Career
Sharp"s projects included Oak Forest in 1946 and Sharpstown in 1955. Sharp also created Royden Oaks in the late 1940s. Sharp later was a central figure in the Sharpstown scandal, and as a result he was convicted of violating federal banking and securities laws and was sentenced to three years" probation and a $5,000 fine.
Sharp advised Strake Jesuit to buy shares of National Bankers Life at $20–26 per share.
The school lost $6,000,000 from his advice.