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George William Strake, Jr. (born June 10, 1935), is a Houston, Texas, businessman and philanthropist who served as Texas secretary of state from January 16, 1979–October 6, 1981, during the administration of Republican Governor William Perry Clements, Jr. He left the secretary of state’s position to begin fund raising for his 1982 race as the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor. Strake was defeated by the then 10-year incumbent, Democrat Bill Hobby, also a Houston businessman. From 1983-1988, Strake was the Texas Republican state chairman. ==Early years, education, military== The chairman and president of Strake Energy, Inc., Strake enrolled in 1949 at St. Thomas High School in his native Houston, where as an honor student he participated in sports and class government. He graduated in 1953 as a member of the St. Thomas Student Council and the Letterman's Club.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tradition: St. Thomas High School )〕 He then attended the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in economics and was Senior Class president. He was commissioned in the United States Navy and served two years in the Pacific on . From 1959-1961, Strake attended the Harvard University Graduate School of Business in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from which he received a Master of Business Administration.〔 Strake’s father, George Strake, Sr., was born in St. Louis, graduated from St. Louis University, served in the Army Air Corp in World War I, went to Tampico, Mexico and later Havana, Cuba, to work in the oil business. He was orphaned at the age of seven. In 1929, he came virtually penniless to Houston, the home of his wife, Susan Kehoe Strake. He toured the back roads of East Texas in search of an oil-bearing formation. In 1930, he followed a creek bed outside Conroe, Texas, where he found the particular formation he was seeking. Soon two oil wells came to fruition, and Strake, a devout Roman Catholic, became the third wealthiest oilman in Houston.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=George W. Strake, Sr. )〕 Strake, Jr., joined his father in the management of the G.W. Strake Company petroleum holdings. After his father’s death in 1969, he became an independent oil and gas operator. He later formed related businesses: Strake Trading Group, Strake Consortium (Yemen) Limited〔 and Strake Management Company. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Strake, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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