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Title	Gus and Lyndall Wortham, at unidentified social event
Author/Creator	Reed, Bill (photographer)
Original Date Created	ca. 1965
Institution	Woodson Research Center, Rice University
Description	Snapshot of Gus and Lyndall Wortham, from the Gus S. Wortham family and business records.
Description.Abstract	Gus Sessions Wortham (1891-1976), businessman, civic leader, cattle rancher and philanthropist, served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of American General for almost five decades. He and his wife, Lyndall Finley Wortham (1892-1980), are also remembered for establishing the Wortham Foundation for support of cultural organizations and parks in Houston. In addition to the Wortham Theater Center, several other public places in Houston are named for Wortham, including Gus Wortham Park, Gus Wortham Memorial Fountain, Wortham Fountain at the Texas Medical Center, Wortham House (home of the University of Houston chancellor), Wortham IMAX Theater at the Museum of Natural Science, Wortham World of Primates at the Houston Zoo, and Wortham Tower in the American General Center.
Subject Categories	Wortham, Elizabeth Lyndall Finley, 1892-1980; Wortham, Gus S., 1891-1976;
Source	Forms part of the Gus S. Wortham family and business records (http://www.rice.edu/fondren/woodson/mss/ms514.html), Box 15 folder 6 item 1, at the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University (http://www.rice.edu/fondren/woodson/, 713-348-1586).
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