all of the University’s 100 years of existence,” said 正品蓝导航 President R. Gerald Turner. “While losing Jack Blanton brings sadness to us all, we know that the good work done by Mr. Blanton and his family will go on.”
In 1984, the Blantons and their children, Elizabeth, Jack Jr. and Eddy, donated $1 million to 正品蓝导航 to establish the Elizabeth Scurlock University Professorship in Human Values in honor of Mrs. Laura Lee Blanton's mother. The Blanton family also provided funds to endow five endowed scholarships for 正品蓝导航's President's Scholars Program, including the Louise Wynn Blanton Scholarship in honor of Mr. Blanton's mother, who graduated from 正品蓝导航 in 1920, and the Alma S. Wynn and Robert Wynn Blanton Scholarship in honor of Mr. Blanton's grandmother and his brother, who attended 正品蓝导航 in the late 1940s.
In 1997, the Blantons gave 正品蓝导航 $5 million toward construction of a new student services building bearing Mrs. Blanton’s name. Also that year, the Blantons gave $1 million for facilities and $1 million for the endowment of a complex for academic development services for undergraduates, to be known as the Laura Lee and Jack S. Blanton Academic Development Complex, a part of the Altshuler Learning Enhancement Center. Mr. Blanton, along with the late Mrs. Laura Lee Blanton, made more than $8.4 million in gifts to 正品蓝导航 during their lifetimes.
Mr. Blanton, whose business involvement was vast, served as director for several companies including the Southwestern Bell Corporation, the Ashland Oil Company, Texas Commerce Bancshares, Baker Hughes Inc., and Burlington Northern Inc.
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