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ing Committee. In the latter capacity he was responsible for seeing
through to completion the Association's campaign to raise $500,000
for various projects and the endowment. J. P. also conceived the idea
for last year's Texana Auction of the Decade, and his successful organi-
zation of that event enabled the Association to surpass its goal of a
half million dollars.
For those who are familiar with the early Anglo-American settle-
ment of Texas, J. P.'s roots in the state are evident. For the record,
however, let it be noted that J. P. is a descendant of Emily Austin
Bryan Perry, sister of Stephen F. Austin. His father, J. P. Bryan, Sr.,
served as Association president from 1965 to 1967, while another family
member, Guy M. Bryan, served as Association second vice-president
(1897-1898) and first vice-president (1898 to his death in 19o1).
J. P. holds degrees from the University of Texas Law School and the
American Institute of Foreign Trade. He is currently president of
Torch Energy in Houston, and has served on the boards of numerous
civic, educational, and corporate institutions. In light of such commit-
ment and stamina, it may come as little surprise that J. P.'s interests
include long-distance running: he has competed in three marathons,
including the Boston Marathon, and once even organized his own--a
three-day 1oo-mile event, which he and some fifteen other runners
completed.
Other pursuits of the new president include ranching, golf, hunting,
and fishing (he holds the state record for the largest swordfish), as well
as historic preservation and restoration. He was the founding chair-
man of Houston's most successful area-preservation association, South
Main Center Association, and serves as a director of the Institute of
Texan Cultures and board member of the Texas Historical Founda-
tion. J. P. and his wife, Mary Jon, have restored a small German house
and log cabin on their farm near Round Top and have recently com-
pleted the restoration of the Gage Hotel in Marathon. The Gage Hotel
was formerly the headquarters of the Gage ranching empire, which
stretched over half a million acres.
J. P.'s interest in Texas history was instilled by his father and en-
couraged by H. Bailey Carroll, for whom J. P. served as grader while
at the University. During his years in law school J. P. started the Pem-
berton Press, which is noted for its reprints of rare Texana, as well as
for numerous other publications of national and local appeal. Another
interest that took hold in these years was the collection of rare Texana.
He has, by all reckoning, built one of the finest private collections in84
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