Background
Mays, Gerald Avery was born on November 24, 1939 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Avery and Blanche (Ponder) Mays.
consultant engineering executive
Mays, Gerald Avery was born on November 24, 1939 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Avery and Blanche (Ponder) Mays.
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Southern Methodist University, 1962. Postgraduate, Southern Methodist University, 1963.
Laborer, engineer, Avery Mays Construction Company, Dallas, 1950-1963; vice president, Avery Mays Construction Company, 1967-1971; president, Avery Mays Construction Company, 1971-1984; president, George A. Fuller Company of Texas, 1984-1987; president, The Mays Companies, 1987-1994; owner, Gerald A. Mays, P.E., consultant engineers, 1988-1994; football player, Kansas City Chiefs, 1961-1970; engineer, Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff (consultant engineers), 1964-1967; partner, Mays, Flowers, Grady & Burruss Insurance president, GAMCO Constructors, Inc., 1972-1982.
Campaign chairman Greater Dallas March Dimes, 1973. Member Dallas Community Relations Board. Advisory board Dallas Opportunities Industrialization Committee, 1972.
Board directors Kansas City chapter American Red Cross, 1969-1970, president Heart of America chapter, 1973. Board directors Baker University, 1970-1973. Executive committee Metropolitan Dallas Young Men’s Christian Association.
Chairman Metropolitan Y Sustaining Fund Campaign, 1976. Executive committee Goodwill Industries Dallas, Goals for Dallas. Member Salesmanship Club Dallas, Young President's Organization, Dallas Chamber of C., Sigma Tau, Chi Epsilon, Alpha Tau Omega.
Married Shirley Ann Pike. Children: Gerald Avery, Sandra Jo, Sherrie Lynn, Sarah Elisabeth. Stepchildren: Donald K. Turner, Bruce R. Turner, Barry K. Turner.