Loran Lajoie Elliott ’34

TEX ELLIOTT, after battling Parkinson's disease for 24 years, died Mar. 31, 1993, three days after his 81st birthday. He leaves his devoted wife, Helen (Gibson), with whom he practiced law in Houston as Elliott & Elliott.

After college, Tex worked in a N.Y.C. bank and, on the side, wrestled for the Y.M.C.A. and N. Y. Athletic Club, winning metropolitan and state A.A.U. titles. In 1937, he returned to his native Texas, got his law degree at the U. of Texas in 1940, and won the southern A.A.U. 175lb. wrestling title. During WWII, he joined the Army CounterIntelligence Corps as a private, in 1942. He won three bronze stars, and was discharged in 1946 as a major.

Also in 1946, he and Helen, whom he had met while she was serving as a WAVE, were married. After she got her law degree in 1953, she joined Tex in his practice. "It's a lot or fun," she told a reporter. "I like the guy; I like to be with him."

Besides Helen, a daughter, Elaine, survives. To them both we offer our sincere sympathies.

The Class of 1934