{"id":26,"date":"2025-02-08T05:53:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T05:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevenfenber.skikmedia.nl\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2026-01-26T19:08:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T19:08:55","slug":"editorials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/index.php\/editorials\/","title":{"rendered":"HISTORY"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"26\" class=\"elementor elementor-26\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f19107 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4f19107\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95c331f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"95c331f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">HISTORY<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e26abcf e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e26abcf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cd829c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2cd829c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PUBLICATIONS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc40fdb elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"dc40fdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-185babd elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"185babd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af3b44e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af3b44e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57360fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57360fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">75th Anniversary Annual Report                                                                                                                                                                 <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3eb2658 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3eb2658\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston Endowment<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97541bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97541bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2012-Annual-Report.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #cb997e;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><b><u>READ<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0about the 75-year history of Houston Endowment in the special anniversary annual report produced by Steven Fenberg and CORE Design Studio. Since Houston Endowment was established in 1937 by Jesse and Mary Gibbs Jones, the foundation has donated more than $2.7 billion to help create a community where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffd0361 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ffd0361\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-600fee4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"600fee4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fotos-website-18.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4221\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fotos-website-18.png 696w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fotos-website-18-218x300.png 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61047a1 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"61047a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1319356 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1319356\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a70622 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1a70622\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fotos-website-18.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4221\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fotos-website-18.png 696w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Fotos-website-18-218x300.png 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38a5d87 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38a5d87\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e5acb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4e5acb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">75th Anniversary Annual Report                                                                                                                                                                 <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e64b90a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e64b90a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston Endowment<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d17d26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d17d26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2012-Annual-Report.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #cb997e;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><b><u>READ<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0about the 75-year history of Houston Endowment in the special anniversary annual report produced by Steven Fenberg and CORE Design Studio. Since Houston Endowment was established in 1937 by Jesse and Mary Gibbs Jones, the foundation has donated more than $2.7 billion to help create a community where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b3c5ed e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3b3c5ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86ae970 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"86ae970\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">EXHIBITIONS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f2f89d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4f2f89d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7324d63 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7324d63\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-196c9ad e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"196c9ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b72d6b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b72d6b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Legacy Room<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b164ec elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b164ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston Endowment<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b61e9c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b61e9c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coredesignstudio.com\/houstonendowmentlegacy\/?fbclid=IwAR1YvB1p1fwqt8tv6shBwlGSut0Qn92-fPz6JU0cG5ObNVHkBDRWVhHwDiY\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>EXPLORE<\/strong><\/span><\/a> the Legacy Room at Houston Endowment, the philanthropic foundation established by Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones in 1937 to expand access to opportunity for the people of greater Houston. The exhibition celebrates the Joneses through a timeline with corresponding artifacts; six screens with rotating images on walls covered in iconic photographic murals; and a touchscreen that displays historic images and information. The room shows how the Joneses\u2019 contributions improved life for the people of Houston and how Mr. Jones helped save nations during both world wars and the Great Depression.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d979b7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4d979b7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90e0c41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"90e0c41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hOORIZONTAL-1250-\u00d7-950-px-1024x778-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1240\" alt=\"Interactive exhibit curated and produced by Steven Fenberg in Houston Endowment\u2019s new headquarters.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hOORIZONTAL-1250-\u00d7-950-px-1024x778-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hOORIZONTAL-1250-\u00d7-950-px-1024x778-1-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hOORIZONTAL-1250-\u00d7-950-px-1024x778-1-768x584.