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Oveta Culp Hobby

Oveta Culp Hobby (1905 - 1995) was born in Killeen, Texas. She received her education at the Mary Hardin Baylor College for Women in Texas, and from the University of Texas Law School where she received a law degree in 1925. Immediately after graduation she became parliamentarian for the Texas House of Representatives, and Assistant City Attorney in Houston. In 1931 she married William P. Hobby, former Governor of Texas, and Publisher of the Houston Post. Following her marriage she helped her husband run the Post, until 1941, when Mrs. Hobby went to Washington, D.C. as a $1 a year executive, to head of the War Department's Women's Interest Section. From 1942 to 1945, she served as Director of the newly created Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. As a result of the success she achieved at this position, was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. Following World War II, Mrs. Hobby returned to Houston to help her husband run the Post, and a newly acquired television station. In 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower named her head of the Federal Security Agency, which, later that year, was elevated to a Cabinet position and renamed the Department of Health, Education, with Mrs. Hobby becoming its first Secretary, a position she held until 1955 when she resigned and returned to Houston to take care of her ailing husband.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Business Positions

Houston Post
• President ('55→?)

Government Positions

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The United States' Health and Human Services Agency
• Secretary (Apr 11 '53→Jul '55)*

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Phil Gramm US Representative and Senator from Texas
• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('90)
George H W Bush 41st US president; DCI 1976-77
• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('92)

Holdings

3202 Huntingdon Place, Houston, TX Single family home
• Owner (Jan 2 '84→Jan 2 '85)

Family

William Pettus Hobby Newspaper publisher and governor of Texas
• husband ('31→?)
Ike W Culp
• father (Jan 19 '05→?)

Schools

The University of Texas School of Law
• JD (?→'25)
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Basic Info

Types Person, Public Official

Source Links

7 documents :: see all
  • FEC Filing 90020121977
  • FEC Filing 92038014061
  • FEC contribution search
  • city-data.com - Property valuation of Huntingdon Place, Houston, TX
  • Forbes
  • Texas State Historical Association - HOBBY, OVETA CULP
  • Famous Texans bio

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  • Famous Texans
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