Paul Eggers
| Paul Walter Eggers | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 20, 1919 Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana, USA |
| Died | 21 June 2013 (aged 94) Dallas, Texas |
| Cause of death | Alzheimer's disease |
| Residence | Dallas, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Valparaiso University University of Texas School of Law |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Political party |
Republican nominee for governor of Texas, 1968 and 1970 |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Frances Kramer Eggers (married 1946-divorced) |
| Children |
From first marriage: |
(1) Frances Kramer Eggers (married 1946-divorced)
From first marriage:
Steven Paul Eggers
Stepchildren:
Stephen M. Streeter
Paul Walter Eggers (April 20, 1919 – June 21, 2013) was an Indiana native who was the Republican nominee for governor of Texas in both 1968 and 1970, when the state still had two-year gubernatorial terms. (Under a 1972 state constitutional amendment, the terms were doubled in 1974 to the current four years.) Eggers' races for governor were his only attempts at elected office. At the time, he was a largely unknown tax attorney in Wichita Falls in North Texas.
By 1970, Eggers had relocated from Wichita Falls to Dallas. He was a close friend and associate of Republican U.S. Senator John G. Tower. Eggers' amiable personality was shown in his campaign posters, and he waged aggressive though underfunded races against the conservative Democratic nominee, Preston Smith, a theater owner from Lubbock, who was the lieutenant governor under retiring Governor John B. Connally, Jr.
Eggers was born to a minister, Ernest H. Eggers, and the former Ottilie W. Carre in Seymour in Jackson County in southern Indiana. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1941 from Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, where he played football. In 1978, Valparaiso University named him a "Distinguished Alumnus". He served in World War II as a major in the United States Army Air Forces. He was honorably discharged in 1946 and on December 29 of that year married Frances Kramer. They had one son, Steven Paul Eggers (born 1957) of Dallas. In 1948, Eggers received his J.D. degree from the University of Texas School of Law at Austin and was thereafter licensed to practice in Texas. After his divorce from his first wife, Eggers married Virginia McMillin (born 1928) on February 23, 1974. He was in private practice and a partner in three law firms, Eggers, Sherrill, & Pace (1952–1969) in Wichita Falls and Eggers & Wylie (1977–1979), and Eggers & Greene (1979–1993), both in Dallas. Eggers was a long-term active member of the Episcopal Church. He was chancellor of the Diocese of Dallas from 1978 to 1992, when he was designated chancellor-emeritus.
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