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Fondren (name)
Fondren is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: * Fondren Mitchell (1921–1952), American football player *Debra Jo Fondren (born 1955), American model *Ella Florence Fondren (18801982), American philanthropist * Fred Fondren (1948–1992), American actor * Larry Fondren, American entrepreneur *Walter Fondren Walter William Fondren III (April 29, 1936 – January 28, 2010) was an all-conference football player and conservation activist. He played halfback, quarterback and punter for the Texas Longhorns from 1955 to 1957 and was the first starting q ... (1936–2010), American football player * Walter Fondren Sr. (1877–1939), American oil industry businessman {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fondren Mitchell
Fondren Lack Mitchell (June 19, 1921 – September 24, 1952) was an American football halfback who played one season with the Miami Seahawks of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). He was drafted by the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) in the tenth round of the 1943 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida. Early years Mitchell won six individual state prep titles in track and field at Leon High School in Tallahassee, Florida. He won the shot put state title in 1937, 1938 and 1939, the discus state title in 1937 and 1938 and the long jump state title in 1939. College career Mitchell lettered for the Florida Gators of the University of Florida from 1940 to 1942. Professional career Mitchell was selected by the Chicago Cardinals of the NFL with the 84th pick in the 1943 NFL draft. He later signed with the AAFC's Miami Seahawks on May 18, 1946. He played for the Seahawks in 1946, catching eight passes for 131 yards and rushing for sevente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debra Jo Fondren
Debra Jo Fondren (born February 5, 1955) is an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1977 issue and Playmate of the Year for 1978. Her pictorial was photographed by Robert Scott Hooper. Career Fondren, who lived in Lumberton, Texas, and was working as a waitress at Gallagher's in Beaumont, Texas, was discovered on a visit to Las Vegas by photographer Robert Scott Hooper, who also photographed her centerfold, featuring her very long, almost knee-length blonde hair. Fondren had guest-starring roles on television series such as ''Mork & Mindy'' and ''Fantasy Island''. She also appeared in movies such as ''Spit Fire''. In 2007, she returned home to the Lumberton/Silsbee, Texas, area, having stated she had enough of the California lifestyle and now operates a beauty school in her home area. TV appearances *''Mork & Mindy'' *''Knots Landing'' *''Fantasy Island'' *''Family Feud ''Family Feud'' is an American television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ella Florence Fondren
Ella Florence Fondren (née Cockrum; June 1, 1880 – May 3, 1982) was a philanthropist to hospitals and institutions of higher learning. Early life Ella Florence Fondren was born on June 1, 1880, to Allen Cathy and Mary (Pogue) Cochrum in Hazel, Kentucky. She grew up in Corsicana, Texas. After the death of her father in 1895, she left school to care for the family and work in their boardinghouse. On February 14, 1904, she married Walter W. Fondren, an oil worker. Philanthropy Walter Fondren worked in oil fields along the Gulf corridor in Texas, but focused his attention on the Humble fields while co-founding the Humble Oil Company. The couple worked together in philanthropy until his death in 1939. Ella assumed some of Walter's directorships, continuing a long relationship with Southern Methodist University by taking a seat on its board of trustees and governors, a position that she held for three decades. She served on the Methodist Board of Homes and Hospitals for twenty y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Fondren
Fred Fondren (May 16, 1948 – June 8, 1992) was an American actor. He played the role of Alfred Moore, a man dying from AIDS, in the 1993 film, ''Joey Breaker''. Fondren died after the movie's completion and the movie is dedicated to him. Fondren was born in Alabama. Also known affectionately as "Freddie", he enrolled at Chapel Hill, working towards a double major in psychology and chemistry, when he attended an intensive Shakespeare Workshop at the Royal Academy of Arts The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpo ... in London, changing his life's course. After his return, he worked closely with a company of friends, doing theatre wherever they could. Eventually he became disenchanted and, while complaining to a good friend, she told him to "open your own". He and his close ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Fondren
Larry Eugene Fondren is an American entrepreneur, inventor and credit markets expert noted for his efforts to bring transparency and higher yields to the bond market and for improving access within financial markets. Career In 1987, Fondren started The Exchange, a confidential communication service of his ReSource Intermediary Group through which insurance and reinsurance companies and other financial institution clients of the firm could anonymously communicate their reinsurance, buying, selling, joint-venture, partnering and other commercial interests to an array of prospective counterparties. In 1993, with a small number of investors, he launched InterVest, an electronic platform for anonymous secondary market trading of corporate and municipal bonds and other fixed income securities among institutional investors, brokers and dealers. It was the first SEC-regulated “Proprietary Trading System” (a precursor to the current Alternative Trading Systems). In 1995, InterVest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Fondren
Walter William Fondren III (April 29, 1936 – January 28, 2010) was an all-conference football player and conservation activist. He played halfback, quarterback and punter for the Texas Longhorns from 1955 to 1957 and was the first starting quarterback for Darrell Royal. He was later a founding member of the Coastal Conservation Association. Early life Fondren was the son of Doris Ledwidge and Walter William Fondren, Jr. and grandson of Humble Oil co-founder Walter William Fondren, Sr. He grew up with his three sisters in Houston, Texas and became a star athlete in high school. Playing tailback, he led Lamar High School to the 1953 High School State Championship, the first undisputed football championship for a Houston school in 33 years. He won the Texas Sportswriter's "Outstanding High School Football Player of the Year" Award, and received all-State, all-Southern and All-American high school honors, becoming one of the state's top high school recruits. He also ran track ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
