Jesse W. Jones

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Businessman
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Houston,_Texas
gptkbp:awardedBy numerous awards
gptkbp:born January 5, 1887
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contributedTo New Deal programs
gptkbp:died April 7, 1956
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Jones_&_Company
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jesse W. Jones
gptkbp:influenced Texas_politics
Houston's_development
gptkbp:isMemberOf gptkb:Texas_Commission_on_Law_Enforcement
gptkb:Texas_Historical_Commission
gptkb:Texas_Commission_on_Environmental_Quality
gptkb:Boy_Scouts_of_America
gptkb:National_Urban_League
gptkb:Houston_Chamber_of_Commerce
gptkb:American_Red_Cross
gptkb:American_Society_of_Civil_Engineers
gptkb:United_Way
gptkb:American_Institute_of_Architects
gptkb:Texas_Commission_on_the_Arts
gptkb:Houston_Arts_Alliance
gptkb:Texas_State_Historical_Association
gptkb:Texas_Medical_Center
gptkb:University_of_Texas_System_Board_of_Regents
gptkb:Texas_A&M_University_System_Board_of_Regents
Texas_Commission_on_Jail_Standards
Texas_State_Board_of_Education
Houston_Historical_Society
Houston_Public_Library_Foundation
Texas_Commission_on_Human_Rights
Texas_Commission_on_Public_Health
Texas_Commission_on_State_Emergency_Communications
Texas_Commission_on_the_Aging
Texas_Commission_on_the_Arts_and_Humanities
Texas_Commission_on_the_Blind
Texas_Commission_on_the_Deaf_and_Hard_of_Hearing
Texas_Commission_on_the_Disabled.
Texas_Commission_on_the_Status_of_Women
Texas_State_Parks_and_Wildlife_Commission
gptkbp:knownFor banking
philanthropy
real estate development
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Jesse_H._Jones_Park_and_Nature_Reserve
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Chairman_of_the_Reconstruction_Finance_Corporation
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Jones
gptkbp:wasEducatedAt gptkb:University_of_Texas_at_Austin
Harris_County_Schools
gptkbp:worksWith gptkb:Southern_Pacific_Railroad
gptkb:Houston_Chronicle