Walter Fondren Sr.
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Walter William Fondren Sr. was an American oil industry businessperson and philanthropist in Texas. He co-founded Humble Oil Company, an antecedent to ExxonMobil.
Walter Fondren
Fondren Mansion in Houston
View of the Fondren Library portico (Rice University)
Ella Florence Fondren
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Ella Florence Fondren was an American philanthropist to hospitals and institutions of higher learning.
Walter Fondren Sr.
…dollars to SMU to build the Fondren Library. Walter Fondren also made large contributions to the Methodist Home for Orphans at Waco. Fondren married Ella Florence Cochrum on 14 February 1904. Fondren died on January 5, 1939, in San Antonio, Texas while attending a Methodist conference. He was first buried in Houston at…
Fondren Library at Southern Methodist University