| 词条 | Clarence Scharbauer Jr. |
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| name = Clarence Scharbauer Jr. | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = July 6, 1925 | birth_place = Midland, Texas, U.S. | death_date = February 21, 2014 | death_place = Midland, Texas, U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma mater = Texas A&M University (did not graduate) | employer = | occupation = Rancher, oilman, banker, horsebreeder | title = | salary = | networth = US$250 million (1989)[1] | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse = Dorothy Turner | children = 3 sons, 1 daughter | parents = Clarence Scharbauer Ruth Cowden | relatives = John Scharbauer (paternal great-uncle) | box_width = }} Clarence Scharbauer Jr. (1925–2014) was an American rancher, oilman, banker, horse breeder and philanthropist. Early lifeClarence Scharbauer Jr. was born on July 6, 1925 in Midland, Texas.[2][3] His father, Clarence Scharbauer Sr., was a rancher.[3] His paternal great-uncle was a large rancher from New York.[4] His paternal great-great-grandfather was an immigrant from Germany.[4] Scharbauer attended Texas A&M University for one semester,[5] until he dropped out in 1942 when his father was diagnosed with cancer.[1] During World War II, he served in the United States Navy.[3][5] CareerScharbauer inherited his father's 350,000-acre ranches and oil investments.[1][5] One of his ranches, Valor Farm in Pilot Point, Texas,[2] "produced more than one billion barrels of oil."[5] He was the recipient of the Golden Spur award for ranching.[2][3] Scharbauer served as the chairman of the First National Bank of Midland, but the bank failed.[5] Scharbauer was a horse breeder. He was the owner of the Kentucky Derby winner Alysheba.[1] Another horse he owned, Fiftyshadesofgold, won the Texas Stallion Stakes at the Sam Houston Race Park on February 15, 2014.[3] He was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and the Horse Racing Hall of Fame.[2][3] He was the recipient of the lifetime achievement award from the Texas Thoroughbred Association in 2007.[2] PhilanthropyScharbauer made charitable contributions to Midland College (where the Scharbauer Student Center is named in his honor) and the Midland Memorial Hospital (where the Dorothy and Clarence Scharbauer Jr. Patient Tower is named after he and his wife).[2][3] Additionally, the Scharbauer Sports Complex was named after him after another donation he made.[2][3] Scharbauer was also the founder of the Scharbauer Foundation, a philanthropic foundation.[2] Personal lifeScharbauer married to Dorothy Turner,[2][3] whose father, Fred Turner Jr., won the 1959 Kentucky Derby with a horse named Tomy Lee.[6] The couple had four children: sons Clarence Scharbauer III, Douglas, and Chris, and daughter Pamela.[2] He was widowed in 2005.[2] Death and legacyScharbauer died on February 21, 2014 of complications following emergency surgery.[2][7] He was eighty-eight years old.[2][3] One of Scharbauer's sons, Clarence Scharbauer III, serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Texas Christian University as of 2015–2016.[8] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|title=Clarence Scharbauer Jr.|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Qi4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA134&dq=%22Clarence+Scharbauer%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjt3Nzaw4zKAhWG2xoKHVmJDf0Q6AEIHzAA#v=onepage&q=%22Clarence%20Scharbauer%22&f=false|accessdate=January 4, 2016|work=Texas Monthly|page=134|date=August 1989}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Scharbauer, Clarence Jr.}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 {{cite news|title=Clarence Scharbauer Jr., Noted Rancher, Horseman, Philanthropist Dies at 88|url=http://www.newswest9.com/story/24795124/clarence-scharbauer-jr-noted-rancher-horseman-philanthropist-dies-at-88|accessdate=January 4, 2016|work=KWES-TV|date=February 22, 2014}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite news|last1=Todd|first1=Ed|title=Visionary Dies: Clarence Scharbauer Jr., legend dies at 88|url=http://www.mrt.com/top_stories/article_4260c598-9c8c-11e3-a986-001a4bcf887a.html|accessdate=January 2, 2016|work=Midland Reporter-Telegram|date=February 23, 2014}} 4. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Murrah|first1=David J.|title=Oil, Taxes, and Cats: A History of the Devitt Family and the Mallet Ranch|date=2001|publisher=Texas Tech University Press|location=Lubbock, Texas|isbn=9780896723320|oclc=29360732|page=7|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wnGBLn-DhKEC&pg=PA7&dq=%22John+Scharbauer%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjnr4idppDKAhXJ2RoKHdz-BjwQ6AEIHzAA#v=onepage&q=%22John%20Scharbauer%22&f=false|accessdate=January 4, 2016}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book|last1=Sowers|first1=Richard|title=The Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes: A Comprehensive History|date=2014|publisher=McFarland & Company|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|isbn=9780786476985|oclc=849205047|page=262|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iTJiAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA262&dq=%22Clarence+Scharbauer%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiJ-YvXsY3KAhWGVRoKHS81Ah04ChDoAQgxMAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Clarence%20Scharbauer%22&f=false|accessdate=January 4, 2016}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20151010-fading-breed.ece|title = Fading breed|author=Christian McPhate|date=|work=Denton Record-Chronicle|location=Denton, Texas|accessdate=3 January 2015}} 7. ^{{cite news|title=Texas Owner Clarence Scharbauer Jr. Dies|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/83497/texas-owner-clarence-scharbauer-jr-dies|accessdate=January 4, 2016|work=The Blood-Horse|date=February 23, 2014}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=TCU Board of Trustees|url=http://www.chancellor.tcu.edu/trustees.asp|website=Texas Christian University|accessdate=January 4, 2016}} 10 : 1925 births|2014 deaths|American people of German descent|People from Midland, Texas|Texas A&M University alumni|American naval personnel of World War II|Ranchers from Texas|American bankers|American racehorse owners and breeders|Philanthropists from Texas |
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