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The interactive exhibition at Houston Endowment tells the remarkable story of the foundation\u2019s benefactors Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbbf0be elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cbbf0be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33ccfc2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"33ccfc2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2594ee0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2594ee0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hOORIZONTAL-1250-\u00d7-950-px-1024x778-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1240\" alt=\"Interactive exhibit curated and produced by Steven Fenberg in Houston Endowment\u2019s new headquarters.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hOORIZONTAL-1250-\u00d7-950-px-1024x778-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hOORIZONTAL-1250-\u00d7-950-px-1024x778-1-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hOORIZONTAL-1250-\u00d7-950-px-1024x778-1-768x584.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The interactive exhibition at Houston Endowment tells the remarkable story of the foundation\u2019s benefactors Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-617c380 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"617c380\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa8d980 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aa8d980\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Legacy Room<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-304063f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"304063f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston Endowment<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16b1c51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16b1c51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coredesignstudio.com\/houstonendowmentlegacy\/?fbclid=IwAR1YvB1p1fwqt8tv6shBwlGSut0Qn92-fPz6JU0cG5ObNVHkBDRWVhHwDiY\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>EXPLORE<\/strong><\/span><\/a> the Legacy Room at Houston Endowment, the philanthropic foundation established by Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones in 1937 to expand access to opportunity for the people of greater Houston. The exhibition celebrates the Joneses through a timeline with corresponding artifacts; six screens with rotating images on walls covered in iconic photographic murals; and a touchscreen that displays historic images and information. The room shows how the Joneses\u2019 contributions improved life for the people of Houston and how Mr. Jones helped save nations during both world wars and the Great Depression.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-793e6f3 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"793e6f3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85ac4ff e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"85ac4ff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-485b7f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"485b7f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chase Building Celebrates \n75th Anniversary<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd6652f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fd6652f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston Chronicle<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d40896c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d40896c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chase-building-hits-75th-anniversary.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0how the 1929 Art Deco Gulf Building remained Houston\u2019s tallest skyscraper until the forty-four floor Humble Oil Company Building opened in 1963. A commemorative book celebrating the opening of the building proclaimed, \u201cThe Gulf Building is more than an office structure. \u2026 It is, in intent and fact, a monument. A towering pillar of inspired architecture which expresses the true importance of the new south.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9ad889 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c9ad889\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be5eaa9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"be5eaa9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Chase-building-hits-75th-anniversary.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-2-724x1024-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1216\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-2-724x1024-1.jpg 724w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-2-724x1024-1-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Jesse Jones\u2019s 1929 Gulf Building (now the JP Morgan Chase Building) remained Houston\u2019s tallest skyscraper until the 44-story Humble Oil Company Building opened in 1963. Jones\u2019s Bankers Mortgage Company building is to the right of the Gulf Building; the top of his Rice Hotel is on the far right;  and Jones\u2019s National Bank of Commerce Building is in the bottom right corner. (Photo - Woodson Research Center). <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57e96dc elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"57e96dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d66fdc3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d66fdc3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6aaa3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e6aaa3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Chase-building-hits-75th-anniversary.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-2-724x1024-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1216\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-2-724x1024-1.jpg 724w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-2-724x1024-1-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Jesse Jones\u2019s 1929 Gulf Building (now the JP Morgan Chase Building) remained Houston\u2019s tallest skyscraper until the 44-story Humble Oil Company Building opened in 1963. Jones\u2019s Bankers Mortgage Company building is to the right of the Gulf Building; the top of his Rice Hotel is on the far right;  and Jones\u2019s National Bank of Commerce Building is in the bottom right corner. (Photo - Woodson Research Center). <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc2b59e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fc2b59e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f6dd18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f6dd18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chase Building Celebrates \n75th Anniversary<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2716316 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2716316\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston Chronicle<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edf3374 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"edf3374\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chase-building-hits-75th-anniversary.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0how the 1929 Art Deco Gulf Building remained Houston\u2019s tallest skyscraper until the forty-four floor Humble Oil Company Building opened in 1963. A commemorative book celebrating the opening of the building proclaimed, \u201cThe Gulf Building is more than an office structure. \u2026 It is, in intent and fact, a monument. A towering pillar of inspired architecture which expresses the true importance of the new south.