Watson William Wise

Background

Wise, Watson William was born in Findlay, Ohio, United States. Son of William Alfred and Nella Jane (Watson) Wise.

Education

Bachelor of Philosophy, Yale University D.Letters, Ambassador College Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford (England) University.

Career

Advisory director, First RepublicBank Tyler N.A. Bank, Texas director, Texas Research League, Austin director, National Civil Service League, Washington professor, Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, Austria, 1963. Special counsel, Schuman Plan North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Delegate 13th General Assembly United Nations, 1958-1959;United States delegate Atlantic Congress, London, 1962, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Luxembourg, Lisbon,1968, Washington, The Hague, 1970, Brussels, London.

Member United Nations delegate, 1969-1970. Lecturer Salzaburg (Austria) Seminar. Member coordinator board Texas colland university system, Austin.

Board directors Peoples National Bank, Tyler, Texas Research League, Austin, Texas. Executive Committee Lone Star Steel Company.

Achievements

• Watson William Wise has been listed as a noteworthy Oil and gas company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Good Neighbor communications of Texas, 1957-1963. Trustee George Washington University, 1958, Briarcliff College, Briarcliff Manor, New York, 1961-1970, Southwestern Medical Foundation, Dallas, 1964, Texas Chest Foundation, Atlantic Junior College, from 1977, Tyler Junior College, 1950-1970, president of the board of trustees. Member Texas Commission Higher Education, Austin, Texas A & M Council, College Station, Council on Goals for Dallas.

President Texas Rose Festival. Chairman Texas Highway Council. Board directors National Civil Svc.

League, Washington; member development board, donor medical research library University Texas Health Center, Tyler. Dedicated Watson W. Wise Emergency Pavilion George Washington University Hospital, Watson W. and Emma Wise Cultural Arts Center Tyler Junior College, statue Harry S. Jenkins president. Donor Watson Wise Dialysis Center Medical Center Hospital, Tyler, Scott & White Hospital, Temple, Wadley Memorial Hospital, Texarkana, Texas, Texoma Medical Center, Denison, Texas, Valley Baptist Medical Center Foundation, Harlingen, Texas, St. Joeeph's Hospital, Paris, Severence Hospital, Seoul, Republic Korea;donor Watson W. Wise '23 Reading Room to Yale University, Seeley G. Mudd Library Donor Wise Auditorium Tyler Junior College.

Member Council International Rels., Indiana Petroleum Association American (Executive Committee), Southwest Center Advanced Studies, Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association (board dirs, past vice president)., American Association Petroleum Geologists, Texas Indiana Producersand Royalty Owners, East Texas Indiana Producers and Royalty Owners.

Connections

Married Emma Foote.

Father:

William Alfred Wise

Mother:

Nella Jane (Watson) Wise

Spouse:

Emma Foote.