Jean Baptiste Adoue, American banker, city official Recipient Linz award, 1943. member Executive Committee Dallas Community Chest; Member American, Texas State, Dallas Company bar associations, American Arbitration Association, Chamber of Commerce (past president, treasurer 1950), American Society International Law, International, United States (past director) lawn tennis associations, Newcomen Society England, Phi Delta Theta.
Background
He is born in Dallas County, Texas as a son of Jean Baptiste Adoue, Senior and Mittie Neosha "Simpson" Adoue who had four children. In 1906, he graduated in law from the University of Texas at Austin and with that he went back to his home town to practice law for the following year before working with Adoue Senior at the National Bank of Commerce (formerly known as Flippen, Adoue, and Lobit which changed when his father became president in 1892).
Education
Bachelor of Laws, University of Texas, 1906.
Career
At that institution, in 1924, he followed his father"s steps to become president at his father"s death (by suicide in his home on June 24). From 1939 to 1947 he was president of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce for which he financially strengthen earning him the Linz Award for community service in 1943. In 1942 and re-elected in 1943 and 1945, he was sitting at the city council where he became well known and appreciated.
This resulted in a 1949 mayor election in which he participated where he lost to Wallace H. Savage, though he received the most votes as an elected council member.
By 1951, another mayor vote by the public brought him into office. During his term as a mayor which resulted in clashes between his office and number of unions, he passed a public-works program with which the Love Field would be expanded.
When re-election came, Adoue didn"t run for a second term as he saw his health decline. He went back to his banker job after his mayor office term where he worked till his death on November 17, 1956, while working.
He was buried at Crown Hill Memorial Mausoleum, Dallas, Texas.
He was once on the list of top ten tennis players in Texas and was sitting on the board of director of the United States. Lawn Tennis Association for thirty years.
Achievements
Membership
Member Executive Committee Dallas Community Chest. Member American, Texas State, Dallas Company bar associations, American Arbitration Association, Chamber of Commerce (past president, treasurer 1950), American Society International Law, International, United States (past director) lawn tennis associations, Newcomen Society England, Phi Delta Theta. Clubs: Dallas Athletic, Dallas Lawn Tennis (secretary, treasurer), Cedar Springs Lawn Tennis, Dallas Country, Brookhollow Country, Rotary, Petroleum, City.
Connections
Married Hester A. Allen, October 12, 1909 (deceased). Married second, Mary J. Wilson, May 12, 1937. Children: Jean Baptiste III, Bertrand Allen (deceased).