Biographies of Oakwood Cemetery Residents
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ELGIN, JOHN EDWARD (1850-1938) Buried in Section 1, Elgin plot
John Edward Elgin, surveyor and lawyer, was born in Austin in 1850. He graduated from the engineering school of Waco University in 1871. He served as captain of the Waco Greys, a local militia unit that protected residents from Indians. He assisted in several surveys of railroads in Texas. Elgin was admitted to the bar in 1882. In 1887, he bought the Waco Examiner and began an editorial campaign, particularly against prohibition. In 1888, he was a delegate to the Democratic convention where he wrote the "heart of oak" plank in the party platform. He left the party as an independent. He and his wife lived in Rockport, where Elgin organized and promoted the first Intracoastal Canal Convention. He worked to secure federal aid for a deepwater port for Texas. He was also a member of the committee that consolidated Waco University with Baylor University in 1886, and served as secretary of the board of trustees of Baylor. He was one of the first members of the Texas Bar Association. He died in San Antonio in 1938. Source
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ETTLINGER, HYMAN JOSEPH (1889-1986) Buried in Beth Israel II
Hyman Joseph Ettlinger, mathematician and university teacher, was born on September 1, 1889, in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended public schools in St. Louis and received his B.A. from Washington University, St. Louis, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. Ettlinger taught mathematics at the University of Texas from 1913 until 1969, when he was named professor emeritus. He wrote more than twenty technical papers and was coauthor of two textbooks. As a former star football player at Washington University, he was also the varsity line coach at UT for two years, freshman football coach for two years, and director of intercollegiate athletics from 1928 to 1930. For four decades he officiated at football games and track meets. Ettlinger served as secretary of Congregation Beth Israel in Austin for twenty-five years and chaired the building-fund committee for the University of Texas Hillel Foundation. For years he was a member of the executive committee of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, and he also served on the group's educational committee. He received the University of Texas Students' Association teaching award in 1959 and the distinguished service citation of the Texas section of the Mathematical Association of America in 1977. Ettlinger married Rosebud Segal in 1918; they had two children. He died in Austin on June 8, 1986. Source
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