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Texas Collection
George Bannerman Dealey, a charter member of the Asso-
ciation and an Honorary Life Member, died on February 26,
1946. With his death the Association lost one of its finest
members and one of its best friends. I can not here do justice
to G. B. Dealey's inemory. He supported the Quarterly, the
Junior Historian, the Handbook, and the Association in its
program for Texas history. Few persons have been designated
Honorary Life Members, which is the highest honor this Asso-
ciation can confer. G. B. Dealey merited the recognition in
every sense of the word. Sam Acheson will write the Handbook
biographical sketch of Dealey; it will be carried at a later date
in the Texas Collection. Also Alonzo Wasson, who worked with
Dealey for almost a half century, will write of Dealey's interest
in the full and complete history of Texas.
I do want to say that in the years I have been connected
with the Association there has never been one in which G. B.
Dealey did not do something of sterling worth and service to
the Association. One year he provided fifty new members at
Christmas time; another time he was the patron of the book
auction; and the list goes on. On learning of a certain Asso-
ciation project, just a few days before his death, he sent in
his check for $500. He did put a good many dollars into the
Association's work, but best of all he, himself, served in hun-
dreds of small thoughtful ways. Our G. B. Dealey file is thick;
he could always be counted upon to take an intelligent and
active part in any program; he was always as willing to serve
as a private in the Association's ranks as he was to accept
top-flight responsibility.
The following appraisal of G. B. Dealey has been written by
a member of the Association-one who knew, respected, and
admired a great Texan and a great American.
GEORGE BANNERMAN DEALEY
George Bannerman Dealey, publisher of the Dallas Morning News,
dean of American journalism and Citizen of the State of Texas, in a
sense accorded to few men of his generation, died on February 26, 1946,
at his home in Dallas. Although he was in his eighty-sixth year, he was
still young in body, mind, and spirit. He had been a hard worker all of
the days of his life, and his last full day was no exception. He was ill
only a few hours. What a fitting reward for a well spent life.
George B. Dealey was the builder of one of the great business institutions
of this section of the country. His apparently inexhaustible physical and
mental energies were given to it in the fullest measure. Yet from his141
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