But he still wasnt sure it was what he really wanted. Thomas Field. His other liabilities are the inevitable result of the one overwhelming fact of his life: He was born rich. The electorate-at-large is confused, too; its hard to determine if its confusion is the cause or the result of the CCAs suddenly blurred vision. Hunts spunk is alive and well as the nonagenarians tales showed. Rufus granddaughter, Laura Trim, is the author of a local guidebook, North Texas, Every Nook and Cranny. Prior to joining Four Rivers, Robert served as Associate Vice President within the Oil & Gas Division of the Wells Fargo Energy Group where he was responsible for structuring, underwriting, and syndicating credit facilities for midstream companies ranging from smaller, private equity backed companies to large publicly traded entities. I said, Daddy, would you give me a couple of dollars to give these nice men who drove me home?. He later pursued farming, investments and banking. E.O. The Carpenters bought a house in Highland Park, and John W. began an incredible ascent in Dallas business and industry that culminated in the development of the Southland Life Insurance Company. You may find Dallas old-money heirs elusive, but rest assured that they know who they are. It was obviously impressed by the broader ethnic and ideological facade of the slate. The precise value of her estate is not known, but one of her descendants, Mackie Cockrell Dealey, has lived very comfortably on her inheritance for the past 13 years-and she estimates her share at about one-twenty-fourth of the original sum. As he says, A mayor has to dance among the special interests. To understand what he means, you only have to recall the recent controversy that erupted over a bank-office development that was approved by the City Plan Commission for the Turtle Creek corridor. John Schoellkopfs uncles- the Jim Chambers, the John Stemmons wont be able to guide his every step as mayor of Dallas. Shes really invested in us to learn the business, which she doesnt really care about. As Vice President of Asset Management & Operations, Matt oversees the closing, due diligence, and asset management processes at Four Rivers. Stemmons agreed, and went halvsies with Schoellkopf on an in-depth public opinion survey on the CCA. When the Hunts opened The Mansion on Turtle Creek in 1979, they hired the man who ran the famous 21 Club in Manhattan to manage the property because they didnt know anything about the hospitality business. It was here that the Carpenters built a country retreat where they could go on weekends to live among the cattle and horses that John Carpenter loved. Updated: June 20, 2015 Contact Information. Stemmons wasnt so sure about this Lucy Patterson woman, a black social worker, and he didnt want the group to endorse George Allen for a third term. First, he ran through the choice reporting beats: county courthouse, City Hall, and, finally, a two-year stint in the Washington bureau. Son-in-law of J.S. They have funny, and often fatal, blindspots. The wells were finally plugged years later when the minerals clogged the pipes. And he still is, because Dallas has been shown all over the world. The preservation of open spaces has been a major trumpet of Schoellkopfs CCA. The results were just what Schoellkopf expected. The Burgher home stood at the present site of the Melrose Hotel. I would travel to London and tell people I was from Dallas, Harrison recounted. Hunt was considered the richest woman in America. Recently, when an environmental committee proposed by Garry Weber, who is nobodys house liberal, was approved, it was accompanied by a lot of the same high-minded talk that had characterized the new CCA campaign. Arthur Kramer. Ballard Burgher. And by the way, the porcupine dish has spike-like spears made of pumpkin seeds, not animal ones. Several months of thanks, but no thanks from everyone from Aston to Russell Smith to Alan Gilman had convinced him that his friends were probably right. Schoellkopf saw Stemmons point, but the thought of a blank space under the CCA mayoral column bothered him. His descendants have been the mainstays of the Higginbotham interests-all of which, according to Lanham Higginbotham, are still going strong. But I came out covered in mud because this was a tributary going into White Rock Lake., She had passed a Civilian Conservation Corps truck and hurried to the road to catch it. The gathering was at the arboretum, right across from Mount Vernon, the Hunt familys former home on White Rock thats a lookalike of George Washingtons estate on the Potomac. Chambers had been a longtime friend of the Schoellkopf family, a distant cousin, and sometime golfing partner to his father. Four years of prep school in Connecticut, and a year at SMU (like Wise, Schoellkopf never finished college) had made him want to get out and flex a little. After leaving the newspaper industry in 1970, he entered Dallas politics, heading the influential Citizens Charter Association from 1972 to 1975, when he ran for Mayor of Dallas. The Exalls-the original Henry Exall raised and bred thoroughbred racehorses on a multi-acre farm near Lomo