Alexander Penn Wooldridge

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Alexander Penn Wooldridge, usually just A. P. Wooldridge (1847-1930[1]), was a mayor of Austin, Texas[2] from 1909 to 1919. Wooldridge Park is named after him.

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[edit] Education

Wooldridge attended the University of Virginia.[3]

[edit] Employment

He was the president of Austin's City National Bank in 1896.[3]

[edit] Other Service

He served as the first President of the Board of Trustees of the Austin Independent School District, and is sometimes called "The Father of Public Education in Austin."[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Handbook of Texas Online - WOOLDRIDGE, ALEXANDER PENN
  2. ^ Wooldridge, A. P. (1911). "The Commission as It Works in Austin, Texas". Commission Government in American Cities: 906. American Academy of Political and Social Science. 
  3. ^ a b Fritz-Hugh, Thomas (May 1896). "Our Alma Matter in Texas and the Southwest". The Alumni Bulletin of the University of Virginia. Charlottesville: Faculty of the University of Virginia. 
  4. ^ AP Wooldridge sur Flickr : partage de photos !


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