| LC control no. | n 79076025 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Clements, William P., 1917-2011 |
| Variant(s) | Clements, Bill, 1917-2011 Clements, William Perry, 1917-2011 |
| See also | Texas. Governor (1979-1983 : Clements) Texas. Governor (1987-1991 : Clements) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Dallas (Tex.) |
| Birth date | 1917-04-13 |
| Death date | 2011-05-29 |
| Place of birth | Highland Park (Tex.) |
| Place of death | Dallas (Tex.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers United States. Department of Defense Texas. Governor Texas. Governor William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies |
| Profession or occupation | Engineers Governors Ranchers |
| Found in | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Nominations of Elliot I. Richardson and William P. Clements, 1973. Phone call to Texas St. Pub. Clearinghouse, 11/28/94 (W.P. Clements elected governor of Texas 11/78 for 4 year term beginning 2nd Tues. in Jan. 1979 and ending in 1983; defeated by Mark White in 11/82; elected governor of Texas 11/86 for 4 year term to begin 1/13/87; did not seek re-election; term ended 2nd Tues. in Jan. 1991) Bill Clements, Texian to his toenails, 1996: galley (William P. Clements Jr.) Houston chronicle, May 30, 2011 (b. April 13, 1917, in the wealthy Dallas suburb of Highland Park, d. Sunday [May 29, 2011], in Dallas) Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Portraits of Texas Governors web page, May 27, 2016: (William P. Clements; retired from public life and made his home in Dallas; operated two ranches in Forney and Kaufman; raised black Brangus cattle) Handbook of Texas Online, May 31, 2016: (William Perry "Bill" Clements; attended Southern Methodist University, where he played football and studied engineering; served in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during WWII; in 1947, helped found Southeastern Drilling Co. (SEDCO); deputy secretary of Dept. of Defense, 1973-1977; in 1996, he established the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University) |
| Associated language | eng |
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