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b17519 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5b17519\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99f9916 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"99f9916\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">INTERVIEWS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2deea78 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2deea78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-256d083 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"256d083\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb1806a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bb1806a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b58b4e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b58b4e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Filming the Fight: An Interview with L. Bennett Fenberg<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66ba54d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"66ba54d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston History Magazine<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86aceca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86aceca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/filming-the-fight.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0how World War II photographer L. Bennett Fenberg filmed the iconic explosion of the swastika above Germany\u2019s Nuremberg Stadium. The film has been used in countless newsreels and movies, including <em>Judgment at Nuremberg<\/em> directed by Stanley Kramer and starring Spencer Tracy, Marlene Dietrich, Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift and others. Fenberg recounts the challenges he and his fellow Signal Corps photographers encountered on European battlefields. Fenberg also describes how his family settled in Houston after the war.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FFiek8IWu9U\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/span><\/a> the original film by L. Bennett Fenberg of the swastika explosion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af4f5cd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af4f5cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c561e8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c561e8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/houstonhistorymagazine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/filming-the-fight.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-1-1024x683-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1226\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-1-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-1-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-1-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">L. Bennett Fenberg with his nephew and interviewer Steven Fenberg.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8797f3 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f8797f3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0811c12 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0811c12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f930ca0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f930ca0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/houstonhistorymagazine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/filming-the-fight.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-1-1024x683-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1226\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-1-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-1-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/5-1-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">L. Bennett Fenberg with his nephew and interviewer Steven Fenberg.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f87e72 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0f87e72\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c71a006 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c71a006\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Filming the Fight: An Interview with L. Bennett Fenberg<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6919994 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6919994\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston History Magazine<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5d34ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5d34ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/filming-the-fight.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0how World War II photographer L. Bennett Fenberg filmed the iconic explosion of the swastika above Germany\u2019s Nuremberg Stadium. The film has been used in countless newsreels and movies, including <em>Judgment at Nuremberg<\/em> directed by Stanley Kramer and starring Spencer Tracy, Marlene Dietrich, Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift and others. Fenberg recounts the challenges he and his fellow Signal Corps photographers encountered on European battlefields. Fenberg also describes how his family settled in Houston after the war.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FFiek8IWu9U\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/span><\/a> the original film by L. Bennett Fenberg of the swastika explosion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1d9359 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c1d9359\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebd119b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ebd119b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f74bde4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f74bde4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jesse Jones: A Conversation About ''Mr. Houston''<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c5d755 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c5d755\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston History Magazine<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bed9242 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bed9242\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span> an interview with former University of Houston history professor and department chair Joseph Pratt about Jesse Jones\u2019s influence on Houston and the nation.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-059ac27 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"059ac27\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e247cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1e247cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/jessie-jones-HH-1.2.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1024x683-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1228\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Downtown Houston Main Street in the 1930s with Jesse Jones\u2019s Lamar Hotel, Metropolitan and Loew\u2019s State Theaters and the top of his Gulf Building on the left and his Kirby Theater and Building on the right.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a18feca elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a18feca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c3e0c3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0c3e0c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-400b053 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"400b053\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/jessie-jones-HH-1.2.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1024x683-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1228\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Downtown Houston Main Street in the 1930s with Jesse Jones\u2019s Lamar Hotel, Metropolitan and Loew\u2019s State Theaters and the top of his Gulf Building on the left and his Kirby Theater and Building on the right.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b3ceb5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3b3ceb5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2686597 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2686597\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jesse Jones: A Conversation About ''Mr. Houston''<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c44b83b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c44b83b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Houston History Magazine<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d055506 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d055506\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span> an interview with former University of Houston history professor and department chair Joseph Pratt about Jesse Jones\u2019s influence on Houston and the nation.