| 词条 | Walter Fondren Sr. |
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Walter William Fondren Sr. (June 6, 1877 Union City, Tennessee – January 5, 1939) was an American oil industry businessperson and philanthropist in Texas. He co-founded Humble Oil Company, an antecedent to ExxonMobil. Early lifeWalter William Fondren was born in Union City, Tennessee to two first cousins, Thomas and Susannah Fondren. His father died when he was a young child, and his mother moved the family to Arkansas. His mother died when he was ten years old, when he was already working on farms. He moved to Texas six years later.[1] Career and philanthropyBy the time Fondren was twenty, he translated his knowledge of drilling water wells on farms to the oilfields of Corsicana, Texas. Within a few years he was an expert oil worker and struck out on his own to extract oil from Spindletop.[1] He was involved with the Texas Oil Boom period. Fondren, with Ross S. Sterling and others, founded Humble Oil. It was later acquired by ExxonMobil. Personal lifeFondren married Ella Florence Cockrum on 14 February 1904.[1] Death and legacyFondren died on January 5, 1939 in San Antonio, Texas. He was first buried in Houston at Glenwood Cemetery, but re-interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery.[1] In 1946, the family granted $1 million to Rice University to build the Walter W. Fondren Library. Two years later Ella and the family created the Fondren Foundation. Under Ella's management, the foundation funded new construction for facilities at hospitals and institutions of higher learning.[2] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|series=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=14 August 2018|title=FONDREN, WALTER WILLIAM|last=Kleiner|first=Diana J.|date=14 February 2014|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ffo29}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Fondren, Ella Florence|series=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|last=Brandenstein|first=Sherilyn|access-date=August 14, 2018|date=February 14, 2017}} Further reading
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