{"id":52,"date":"2025-02-08T05:57:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T05:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevenfenber.skikmedia.nl\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:31:13","slug":"contact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/index.php\/contact\/","title":{"rendered":"Contact\/About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"52\" class=\"elementor elementor-52\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e76377b elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e76377b\" 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-3b7b214 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b7b214\" 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\">GET IN TOUCH<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c2ab58 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1c2ab58\" 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faaeccf elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"faaeccf\" 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\">Please feel free to contact me if I can help tell your story or if you have any questions or comments.<\/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-08ad2c5 elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"08ad2c5\" 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-148c985 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"148c985\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><style id=\"wpforms-css-vars-2386\">\n\t\t\t\t#wpforms-2386 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id=\"wpforms-2386\"><form id=\"wpforms-form-2386\" class=\"wpforms-validate wpforms-form wpforms-ajax-form\" data-formid=\"2386\" method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" action=\"\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\" data-token=\"630769436a433c60266f7d097fcf688d\" data-token-time=\"1782609104\"><noscript class=\"wpforms-error-noscript\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.<\/noscript><div id=\"wpforms-error-noscript\" style=\"display: none;\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.<\/div><div class=\"wpforms-field-container\">\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-2386-field_4-container\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-id=\"4\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-2386-field_4\" >Name E-mail Message<\/label>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-2386-field_4\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\" name=\"wpforms[fields][4]\" >\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-2386-field_1-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-name\" data-field-id=\"1\"><fieldset><legend class=\"wpforms-field-label\">Name <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\" aria-hidden=\"true\">*<\/span><\/legend><div class=\"wpforms-field-row wpforms-field-medium\"><div class=\"wpforms-field-row-block wpforms-first wpforms-one-half\"><input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-2386-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-name-first wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1][first]\" aria-errormessage=\"wpforms-2386-field_1-error\" required><label for=\"wpforms-2386-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-sublabel after\">First<\/label><\/div><div class=\"wpforms-field-row-block wpforms-one-half\"><input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-2386-field_1-last\" class=\"wpforms-field-name-last wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1][last]\" aria-errormessage=\"wpforms-2386-field_1-last-error\" required><label for=\"wpforms-2386-field_1-last\" class=\"wpforms-field-sublabel after\">Last<\/label><\/div><\/div><\/fieldset><\/div><div id=\"wpforms-2386-field_2-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-email\" data-field-id=\"2\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-2386-field_2\">E-mail <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\" aria-hidden=\"true\">*<\/span><\/label><input type=\"email\" id=\"wpforms-2386-field_2\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][2]\" spellcheck=\"false\" aria-errormessage=\"wpforms-2386-field_2-error\" required><\/div><div id=\"wpforms-2386-field_3-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-textarea\" data-field-id=\"3\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-2386-field_3\">Message<\/label><textarea id=\"wpforms-2386-field_3\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\" name=\"wpforms[fields][3]\" aria-errormessage=\"wpforms-2386-field_3-error\" ><\/textarea><\/div><script>\n\t\t\t\t( function() {\n\t\t\t\t\tconst style = document.createElement( 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id=\"wpforms-submit-2386\" class=\"wpforms-submit\" data-alt-text=\"Sending...\" data-submit-text=\"Send\" aria-live=\"assertive\" value=\"wpforms-submit\">Send<\/button><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/wpforms-lite\/assets\/images\/submit-spin.svg\" class=\"wpforms-submit-spinner\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\" alt=\"Loading\"><\/div><\/form><\/div>  <!-- .wpforms-container --><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5da7ecd e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5da7ecd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb32e78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bb32e78\" 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\">ABOUT<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a18d568 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a18d568\" 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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d61dc07 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d61dc07\" 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-04857e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"04857e2\" 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\">GET IN TOUCH<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce5deb5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ce5deb5\" 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<div 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data-id=\"a4f988d\" 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\">Please feel free to contact me if I can help tell your story or if you have any questions or comments.<\/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-73ce3f1 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"73ce3f1\" 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-1245936 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"1245936\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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value=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"url_referer\" value=\"\"><button type=\"submit\" name=\"wpforms[submit]\" id=\"wpforms-submit-2386\" class=\"wpforms-submit\" data-alt-text=\"Sending...\" data-submit-text=\"Send\" aria-live=\"assertive\" value=\"wpforms-submit\">Send<\/button><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/wpforms-lite\/assets\/images\/submit-spin.svg\" class=\"wpforms-submit-spinner\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\" alt=\"Loading\"><\/div><\/form><\/div>  <!-- .wpforms-container --><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3377f4 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c3377f4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-015317a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"015317a\" 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\">ABOUT<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c55bae0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c55bae0\" 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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2774fa e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d2774fa\" 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-0b19122 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0b19122\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b9780a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b9780a\" 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\">A Chat with Author and Filmmaker Steven Fenberg<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1661687 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1661687\" 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\">Houston Lifestyles &amp; Homes<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f215b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f215b8\" 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:\/\/melaniesaxtonmedia.com\/2018\/10\/28\/book-editing-for-the-arts\/\"><span style=\"color: #cb997e; font-size: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">READ<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a> a conversation with writer Melanie Saxton about Steven Fenberg&#8217;s personal and professional lives.