Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted (edited)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Buckley_Sr.
 

Quote

William Buckley (Sr.) attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he received advanced credit for his Spanish language skills and acted as an assistant to a professor in the Romance languages department. He worked as a Spanish translator along with his sister, Priscilla Buckley, for the Texas General Land Office. He helped to found the University of Texas' Chapter of the fraternity Delta Tau Delta. As a devout Catholic, Buckley was part of an effort to purchase property near the University for the Newman Club.

After the death of his father in 1904, Buckley (Sr.) commissioned building a large house at Lavaca and 19th streets in Austin (now the site of the Cambridge Tower), where his mother lived until her death in 1930. Buckley (Sr.) obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in 1904 from the University of Texas and his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Texas Law School. In 1905 he was elected editor of the University of Texas Yearbook The Cactus. In 1909 Buckley (Sr.) received his license to practice law and was elected a member of the Texas Bar Association.

In 1908, Buckley (Sr.) moved to Mexico where, together with his brother Claude, he founded the law firm of Buckley & Buckley to represent major American and European oil companies operating in Mexico. In 1912, he opened an office with his other brother Edmund in Tampico, Tamaulipas. In 1913 Buckley (Sr.) founded and became President of the Pantepec Oil Company based in Tampico.

 

Edited by Orange-4-Life
  • Hook 'Em 1


×
×
  • Create New...