November 15, 1946
- 1969 Texas A&M University
- 1972 volunteered for duty in Vietnam
- 1993 retireed from the Marine Corps Reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel
- 1993 – 1999 Texas State Senator
- 1995 sponsored and shepherded a number of Texas CHL bills
- 1997 successful effort and the equally important Texas CHL revision
- 2003 – 2015 27th Land Commissioner of Texas
- June 5, 2007 named “Texan of the Year” by Celebrate Texas

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