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06729d1 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"06729d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c99a3ae e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c99a3ae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42fd771 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"42fd771\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jesse Jones and The Making of Houston<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0db00b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d0db00b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Texas Observer<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-729f03c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"729f03c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span> a conversation with writer Cecily Sailer about Jesse Jones\u2019s profound impact on the development of Houston, Texas.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dda013a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dda013a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0886ac3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0886ac3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasobserver.org\/jesse-jones-and-the-making-of-houston\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-1024x683-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1224\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Downtown Houston with Jesse Jones\u2019s buildings in red.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b22d43 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3b22d43\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86480df e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"86480df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c53ba3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4c53ba3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasobserver.org\/jesse-jones-and-the-making-of-houston\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-1024x683-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1224\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Downtown Houston with Jesse Jones\u2019s buildings in red.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6878fc0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6878fc0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc6bf91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc6bf91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jesse Jones and The Making of Houston<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad501e3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ad501e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Texas Observer<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d004434 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d004434\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>READ<\/strong><\/span> a conversation with writer Cecily Sailer about Jesse Jones\u2019s profound impact on the development of Houston, Texas.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-746d92d e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"746d92d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ed4a3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8ed4a3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PRESENTATIONS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-088f572 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"088f572\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8711302 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8711302\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf4191a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cf4191a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc7113e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bc7113e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jesse Jones: Houston\u2019s Enduring Legacy<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75028e0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75028e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Preservation Houston<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c259b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c259b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BDONcxCYGBI\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0Steven Fenberg with rare photographs show how Jesse Jones\u2014Houston\u2019s preeminent developer during the first half of the 20th century\u2014built the city\u2019s first skyscrapers, raised half of the funds to develop the Port of Houston, owned the town\u2019s largest bank and newspaper and during the Great Depression and World War II became the most powerful person in the nation next to President Franklin Roosevelt.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b84b9d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7b84b9d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9885ac1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9885ac1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/jessie-jones-HH-1.2.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-2-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3309\" alt=\"As finance chair of the Democratic National Committee, Jesse Jones captured the 1928 convention for Houston, the first national convention held in the South since the Civil War. The convention put Houston on the map and Jesse Jones in the spotlight.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-2-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-2.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">As finance chair of the Democratic National Committee, Jesse Jones captured the 1928 convention for Houston, the first national convention held in the South since the Civil War. The convention put Houston on the map and Jesse Jones in the spotlight. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-197a268 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"197a268\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8e8248 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a8e8248\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3d11b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c3d11b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/jessie-jones-HH-1.2.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-2-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3309\" alt=\"As finance chair of the Democratic National Committee, Jesse Jones captured the 1928 convention for Houston, the first national convention held in the South since the Civil War. The convention put Houston on the map and Jesse Jones in the spotlight.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-2-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fotos-website-2.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">As finance chair of the Democratic National Committee, Jesse Jones captured the 1928 convention for Houston, the first national convention held in the South since the Civil War. The convention put Houston on the map and Jesse Jones in the spotlight. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06da0cf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"06da0cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cad757a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cad757a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jesse Jones: Houston\u2019s Enduring Legacy<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e4943c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e4943c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Preservation Houston<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2bdc84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2bdc84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BDONcxCYGBI\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0Steven Fenberg with rare photographs show how Jesse Jones\u2014Houston\u2019s preeminent developer during the first half of the 20th century\u2014built the city\u2019s first skyscrapers, raised half of the funds to develop the Port of Houston, owned the town\u2019s largest bank and newspaper and during the Great Depression and World War II became the most powerful person in the nation next to President Franklin Roosevelt.