Background
III, Arthur Temple, was born on April 8, 1920 in Texarkana, Arkansas, United States. Son of Arthur and Katherine (Sage) T.
III, Arthur Temple, was born on April 8, 1920 in Texarkana, Arkansas, United States. Son of Arthur and Katherine (Sage) T.
Student, University Texas-Austin, 1938. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Pepperdine University, 1982.
Bookkeeper, assistant manager retail yard, Temple Lumber Yard, Lufkin, Texas, 1938-1948;
president, Chairman of the Board, Temple Associations, Inc., Diboll, Texas, 1941-1970;
executive vice president, Temple Industries, Inc., Diboll, Texas, 1948-1951;
president, chief Executive officer, Temple Industries, Inc., Diboll, Texas, 1951-1975;
Chairman of the Board, Temple Industries, Inc., Diboll, Texas, 1972-1973;
board directors, Temple-Eastex Inc., Diboll, Texas, since 1973;
Chairman of the Board, Temple-Eastex Inc., Diboll, Texas, 1975-1983;
chairman planning and development committee, Time Inc., Diboll, Texas, 1973-1981;
group vice president, Time Inc., Diboll, Texas, 1973-1978;
board directors, Executive Committee, Time Inc., Diboll, Texas, since 1973;
vice chairman, Time Inc., Diboll, Texas, 1978-1983;
Pchmn. board, Exeter Investment Company, Lufkin, Texas, 1982-1983;
Chairman of the Board, Temple-Inland Inc., Lufkin, Texas, since 1984;
board directors, member Executive Committee, Temple-Inland Inc., Lufkin, Texas, 1979;
Chairman of the Board, First Bank and Trust Eastern Texas, Diboll. Board directors Contractor's Supplies, Lufkin, Lufkin Block, Lumberman's Investment Corporation, Austin, Sunbelt Insurance Company, Austin, Great American Reserve Insurance Company, Dallas, Temple-Inland Finance Superior vena cava syndrome Inc., Temple Inland Properties Inc., Austin Crest Hotel Inc. Chairman of the Board T&T Corporation, Lufkin, Pineland State Bank.
Limited partner Dallas Cowboys. Football Club, since 1984. President, board directors Texas Southeastern R.R. (board directors).
Pes. Angelina County Chamber of C., 1950. Active State Board Education, 1949. Board regents Lamar Technology University, 1957.
Trustee Duke University, 1983, John E. Gray Institute, T.L.L. Temple Foundations. Board directors St. Michael Hospital Foundation, Texarkana, National Park Foundation, since 1984. Member National Forest Product Assn (past chairman, president, board directors), National Association Manufacturers (board directors), Southern Forest Products Association (past chairman, president), Lumbermen's Association Texas (past chairman, president), American Forest Products Association (trustee), Crown Colony Club (board directors), Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Married Mary MacQuiston (divorced 1963). Children: Arthur III, Charlotte. Married Charlotte Dean, September 4, 1963.