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Alexander Penn Wooldridge, usually just A. P. Wooldridge (1847–1930), was the
mayor of Austin, Texas The mayor of Austin is the official head of the city of Austin in the U.S. state of Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km ...
from 1909 to 1919. Wooldridge Park and Wooldridge Elementary School are named after him. He led the campaign in the early 1890s to build the
Austin Dam The Austin Dam, also known as the Bayless Dam, was a concrete gravity dam in the Austin, Pennsylvania, area that served the Bayless Pulp and Paper Mill. Built in 1909, it was the largest dam of its type in Pennsylvania at the time. The catast ...
across the Colorado River; the dam failed in a flood in 1900. Wooldridge served as mayor during the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918. At the height of the epidemic, the city passed an ordinance closing the state university, all public and private schools, and all churches for a period of 30 days.


Education

Wooldridge attended the
University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with highly selective ad ...
.


Employment

He was the president of Austin's City National Bank in 1896.


Other Service

He served as the first President of the Board of Trustees of the
Austin Independent School District Austin Independent School District (AISD) is a school district based in the city of Austin, Texas, United States. Established in 1881, the district serves most of the City of Austin and surrounding towns, the City of Sunset Valley, the Village ...
, and is sometimes called "The Father of Public Education in Austin."AP Wooldridge sur Flickr : partage de photos !
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References

1847 births 1930 deaths Politicians from New Orleans University of Virginia alumni Texas lawyers Mayors of Austin, Texas American bankers {{Texas-mayor-stub