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4634e6f e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4634e6f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16dc6dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"16dc6dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ARCHIVES<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71c641a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"71c641a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5be4ae4 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5be4ae4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3836132 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3836132\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1061f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d1061f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Archive of Jesse Jones Set To Open At Rice University<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-487d634 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"487d634\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rice University\/Houston Public Media<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9cbf68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9cbf68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>LISTEN<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0to how Steven Fenberg and architectural historian and author Barrie Scardino assembled the enormous collection of Jesse Jones\u2019s business and personal papers and hundreds of rare photographs, which were donated by Houston Endowment to Rice University\u2019s Woodson Research Center at the Fondren Library. Fenberg describes how the collection offers a comprehensive and unique look into Houston\u2019s early business history. A collection of Fenberg\u2019s papers are also available at the Woodson Research Center.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcaa81d elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"fcaa81d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;arrows&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4-2-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"Susan Vaughn Clayton and Mary Gibbs Jones sell war bonds to their husbands, Jesse Jones and Will Clayton (left), who helped initiate and implement the Marshall Plan. Photo courtesy of Rice University&#039;s Woodson Research Center.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Susan Vaughn Clayton and Mary Gibbs Jones sell war bonds to their husbands, Jesse Jones and Will Clayton (left), who helped initiate and implement the Marshall Plan. Photo courtesy of Rice University's Woodson Research Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5-2-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, Eastern Airlines president and a celebrated World War I pilot, shakes hands with Orville Wright at the 1943 dinner arranged by Jesse Jones to honor the fortieth anniversary of the first Wright Brothers&#039; flight, and to announce the return of the Kitty Hawk from England. Courtesy AP\/Wide World.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, Eastern Airlines president and a celebrated World War I pilot, shakes hands with Orville Wright at the 1943 dinner arranged by Jesse Jones to honor the fortieth anniversary of the first Wright Brothers' flight, and to announce the return of the Kitty Hawk from England. Courtesy AP\/Wide World.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6-2-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"(left to right) Mariette Garner, Vice President John Nance Garner, the Joneses, and Edith Wilson celebrate Jesse Jones&#039;s sixty-third birthday. Photo courtesy of Rice University&#039;s Woodson Research Center.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">(left to right) Mariette Garner, Vice President John Nance Garner, the Joneses, and Edith Wilson celebrate Jesse Jones's sixty-third birthday. Photo courtesy of Rice University's Woodson Research Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7-1-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jesse Jones, President-elect Franklin Roosevelt and then Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee. In a rare instance, Roosevelt&#039;s leg braces are visible in the picture. Courtesy of CORBIS.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Jesse Jones, President-elect Franklin Roosevelt and then Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee. In a rare instance, Roosevelt's leg braces are visible in the picture. Courtesy of CORBIS.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"5 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/8-1-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jesse Jones (front row, second from left) and President Herbert Hoover (center), 1932. Courtesy Library of Congress.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Jesse Jones (front row, second from left) and President Herbert Hoover (center), 1932. Courtesy Library of Congress.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"6 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9-1-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"(left to right) Jesse Jones, Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Joseph Tumulty, and President Woodrow Wilson marching down Fifth Avenue during the immense American Red Cross fundrasing on May 18, 1918. Courtesy Campbell Photo Services.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">(left to right) Jesse Jones, Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Joseph Tumulty, and President Woodrow Wilson marching down Fifth Avenue during the immense American Red Cross fundrasing on May 18, 1918. Courtesy Campbell Photo Services.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"7 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2-5-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"(left to right) Senator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado, Jesse Jones, and Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas. Courtesy Houston Chronicle.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">(left to right) Senator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado, Jesse Jones, and Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas. Courtesy Houston Chronicle.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"8 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3-5-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"President Dwight Eisenhower, Mary Gibbs Jones, Mamie Eisenhower and Jesse Jones. Photo courtesy of Rice University&#039;s Woodson Research Center.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">President Dwight Eisenhower, Mary Gibbs Jones, Mamie Eisenhower and Jesse Jones. Photo courtesy of Rice University's Woodson Research Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-chevron-left\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M646 125C629 125 613 133 604 142L308 442C296 454 292 471 292 487 292 504 296 521 308 533L604 854C617 867 629 875 646 875 663 875 679 871 692 858 704 846 713 829 713 812 713 796 708 779 692 767L438 487 692 225C700 217 708 204 708 187 708 171 704 154 692 142 675 129 663 125 646 125Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-chevron-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M696 533C708 521 713 504 713 487 713 471 708 454 696 446L400 146C388 133 375 125 354 125 338 125 325 129 313 142 300 154 292 171 292 187 292 204 296 221 308 233L563 492 304 771C292 783 288 800 288 817 288 833 296 850 308 863 321 871 338 875 354 875 371 875 388 867 400 854L696 533Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0020cb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e0020cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f6475d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6f6475d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/shows\/houston-matters\/2015\/04\/07\/211874\/unprecedented-power-archive-of-jesse-h-jones-documents-set-to-open\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/1-2-1448x2048-1-r4vsy5xcyvbknubjz9e7ez8gyu8aidarwvga3167bc.jpg\" title=\"1-2-1448&#215;2048\" alt=\"1-2-1448x2048\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Jesse Jones was featured in major\t\t magazine cover stories throughout his public career. This was his second appearance on the cover of TIME magazine, which proclaimed in its 1941 article, \u201cIn all the US today there is only one man whose power is greater: Franklin Roosevelt.