Background
Elmer Tarbox was born in Bishop, Oklahoma on March 7, 1916 to Jake Tarbox and May Tarbox (née Riley).
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Tarbox attended Texas Technological College (now ) and lettered in Red Raiders basketball, Red Raiders football, and Red Raiders track teams. Along with Jerry Dowd from the Saint Mary"s Gaels, Tarbox was named Company-Outstanding Player in the 1939 Cotton Bowl Classic. He graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Texas Technical in 1939.
The same year, Tarbox was selected 18th overall in the 1939 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Rams but chose not play professional football.
Career
Tarbox was raised in the Texas Panhandle city of Higgins, Texas. Education World World War II At the beginning of World World War II, Tarbox enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps. Upon discharge, Tarbox returned to Lubbock, Texas.
In 1966, Tarbox ran successfully for the 76th District in the Texas House of Representatives.
Tarbox was reelected twice to the same district and twice more in the 75th District. From 1946–1947, Tarbox served as president of the Texas Technological College Alumni and Ex-Students Association (now known as the Texas Technical Alumni Association).
Tarbox founded the Tarbox Parkinson"s Disease Institute in 1972 at the TTUHSC, to help develop a treatment and cure for Parkinson"s disease, from which he suffered. On November 2, 1987, Tarbox died of complications of Parkinsonism and was buried at Resthaven Cemetery in Lubbock.
Achievements
Membership
Tarbox served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1967–1977. While a member of the legislature, he served on the appropriations committee that established the Texas Technical University School of Law and what is now the Texas Technical University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC).
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Nationality
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Political Party
Democratic party
Awards
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Purple Heart; Air Medal; Silver Star Purple Heart; Air Medal
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed, while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military.The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed, while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military.