Background
Pharo, Gwen McRae was born on August 5, 1927 in Lafayette, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Wesley Talmadge and Mary Louise (Tyson) Pharo.
Pharo, Gwen McRae was born on August 5, 1927 in Lafayette, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Wesley Talmadge and Mary Louise (Tyson) Pharo.
Student, Cottey Junior College Women, 1945—1946. Student, University Houston, 1946—1948. Student, Executive School Protocol, 1981.
Administrative assistant to deputy administrator General Services Administration, Dallas, 1950. Advertising copy writer Bonwit Teller, Philadelphia, 1951. Civic worker Dallas, 1952—1974.
Managing partner Maley, Pharo & Holloman, Inc., 1974. Corporation vice president national and international public relations Intercontinental Translations, Austin, 1975—1981. Washington representative O.I.L. Energy, Inc. subsidiary Kidde, Inc., Dallas.
Consultant to public Texas Tribune, Austin, 1979—1982. Finance consultant Americans The High Frontier, 1987—1988. Consultant Physicians Who Care, since 1987.
Public relations consultant Texas Free Enterprise Foundation, board director, Press liaison and advance worker 1state and national candidates, 1960—1970. Co-chairman Reagan President Committee, Dallas, 1968. Member delegate selection committee 3d Congressional District.
Member delegate-at-large selection committee state convention, 1968—1976. Delegate district and state convention, Dallas, 1980. Member Dallas Council World Affairs.
President Park Cities Republican Women's Club, 1966—1967. Served Presidential Rank awards Senior Executive Service, Dallas., 1983. Trustee Nichols College, Dudley, Massachusetts.
President Dallas Health and Science Museum Guild. Member advisory committee Museum Board Governors. Charter member Dallas chapter Freedoms Foundation Valley Force, Fair Campaign Practices Committee.
Member Dallas Council World Affairs. Board directors Rosalind Kress Haley Library., Texas Women's Alliance, So.Hearing Foundation, New Orleans.
Member of English Speaking Union, Landrum Society (vice president), Coolidge Society, Texas State Society, International Platform Association, American League Lobbyists, International Association Drilling Contractors, Foreign Policy Association, League Republican Women, Public Affairs Luncheon Club (president 1965-1966), Chaparral Club, Monday Club, Capitol Hill Club, Texas Breakfast Club.
Married Milam Bernard Pharo, June 23, 1951 (divorced September 1979). Children: Milam Randolph, Mark Langston.