\u201d<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f2eafb elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5f2eafb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9abad5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c9abad5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f5631d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7f5631d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/shows\/houston-matters\/2015\/04\/07\/211874\/unprecedented-power-archive-of-jesse-h-jones-documents-set-to-open\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/1-2-1448x2048-1-r4vsy5xcyvbknubjz9e7ez8gyu8aidarwvga3167bc.jpg\" title=\"1-2-1448&#215;2048\" alt=\"1-2-1448x2048\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Jesse Jones was featured in major\t\t magazine cover stories throughout his public career. This was his second appearance on the cover of TIME magazine, which proclaimed in its 1941 article, \u201cIn all the US today there is only one man whose power is greater: Franklin Roosevelt.\u201d<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6df93bd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6df93bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d03d0fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d03d0fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Archive of Jesse Jones Set To Open At Rice University<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ca96d0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ca96d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rice University\/Houston Public Media<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b18edcb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b18edcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>LISTEN<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0to how Steven Fenberg and architectural historian and author Barrie Scardino assembled the enormous collection of Jesse Jones\u2019s business and personal papers and hundreds of rare photographs, which were donated by Houston Endowment to Rice University\u2019s Woodson Research Center at the Fondren Library. Fenberg describes how the collection offers a comprehensive and unique look into Houston\u2019s early business history. A collection of Fenberg\u2019s papers are also available at the Woodson Research Center.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6b6a2b elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"d6b6a2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;arrows&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4-2-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"Susan Vaughn Clayton and Mary Gibbs Jones sell war bonds to their husbands, Jesse Jones and Will Clayton (left), who helped initiate and implement the Marshall Plan. Photo courtesy of Rice University&#039;s Woodson Research Center.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Susan Vaughn Clayton and Mary Gibbs Jones sell war bonds to their husbands, Jesse Jones and Will Clayton (left), who helped initiate and implement the Marshall Plan. Photo courtesy of Rice University's Woodson Research Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5-2-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, Eastern Airlines president and a celebrated World War I pilot, shakes hands with Orville Wright at the 1943 dinner arranged by Jesse Jones to honor the fortieth anniversary of the first Wright Brothers&#039; flight, and to announce the return of the Kitty Hawk from England. Courtesy AP\/Wide World.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, Eastern Airlines president and a celebrated World War I pilot, shakes hands with Orville Wright at the 1943 dinner arranged by Jesse Jones to honor the fortieth anniversary of the first Wright Brothers' flight, and to announce the return of the Kitty Hawk from England. Courtesy AP\/Wide World.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6-2-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"(left to right) Mariette Garner, Vice President John Nance Garner, the Joneses, and Edith Wilson celebrate Jesse Jones&#039;s sixty-third birthday. Photo courtesy of Rice University&#039;s Woodson Research Center.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">(left to right) Mariette Garner, Vice President John Nance Garner, the Joneses, and Edith Wilson celebrate Jesse Jones's sixty-third birthday. Photo courtesy of Rice University's Woodson Research Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7-1-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jesse Jones, President-elect Franklin Roosevelt and then Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee. In a rare instance, Roosevelt&#039;s leg braces are visible in the picture. Courtesy of CORBIS.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Jesse Jones, President-elect Franklin Roosevelt and then Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee. In a rare instance, Roosevelt's leg braces are visible in the picture. Courtesy of CORBIS.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"5 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/8-1-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jesse Jones (front row, second from left) and President Herbert Hoover (center), 1932. Courtesy Library of Congress.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Jesse Jones (front row, second from left) and President Herbert Hoover (center), 1932. Courtesy Library of Congress.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"6 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9-1-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"(left to right) Jesse Jones, Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Joseph Tumulty, and President Woodrow Wilson marching down Fifth Avenue during the immense American Red Cross fundrasing on May 18, 1918. Courtesy Campbell Photo Services.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">(left to right) Jesse Jones, Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Joseph Tumulty, and President Woodrow Wilson marching down Fifth Avenue during the immense American Red Cross fundrasing on May 18, 1918. Courtesy Campbell Photo Services.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"7 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2-5-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"(left to right) Senator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado, Jesse Jones, and Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas. Courtesy Houston Chronicle.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">(left to right) Senator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado, Jesse Jones, and Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas. Courtesy Houston Chronicle.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"8 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3-5-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"President Dwight Eisenhower, Mary Gibbs Jones, Mamie Eisenhower and Jesse Jones. Photo courtesy of Rice University&#039;s Woodson Research Center.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">President Dwight Eisenhower, Mary Gibbs Jones, Mamie Eisenhower and Jesse Jones. 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