<\/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-1138b59 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1138b59\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7114b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f7114b9\" 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=\"579\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-28-at-8.17.41-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-996\" alt=\"Steven Fenberg (center) with his husband Harry de Jonge and mother Lenore Fenberg.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-28-at-8.17.41-PM.png 579w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-28-at-8.17.41-PM-300x236.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Steven Fenberg (center) with his husband \t\tHarry De Jonge and mother Lenore 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-6ac342e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6ac342e\" 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-888c31a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"888c31a\" 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\">BIO<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e197bf elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5e197bf\" 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-04d9b35 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"04d9b35\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f30c973 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f30c973\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f224108 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f224108\" 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>I grew up in Houston, Texas, and spent many happy hours at the nearby Gulf of Mexico and the Brazos River, where I developed my love of the natural world. I also spent countless hours in downtown Houston, where my parents&#8217; first store\u2014Nolen\u2019s Jewelry\u2014was located in a two-floor building built by Jesse Jones in 1914. The 75-floor Chase Tower\u2014Houston\u2019s tallest building\u2014stands there now. I have experienced first-hand Houston\u2019s evolution.<\/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-f4a0480 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f4a0480\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-715f305 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"715f305\" 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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-bio-768x479.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2311\" alt=\"Driving the tractor at our farm in Sandy Point, Texas, in Brazoria County near Houston.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-bio-768x479.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-bio-300x187.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-bio-1024x639.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-bio.jpeg 1467w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Driving the tractor at our farm in Sandy Point, Texas, in Brazoria County near Houston. My big brother Jay is in front of me\t\t\t in the white t-shirt.<\/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-5b6d1f5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5b6d1f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08f882c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"08f882c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38dc77b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38dc77b\" 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>As a teen, I attended concerts at the new gleaming Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts and never imagined many years later I would write a book and produce a film about Mr. Jones or about the hall\u2019s profound influence on the performing arts in Houston. I knew little about Jesse Jones until I was hired in 1993 to write a biographical sketch about him for Houston Endowment, the philanthropic foundation he and his wife Mary Gibbs Jones established in 1937. In addition to Mr. Jones\u2019s success as Houston\u2019s preeminent developer during the first half of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century, I discovered as chairman of the federal government\u2019s Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) he initiated and managed many massive New Deal agencies that saved and expanded the nation\u2019s economy during the Great Depression and militarized industry in time to fight and win World War II. Jesse Jones\u2019s pivotal contributions exemplify the power of good government and inspired me to reveal them as models for today.<\/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-0715c0a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0715c0a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0084781 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0084781\" 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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-bio-2-768x554.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2315\" alt=\"Our family\u2019s store during the Houston Fat Stock Show and Rodeo parade in the late 1950s.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-bio-2-768x554.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-bio-2-300x216.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-bio-2-1024x738.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-bio-2.jpeg 1075w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Our family\u2019s downtown store during the Houston Fat Stock Show and Rodeo parade in the late 1950s. The 70-floor Chase Tower stands there now. <\/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-6d1d3da e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6d1d3da\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9714e2e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9714e2e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2ac511 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2ac511\" 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>As luck would have it, while I was working on the biographical sketch, Houston Endowment was preparing to move from Mr. Jones\u2019s 1907 Bankers Mortgage Building to the Chase Tower, where my family\u2019s store once stood. I felt like I was going home when I started working at the foundation\u2019s new 64<sup>th<\/sup>-floor office in the skyscraper. But back in the empty Bankers Mortgage Building, which at 10-floors was among Houston\u2019s first skyscrapers when it was built, walk-in safes and file cabinets crammed with documents and photographs from Jones\u2019s business empire needed to be organized. I was hired, along with architectural historian Barrie Scardino, to assemble an archive into what became a unique record of Houston\u2019s early business history. The comprehensive collection is now available at Rice University\u2019s Woodson Research Center at the Fondren Library. While assembling the archive, I extracted graphically interesting documents for reproduction and inclusion in a permanent exhibition I was asked to curate and produce for the foundation\u2019s new offices. The exhibition was later duplicated and installed at Rice University\u2019s Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business.<\/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-d5a83e5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d5a83e5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36e4475 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"36e4475\" 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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"971\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2025-07-25-om-10.40.45-768x971.