| LC control no. | n 82204169 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | White, Mark, 1940-2017 |
| Variant(s) | White, Mark Wells, Jr., 1940-2017 |
| See also | Texas. Governor (1983-1987 : White) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Houston (Tex.) |
| Birth date | 1940-03-17 |
| Death date | 2017-08-05 |
| Place of birth | Henderson (Tex.) |
| Place of death | Houston (Tex.) |
| Affiliation | Texas. Attorney-General's Office Texas. Secretary of State Baylor University. Law School Baylor University Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Attorneys general Secretaries of State (State governments) Governors |
| Found in | Texas equal educational opportunity plan for higher education, 1983: t.p. (Mark White) WW in America, 1982, p. 3547 (White, Mark Wells, Jr., b. 3/17/40) Phone call 3/19/87 to Texas State Publications Clearinghouse (William P. Clements, Jr., defeated Mark White in election for governor of Texas 11/86. Clements begins 4 year term 1/13/87) Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Governors of Texas, 1846-present web page, May 31, 2016: (Mark W. White, Jr.; Texas Attorney General, 1979-1983; Secretary of State, 1973-1977) Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Portraits of Texas Governors web page, May 31, 2016: (born in Henderson, Tex.; attended Houston public schools and Baylor University, earning bachelor's degree in business admin., 1962; law degree, Baylor Law School, 1965; worked briefly in private legal practice in Houston; served 3 years as Asst. Attorney General; in 1969, returned to Houston to private practice; president of GeoVox Security, Inc.) New York times WWW site, viewed Aug. 7, 2017 (in obituary published Aug. 6: Mark White; b. Mark Wells White Jr., Mar. 17, 1940, Henderson, Tex.; d. Saturday [Aug. 5, 2017], Houston, aged 77; as governor of Texas from 1983 to 1987, championed public education laws that limited class sizes, increased teachers' pay, and introduced basic skills tests for high school students; Democrat) |
| Associated language | eng |
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