Alto, not far from the neighborhood where several generations of Exalls now reside. Some prefer to keep quiet. When he died in 1959, the mammoth Southland Center had just been completed. The young comers-Gilman, Raper, Humann-were still too young and too married to their business careers. CANDLE HAS BEEN LIT CANDLES HAVE BEEN LIT, We are reviewing your submission. Lynde Schoellkopf was married to Wilson W. Schoellkopf on January 20, 2007 in Dallas County, Texas. Because when they got here, they were already rich. Number five was the need for a full-time, salaried mayor, a statement he concluded by explaining, I dont need the money myself, but . A young businessman made that very point over lunch at the City Club a few weeks ago, and added: Johns bright, well-bred, and has a knack for saying the right things. No sense risking another humiliating defeat at the hands of Wes Wise, especially when Wise was proving to be harmless. We thought, OK, so you dont really get us, Harrison said, giving a shrug. Lucy Pearl Phelps was born in Dallas, Texas, on June 21, 1931, to John C. and Florence Harllee Phelps. Wanting to show the New Yorkers something truly Texan, the Hunts took then-CEO Sheldon Tannen and his wife, Ellen, to the Fort Worth Stockyards for the rodeo. It made sense. Enjoy unlimited access to all of our incredible journalism, in print and digital. Thorntons, the Fred Florences, were quite a different breed of rich from John Schoellkopf. Mr. Schoellkopf, 80 years old, was a dedicated husband and father who loved the outdoors, history and his friends. Still, he was ready to run. One of them was the downtown Wilson Building, now empty and the subject of a classic save it/raze it debate. Ive got friends in every part of the community. He thinks his friends are his greatest asset. It was too close to the edge, and one step over the line would leave a councilman irretrievably on the wrong side. Turns out the banquet elephant stew is a ruse. So I jumped at the opportunity to hear her give a rare talk at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, where she spoke as part of September's opening for A Tasteful Place, an edible 3.5-acre ode to growing, harvesting and eating sustainable fresh, locally grown food. Problem was, no one taught her how to drive. Then there was Schoellkopfs propensity for bringing home strange creatures, like coyotes and raccoons, and putting them in a pen behind the couples home. When two of her brothers, Nelson Bunker Hunt and Herbert Hunt, went down for the financial count after disastrous misadventures in silver, sugar and oil, Caroline Hunt was still standing Texas tall. The Hunts had a live-in cook who kept the kitchen off-limits to everyone, including Carolines mother. So he was wearing his sign, and his wife told him, Today is your mothers birthday. Looking at it square in the face, though, he had to admit he was more than a little scared by the whole business. Its impossible for some to drive through North Dallas and not think of the Caruths. Councilman Garry Weber, who was Schoellkopf s roommate during those years, remembers the same sort of unpretentiousness. Id love to hear that story, said Carreker, completely taken in along with everyone else there. After a few years in the newsroom, Chambers moved Schoellkopf to advertising, then to promotion, then circulation, until, at barely 30 years of age, he was named vice president in charge of administration. Theres an 18-year spread between her eldest Stephen Sands, 72, and Patrick Sands, 54. Hed blown the Zeder-Weber thing: Fred had played too much the heavy, and Garry had spent more money than a council candidate should. Can a man who planned to endorse the mayor he now wants to depose hold the strong beliefs prerequisite for leadership? John Lingo Schoellkopf, a fourth generation Dallasite, died December 8, 2018 from heart complications. So Ive always had vegetables, and Ive always loved vegetables. But the good life can be boring, even to a man accustomed to it. Cheryl Hall, Business columnist. His bride, Bess, was one of five daughters of J.B. Wilson, a Canadian-born cattleman turned banker, who at one time was chairman of City National Four Rivers has brought their customized approach to over 10mm square feet of development projects and has participated in the capitalization of over $1Bn of real estate assets. They needed some young, if not necessarily new, blood. All of the Cockrell businesses, including the towns pride and joy-its skyscraper hotel-flourished under Sarahs meticulous, energetic control. It may take up to 1 hour for your comment to appear on the website. She's won numerous awards including several Katies from the Press Club of Dallas and a lifetime distinguished achievement award from the Society of American Business Editors and writers. Why not have-the CCA endorse Wise? He believed hed done the right thing, and he was reasonably certain the voting public agreed. Though they lived frugally while struggling to launch their business, once success came, they indulged themselves in luxury. Erik Jonsson had even asked him to head the bond program for the new City Hall. Number one was the