[aposiopetic]

Back in the first half of the 80s the Morning News (Belo Belo Belo par) ran a story on HRP in which he said that during the Depression (not this one) the homeless ("hobos" -- though that term has fallen into disuse, it seems) identified his family's home as a place where they could receive needed assistance, be it food or a blanket, if memory serves. If this is the truth, the Perots were indeed big-hearted people.

[B-Chan]

His mom and dad were generous. They endowed a lot of arts-type stuff in Texarkana over the years. HRP, however? All I know is that he graduated (’47) from the same high school as I did, yet our high school has no Perot Band Hall, Perot Stadium, Perot Computer Center, or Perot Scholarship. The only thing in Texarkana named after HRP is a street bridge, and he didn’t even pay for that — the city just named it after him.

It’s not like he owes “dear old Texas High” anything. It’s his money — be can spend it as he likes. For all I know he gives away zillions of bucks a year. Still, if I was the 85th richest man in America, I’d at least hand out some scholarship money around the old alma mater.

But that’s East Texas for you.

B-chan (THS ‘83)