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A native of Toledo, Ohio, he attended the, where he received a bachelor"s degree in economics in 1938.
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He also served as Board Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Mathews began a 41-year career with Frost Brothers as a fashion buyer, ascending to president of its specialty clothing store at North Star Mall in 1963. Frost Brothers was sold in 1970 to Manhattan Industries Incorporated.
In 1971, Mathews became director of the company and served as Chief Executive Officer of the retail division until the chain was sold in 1986.
Mathews served as a director of Frost National Bank of San Antonio from 1981 up until his death in 1994. In 1971, the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors appointed Mathews director of the San Antonio branch.
He served as chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas from 1972 to 1973, and as a class C director of the Dallas branch from 1974 to 1980. Mathews was a founding stockholder in the National Basketball Association franchise and one of only two of the original stockholders still holding a financial interest at his death.
Mathews served as a captain in the United States. Army during World World War World War II Irving"s father, Samuel Henry Mathews (1893–1951), had owned an apparel retail store in Toledo, Ohio.
On September 1, 1945 — while a Lieutenant in the United States. Army stationed at Fort Sam Houston — Irving married Jeanne Language, daughter of Sylvan Language, co-owner of Frost Brothers Mathews was a past director of the San Antonio Symphony, United Fund, the Jewish Social Service Federation of San Antonio and the National Board of the American Jewish Committee.
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