need for assigning priorities, which the group later learned was a way of saying Dallas cant solve all her problems at once. Number two was the stock rendition on downtown revitalization, which included one highly interesting twist already recommended by the council inner-city committee: a proposal to change state tax law to allow municipalities to give private developers tax abatements on property taxes in order to encourage development in depressed areas. The Jewish elite was well-known for its courting of visiting artists and intellectuals-from Horowitz to Margaret Sanger to Sinclair Lewis. But thats hardly enough anymore. Millionaire mayor, religious scholar and the head of Dallas first Citizens Association. Copyright 2023, D Magazine Partners, Inc. The public had bought his new look. When Ben Carpenter grew up, he had visions as vast as his dads. And I have no interest in cars whatsoever.. Brands (Taco Bell, KFC, Long John Silvers, Pizza Hut & A&W Burgers), Eckerd Drugs, Tractor Supply Co., Firestone, RaceTrac and surplus disposition for Wal-Mart. In Dallas, he was a member of the Brook Hollow Golf Club. Schoellkopf was the loyal nephew who could also afford to play the prodigal son. They were interested in the soil-soil that Walter Caruth called the most fertile black earth in Dallas County. By the turn of the century, they owned some 30,000 acres extending roughly from just north of downtown to the present-day Forest Lane, bounded on the east by Abrams and on the west by Inwood Road. It has been said that he sent his white linen collars to be laundered in New York! Updated: June 20, 2015 Biography ID: 96061937 The three of us fell into silence. For the first time, the CCA was receiving less than favorable press. Stemmons could probably take care of Erik, but the silver spoon stigma would be hard to shake. Jobs, housing, civil tranquility, all of that is rooted in a healthy economy. True. Four Rivers is a privately held boutique private equity and commercial development firm established in Dallas, TX. His political experience was limited; as a candidate, it was nil. The day he died, family and close friends gathered and searched for a word that defined the man they held in esteem. The tide had changed, and the swimming was getting to be tough work. Insulted, Herbert left the firm. The boys were enrolled at The Terrill School and the girls at Hock-aday, which at the time was limited to an enrollment of 50. He understands political alliance in terms of personal bonds. One of Sarahs largest undertakings was the erection of the first iron bridge to link Dallas with what later would become Oak Cliff. He scanned the faces in the room: Stemmons, Cul-lum, and the others. Meanwhile, back at the bank, the gentlemen who had stirred the earlier uproar were quietly reaching another decision. His father had made another bundle in real estate. Schoellkopf knew the fatcat establishment albatross would be hard to contend with. Four Rivers is a privately held boutique private equity and commercial development firm established in Dallas, TX. Owned the 400-acre tract of land that eventually became fashionable East Dallas. Georges half brother, Jefferson Davis Aldredge, made his mark on Dallas, too. He owned the land on which the city of Carrollton grew; the family homestead was on the present site of the Preston Trails Golf Club. As he saw it, the loss to Wise was bad, but not nearly so worrisome as the close shaves some CCA council candidates had suffered in their races against unknown independents. "The Mighty, Mighty Hands of Mayor Tom Leppert". The born-rich, like the born-poor, are unavoidably placed on the sidelines: They are only observers of the fundamental experience of this society, the middle-class experience. The Metropolitan Opera played Wagners Parsifal in 1905-then packed its bags and didnt return for 30 years. Shes down in Brazil where she had a home and you should call and wish her a happy birthday. So he called her and instead of talking to her he whistled, Happy Birthday to You.. Unis mentioned that CCA President Dow Hamm wanted out. He had been since that day in 1957 when he had gone to Uncle Jim and found a spot in the Herald newsroom. I think he tried really hard not to be the rich kid type. His mother had been for years a leading matriarch of Dallas society. Once while shopping for a fur for his wife, he became enamored of silver snapping foxes and bought seven more for his daughters and daughters-in-law. . That calf hits the end of the rope, and Mrs. Tannen faints., The animal rights advocate proceeded to call the Hunts barbarians.. Four Rivers targets a wide array of real estate assets including income producing assets, future development and re-development sites, and properties in core markets and emerging communities. Stemmons was pushing for a consensus on the CCAs mayoral candidate for 1975, and, before the men stood to shake hands all around, their nominee had been selected: John Schoellkopf. A Dallas native, Schoellkopf was a member of one of Dallas' oldest families. He resided at 4300 Versailles. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Wilson W. Schoellkopf.