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2773\" alt=\"Jesse Jones\u2019 1929 Gulf Building (now the JP Morgan Chase Building) renaimed Houston\u2019s tallest skyscraper until the 44-story Humble Oil Company Building opened in 1963. (Photo - Woodson Research Center).\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2025-07-25-om-10.40.45-768x971.png 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2025-07-25-om-10.40.45-237x300.png 237w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2025-07-25-om-10.40.45-810x1024.png 810w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2025-07-25-om-10.40.45.png 818w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\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; the top of his Bristol Hotel is in the center; 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-14f829f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"14f829f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-272bedd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"272bedd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d05ac6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d05ac6e\" 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>There was more to do to renew knowledge about Mr. Jones, who during the Great Depression and World War II was the most powerful person in the nation next to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In the mid-1990s, people still lived who knew him, so with Houston Endowment\u2019s support I initiated an oral history program and interviewed family members, past Jones Interests employees, famous merchant Stanley Marcus, economist John Kenneth Galbraith and the children of President Woodrow Wilson\u2019s doctor and closest associate, Admiral Cary Grayson, who was a close friend of the Joneses during World War I. Almost all of the participants have since passed away.<\/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-24e5865 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"24e5865\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03a8080 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"03a8080\" 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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC_0159-768x588.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2404\" alt=\"The federal government\u2019s Reconstruction Finance Corporation financed massive factories during World War II.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC_0159-768x588.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC_0159-300x230.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC_0159-1024x784.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DSC_0159.jpeg 1255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The federal government\u2019s Reconstruction Finance Corporation chaired by Jesse Jones built massive factories during World War II. <i>LIFE<\/i> magazine reported in 1941, \u201cIt is his job to finance the industrial plant expansion for waging war.\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-24ebb71 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"24ebb71\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-157fda4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"157fda4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a33b073 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a33b073\" 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>I took the information I gathered and was executive producer and co-writer of\u00a0<em>Brother, Can You Spare a Billion? The Story of Jesse H. Jones,<\/em>\u00a0an Emmy award-winning documentary narrated by Walter Cronkite that was broadcast nationally on PBS. Because only the highlights of Jones\u2019s remarkable story could fit into a one-hour documentary, the biography\u00a0<em>Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the Common Good<\/em> followed. Some joke the only thing left to do about Jesse Jones is a musical.<\/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-aeeb613 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aeeb613\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d6bdd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8d6bdd8\" 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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-bio-4-768x552.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2319\" alt=\"Steven Fenberg with Walter Cronkite, who narrated Brother, Can You Spare a Billion?, the Emmy Award-winning documentary broadcast nationally on PBS.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-bio-4-768x552.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-bio-4-300x216.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-bio-4-1024x737.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-bio-4-1536x1105.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-bio-4-2048x1473.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Steven Fenberg with Walter Cronkite, who narrated <i>Brother, Can You Spare a Billion?<\/i>, the Emmy Award-winning documentary broadcast nationally on PBS.<\/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-5e7ec55 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5e7ec55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74fc040 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74fc040\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c0b13c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c0b13c\" 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>Before I began my decades-long adventure with Jesse Jones, I wrote about political, environmental and social issues for magazines and newspapers. As the deadly threat of AIDS emerged, I wrote and produced\u00a0<em>AIDS: Just Say Know<\/em>, a short compelling educational play that was performed throughout greater Houston in theaters, community centers, churches and synagogues, and as in-service training for teachers and law enforcement officials, when the disease was in its infancy, misinformation instilled fear in many and resources were unavailable to keep people safe. I was privileged to serve as the volunteer coordinator of AIDS Foundation Houston\u2019s speaker\u2019s bureau in the late 1980s and into the 1990s.<\/p><p>I received a good education in Houston\u2019s public schools and at The University of Texas at Austin, where I graduated with a bachelor\u2019s degree in business. After graduation I participated in my family\u2019s business until I struck out on my own as a full-time writer. Coming from a family of civic-minded volunteers, I served on the advisory boards of the American Red Cross Museum in Washington, D.C., <em>Houston History<\/em> magazine, AIDS Foundation, Houston, and No More Victims, an advocacy agency for children whose parents are in prison. While still in high school, I formed a social group for special needs teenagers and young adults at the Jewish Community Center of Houston that continues to meet today. I had the honor to serve on Congregation Emanu El\u2019s board of directors, former Mayor Bill White\u2019s task force on Houston\u2019s history and as a trustee of the Aubrey and Sylvia Farb Community Service Fund that helps emerging and small nonprofit organizations support the underserved of Houston.<\/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-88a7cb4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"88a7cb4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d645142 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d645142\" 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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-bio-kantoor-768x760.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2317\" alt=\"Exhibit curated and produced by Steven Fenberg in Houston Endowment\u2019s previous headquarters in the Chase Tower.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-bio-kantoor-768x760.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-bio-kantoor-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-bio-kantoor-1024x1013.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-bio-kantoor-1536x1520.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-bio-kantoor-2048x2027.