B.P. Newman
| Bernard Pearce "Bob" Newman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 12, 1927 Red River County Texas, USA |
| Died | October 25, 2008 (aged 80) Laredo, Webb County, Texas |
| Residence | Laredo, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Businessman; developer |
| Spouse(s) | Peggy Jean Behelar Newman |
| Children |
Joel P. Newman (1951–2008) |
Joel P. Newman (1951–2008)
Nancy Newman de Anda
Mark S. Newman
Bernard Pearce Newman (December 12, 1927 – October 25, 2008), usually known as B. P. Newman or Bob Newman, was a business entrepreneur, developer, civic leader, and philanthropist in Laredo, Texas. Newman Elementary School in Laredo is named for him.
Newman was born in Red River County in northeast Texas to Thomas Newman and Veda Newman Scotti (1907–1995). While attending college in Dallas, he met Peggy Jean (née) Behelar (born 1932). They wed in 1950 and during their fifty-eight year marriage had four children.
In 1951, Foremost Dairies was then the third largest dairy cooperative in the United States. In 1964, Newman purchased the Foremost distributorship in Laredo, the largest city in South Texas. From his initial capitalization of the Laredo Foremost distributorship, he launched B. P. Newman Enterprises and built a business empire of restaurants, subdivisions, apartments, and ranches.
B. P. Newman Enterprises eventually brought the Church's and Popeye's fried chicken franchises to Laredo. By 1989, Newman owned five Popeye's franchises in Laredo and Austin, Texas, all sixteen Church's outlets in El Paso and planned to build an additional ten Popeye's. In 1990, Newman and architect Jack Rice Turner developed a 10-story, 46-unit building in Corpus Christi, known as the Twin Dolphins, then the third high-rise condominium in that city. In 1991, Newman was a significant Popeyes and Church's franchisee, having forty-one stores, primarily Church's, in El Paso, Laredo, and the Shreveport, Louisiana, market. By 2004, Newman was a top contributor to the Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits restaurant chain and was one of only two worldwide Popeyes restaurant franchisees to receive Popeye's Gold Plate Award, the most important award given by Popeyes management.
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