Edwin L. Cox
Edwin L. Cox | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 20, 1921 |
| Died | November 5, 2020 (aged 99)[disputed ] Dallas, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Southern Methodist University Harvard Business School |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Children | Edwin L. Cox, Jr. |
| Parent(s) | Edwin B. Cox |
Edwin L. Cox (a.k.a. Ed Cox; October 20, 1921 – November 5, 2020)[disputed ] was an American businessman and philanthropist.[1][2][3]
Early life[]
Edwin Lochridge Cox, Sr., was born in Mena, Arkansas.[1] He spent his first two undergraduate years at Southern Methodist University and received an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.[1]
Career[]
He spent his career in oil and gas exploration.[1] He served as CEO of the Edwin L. Cox Company, an investment company.[1] He served on the Board of Directors of Halliburton and the American Petroleum Institute.[1] In 1990, he was inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame.[1]
Philanthropy[]
He was a major donor to the Republican Party, and to the campaigns of Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush.[2] He was also a major donor to the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.[2]
He served on the Board of Trustees of Southern Methodist University from 1973 to 1987, including as its Chairman from 1976 to 1987.[1] The Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University is named for him.[1] He served on the Trustees Council of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Library of Congress Trust Fund and the Board of Trustees of the Dallas Museum of Art.[1]
Personal life[]
Cox lived in a US $40 million mansion in Highland Park, Texas, a wealthy enclave of Dallas.[3][4]
The large collection of French impressionists (Gustave Caillebotte, Cézanne and Van Gogh)[5] compiled by Cox will be auctioned off by the heirs at Christie's in 2021.[6]
His son, Edwin L. Cox, Jr., was convicted of falsifying collateral on $78 million in loans.[2][7] He served six months in prison and paid $250,000 in fines.[2] Just before leaving office in January 1993, President George H. W. Bush pardoned him.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "SMU Cox School of Business | Business Education | Lifelong Learning". www.smu.edu.
- ^ a b c d e f Michael Weisskopf, 'A Pardon, a Presidential Library, a Big Donation', Time Magazine, March 06, 2001
- ^ a b The 100 Most Expensive Homes in Dallas 2009 Archived 2013-02-27 at the Wayback Machine, D Magazine, June 22, 2009
- ^ Thomas Korosec, Deadbeat, Dallas Observer, January 15, 1998
- ^ Block, Fang. "Sotheby's to Sell Egyptian Prince Tewfik's Patek Philippe Wristwatch". www.barrons.com.
- ^ "Christie's to sell Texan oil tycoon Edward L. Cox's collection of Impressionist art". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. July 29, 2021.
- ^ Bank Fraud Guilty Plea, The New York Times, June 17, 1988
External links[]
- People from Mena, Arkansas
- People from Highland Park, Texas
- Southern Methodist University alumni
- Harvard Business School alumni
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- 21st-century American businesspeople
- Halliburton people
- American Enterprise Institute
- Businesspeople from Arkansas
- Businesspeople from Texas
- 20th-century philanthropists
- 21st-century philanthropists
- American art collectors
- 1921 births
- 2020 deaths