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Exhibit curated and produced by Steven Fenberg in Houston Endowment\u2019s previous headquarters in the Chase Tower.<\/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-b82661c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b82661c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d83b0e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1d83b0e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc2e1d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc2e1d5\" 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>In 2023, Houston Endowment built its own state-of-the-art headquarters, and I was asked once again to produce and curate a permanent exhibit about the Joneses and the history of the foundation. Even though I have moved to The Netherlands with my husband Harry, I recently wrote a biographical sketch about the Joneses\u2019 beloved granddaughter Audrey Jones Beck for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston\u2019s new John A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection catalogue. I have had the privilege of telling stories about one of Houston\u2019s foremost families, about one of the nation\u2019s most powerful and effective public servants and about institutions that help Houston and the nation thrive. I am glad to provide my services to tell meaningful institutional and personal stories no matter where I live.<\/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-02ee8d4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"02ee8d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcc8be4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bcc8be4\" 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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/hOORIZONTAL-1250-\u00d7-950-px-1024x778-1-768x584.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_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-1024x778-1-768x584.jpg 768w, 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.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Interactive exhibit curated and produced by Steven Fenberg in Houston Endowment\u2019s new headquarters.<\/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-93554b6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"93554b6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c2c1e3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8c2c1e3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d294fd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d294fd1\" 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>As a child, I spent many happy hours at my family\u2019s store and explored and enjoyed Jesse Jones\u2019s downtown as if it were my own backyard. My association with Jesse Jones thus did not begin in 1993; as was the case for so many Houstonians of my generation, it began practically at the time of my birth. But now, I am directed by Mr. Jones\u2019s example as a civic leader, public servant, philanthropist and capitalist and by a line from his speech at Southwestern University\u2019s 1925 commencement when he said to the graduates, \u201cIt is in service that you will grow the greatest.\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-988d9b0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"988d9b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4770e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b4770e5\" 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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-van-goch-768x818.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2320\" alt=\"Steven Fenberg speaking at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam about the Beck Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in Texas.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-van-goch-768x818.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-van-goch-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-van-goch-962x1024.jpg 962w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-van-goch-1443x1536.jpg 1443w, https:\/\/stevenfenberg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Steven-van-goch-1924x2048.jpg 1924w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Steven Fenberg speaking at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam about the Beck Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in Texas.<\/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-a19a771 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a19a771\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7ffdc6 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c7ffdc6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a688ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a688ab\" 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-c62cf67 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c62cf67\" 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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c783357 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c783357\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-452ac3c e-grid e-con-full elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"452ac3c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4366f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4366f2\" 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<ul><li><strong>2020 Democratic National Convention<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Assistance League of Houston<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Bellaire Historical Society<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Charter 100 Houston<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Congregation Emanu El<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Coronado Club<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Daughters of the Republic of Texas<br \/><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Democrats Abroad<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Discovery Green<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Federal Reserve Bank<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Financial Executives International<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Friends of the Texas Room<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Friendswood Chamber of Commerce<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Harris County Historical Commission<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\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-1cd0ddd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1cd0ddd\" 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<ul><li><strong>The Heritage Society<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Houston Chronicle<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The Houston Club<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Houston History Book Fair<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Houston Marine Insurance Seminar<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Houston Public Library<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Humanities Texas<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Jewish Book and Arts Fair<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The Jung Center<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Kiwanis Club of Houston<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Leadership Houston<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Lone Star College<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Museum of Fine Arts, Houston<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Political Science Junior Fellows<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\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-d004c2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d004c2f\" 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<ul><li><strong>Preservation Houston<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Retired Physicians Organization of<\/strong><br \/><strong>Harris County<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Rice University<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>River Oaks Luncheon Club<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Rotary Club 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