Background
Gilchrist, Henry was born on November 6, 1924 in Austin, Texas, United States. Son of Gibb and Vesta (Weaver) Gilchrist.
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HENRY GILCHRIST
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A. & M. College of Texas (Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineer, 1948). University of Texas (Bachelor of Laws, with honors, 1950). Order of the Coif; Chancellor.
Associate Editor, Texas Law Review, 1949-1950.
Member, Board of Trustees, since 1976, Executive and Planning Committee, 1980— and Administrative Committee, since 1988, The Southwestern Legal Foundation. Member 1976— and Chairman 1984-1986, Research Fellows, The Southwestern Legal Foundation.
Life Member, Texas Bar Foundation.
Career
Worked at Jenkens & Gilchrist, A Professional Corporation (Dallas, Texas) specializing in Corporate Law, Securities Law. Admitted to the bar, 1950, Texas. Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif.
Chancellor.
Associate Editor, Texas Law Review, 1949-1950. Author: "The Form of a New Texas Constitution," 28 Texas Law Review 851, 1950. "Documentation of a Corporate Acquisition," 25 Southwestern Law Journal 299, 1971.
"Company-Author: "Secondary Distribution of Corporate Securities," 13 Southwestern Law Journal, Winter, 1959.
Member, Board of Trustees, 1976, Executive Committee, 1980, The Southwestern Legal Foundation. Member 1976 and Chairman 1984-1986, Research Fellows, The Southwestern Legal Foundation.
Life Member, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: Dallas and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Dallas County Heritage Society, 1984-1987, chairman of the board of trustees, 1978-1981, Control Dallas Association, Executive Committee, chairman, 1984-1985, Dallas World Salute since 1985, chairman president, 1988-1990, Theatre Three, 1986-1987, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U. Private Enterprise Research Center, since 1987, Dallas Business Committee for Arts, Executive Committee since 1988. Advisory county Communities Foundation Texas, Inc., Dallas Citizen Council, member cultural arts task force. Member planning and zoning commission Town of Highland Park, Texas, 1976-1984.
Member Executive Committee Dallas Museum Art Trustee and Audit Committee, since 1988, chairman 1988-1991, TACA Inc., vice president 1986-1989. Member development county Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U. College Liberal Arts. Member Texas A&MU. Commission Visual Arts, since 1982, chairman 1982-1988.
Member Executive Board Southern Methodist U. School Theology, since 1992. Founder Park Cities History Society With United States Army, 1943-1946. Member American Bar Association, State Bar Texas, Texas Bar Foundation (life), The Southwestern Legal Foundation (trustee, executive planning committee, administrative committee, former chairman research fellows), Dallas Bar Association.
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Married Patricia Ann Lynch, November 24, 1951. Children: Thomas Gibb, Terri Lynn.
Education
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1950