In 1930, he taught in Pearsall High School in Pearsall, Texas, and afterwards took a position as teacher of public speaking at Sam Houston High School in Houston.

* Eric Houston: convicted and sentenced to death for a shooting spree that left three students and a teacher dead and having 80 teens held hostage.

* Lyndon B. Johnson-In 1930 he took a position as teacher of public speaking at Sam Houston High School.

The panel was chaired by Donald Langenberg ( University of Maryland ), and included the following members: Gloria Correro ( Mississippi State U. ), Linnea Ehri ( City University of New York ), Gwenette Ferguson ( middle school teacher, Houston, TX ), Norma Garza ( parent, Brownsville, TX ), Michael L. Kamil ( Stanford U. ), Cora Bagley Marrett ( U. Massachusetts-Amherst ), S. J. Samuels ( U. of Minnesota ), Timothy Shahahan ( U. of Illinois at Chicago ), Sally Shaywitz ( Yale U. ), Thomas Trabasso ( U. of Chicago ), Joanna Williams ( Columbia U. ), Dale Willows ( U. Of Toronto ), Joanne Yatvin ( school district superintendent, Boring, OR ).

Houston and his wife Liz, who is a teacher, have three sons.

In 1916, while stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Eisenhower was football coach for St. Louis College, now St. Mary's University.

The Texans joined the NFL in 2002 as an expansion team after Houston's previous franchise, the Houston Oilers, moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where they are now the Tennessee Titans.

The rumors of the Astros moving out of Houston started to crumble and the Astros were now able to compete in the free-agent market.

From 1966 to 1968, the league expanded from 9 to 14 teams, introducing the Chicago Bulls, Seattle SuperSonics ( now Oklahoma City Thunder ), San Diego Rockets ( who relocated to Houston four years later ), Milwaukee Bucks, and Phoenix Suns.

Several layers of suburban municipalities now surround cities like Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Dallas, Denver, Fort Worth, Houston, San Francisco, Sacramento, Atlanta, Miami, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia.

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Texas estimate there are now 500 lions, tigers and other big cats in private ownership just in the Houston, Texas.

The objective was to force a decisive battle over the Texian Army, now led by General Sam Houston.

On May 9, 1840, Houston, aged 47 and now the President of Texas, married for a third time.

On December 20, 1837, Houston presided over the convention of Freemasons that formed the Grand Lodge of the Republic of Texas, now the Grand Lodge of Texas.

The initial founding of the lodge took place in Brazoria and was relocated to what is now Houston in 1837.

* The Sam Houston Coliseum ( now demolished ) in Houston, Texas, was named after Houston.

It originally included the whole of what is now Coffee County and Geneva County, together with the " panhandle " portion of Houston County.

Charter members included East Texas State ( now Texas A & M – Commerce ), North Texas State ( now North Texas ), Sam Houston State, Southwest Texas State ( now Texas State ), and Stephen F. Austin.

" The best-known example is " The Dragon ", now on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

George was the first-round draft selection ( 14th overall pick ) of the Houston Oilers ( now the Tennessee Titans ) in 1996 NFL Draft.

As of 2011 Thrasher is now a professor at the University of Houston.

The Crockett Depot, built in 1909, has been restored and now serves as the Houston County Museum.

Before the new highway was built, U. S. Highway 75 followed Galveston Road ( now mostly State Highway 3 ), Broadway Street, and Harrisburg Boulevard into downtown Houston.

Major Washington Jackson Houston owned land on the north side of the South Fork of Peachtree Creek, in what is now the North Druid Hills CDP.

Atlanta contractor Harry J. Carr bought Houston's land in the 1920s and constructed the fieldstone and wrought iron home now known as the Houston Mill House.

* July 12 Lea Fastow begins serving her maximum one-year sentence after turning herself in at the federal detention center in downtown Houston.

The United States Postal Service location serving 77024 is the Memorial Park Post Office at 10505 Town and Country Way, Houston, Texas, 77024-9998.

* Lone Star ( Amtrak train ), an Amtrak passenger train serving Chicago, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Fort Worth, Houston and intermediate points from 1971 – 1974

While serving as the former music editor of the Houston Press, John Nova Lomax won an ASCAP Deems Taylor award for music journalism for his profile of troubled former country music superstar Doug Supernaw.

After serving as a member of the Houston County Planning & Zoning Commission in the 1980s, Perdue ran for a seat in the Georgia General Assembly.

A retail center in Chinatown in southwest Houston, where restaurants serving authentic Chinese food are located.

He served as chair of the music department ; he also became a locally popular singer, serving as the choral director of an Episcopal church and performing with the Houston Grand Opera.

With an operating budget of $ 20 million in fiscal year 2011 ( the 2010 / 11 season ), HGO is a true cultural service provider to the greater Houston area and the Gulf Coast region, serving over 5 million people annually.

* The first Sam Houston was a schooner serving during the American Civil War.

* The second Sam Houston ( SSBN-609 ) was an Ethan Allen-class submarine serving during the Cold War, named for the President of the Republic of Texas.

His proposal was defeated by supporters of Houston, who was currently serving in the legislature.

In 1989 she won the at-large position for a seat on the Houston City Council, serving until 1994.

While still serving as a Justice of the Peace, Green ran for mayor of Houston in 1981, finishing a distant fifth in the primary.

By 1983 the company owned seven television stations and by 1985 it owned and managed cellular telephone licenses serving Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, and Philadelphia.

The founder built a railroad depot serving the Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad, five houses, one hotel, and one store.

He was elected to fill the term left by the death of George S. Houston, and was reelected twice, serving in the Senate from November 24, 1880 to March 4, 1897.

His college coaching stints included serving as an assistant coach at Texas A & M University ( for Bear Bryant ), the University of Houston ( for Bill Yeoman ), Southern Methodist University ( for Hayden Fry ), and Oklahoma State University.

Prior to 2003, Shaw owned cable systems in the United States previously owned by Moffat Communications, serving six communities in Florida ( Eastern Pasco County, Clermont, Palm Coast, Ormond Beach, West Palm Beach and Doral ), and the Houston, Texas suburbs of Kingwood, Lake Conroe and Lake Livingston.

After serving as a chief felony prosecutor in Harris County ( Houston ) for eight years, Poe was appointed a felony court judge in Harris County in 1981, becoming one of the youngest judges in the State of Texas.

In this position, he gained national prominence for his unusual criminal sentences that included ordering thieves to carry signs in front of stores from which they stole ; required men who abused their wives to publicly apologize on the steps of Houston ’ s City Hall ; commanded sex offenders to place warning signs on their home after serving jail time ; and directed murderers to securely place a photo of their victims on the wall of their prison cells, creating a daily reminder of their crime.

Houston Public Library is the public library system serving Houston, Texas, United States.

* George Bush Intercontinental Airport, serving Houston, Texas, United States

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