Arthur A. Seeligson Jr.

Arthur A. Seeligson Jr.
Arthur A. Seeligson Jr.
Born	Arthur Addison Seeligson Jr.; October 29, 1920; Ramona, Juliana, Arthur III
Parent(s)	Arthur A. Seeligson; Ramona Frates

Arthur Addison Seeligson Jr. (October 29, 1920 - April 17, 2001) was an American oilman, rancher, and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder.

Family

Seeligson was born in

Lamar Smith^[1]

has been a Republican Congressman from Texas since 1987.

Early life

Arthur Seeligson was raised a Protestant. His family moved to Oklahoma when he was still a boy. After studying at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire and then graduating from Yale University in 1942, Arthur Seeligson Jr. followed in his fathers footsteps as a successful investor in the oil and gas industry in Kansas.

Seeligson returned to live in San Antonio and it was his home at the time of his death in 2001.

Thoroughbred horse racing

Arthur Seeligson was involved in

American Classic, the Belmont Stakes

.

For a time, Arthur Seeligson was a co-owner of the now defunct Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida. He was a member of the board of directors of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York. Seeligson's daughter,

Ramona Seeligson Bass, was a driving force behind the creation of Texas Wild! at the Fort Worth Zoo.^[2] The Zoo's Arthur A. Seeligson Conservation Fund was established by his family and friends to benefit Texas wildlife

.

References

^ ^a ^b "Lamar smith". Archived from the original on 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
^ "Dateline Texas by Karen Olsson - The Texas Observer". Archived from the original on 2006-10-02.

External links

[LamarSmithGenealogy-1] "Lamar smith". Archived from the original on 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2011-11-19.

[2] "Dateline Texas by Karen Olsson - The Texas Observer". Archived from the original on 2006-10-02.

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