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'''Josef Bartlett Finley, Jr.''', known as '''Joe B. Finley''' (August 6, 1924 &ndash; September 10, 2011),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_f-2_s&gsfn=Josef+Bartlett&gsln=Finley%2C+Jr.&msydy=1924&msypn__ftp=Laredo%2C+Webb%2C+Texas%2C+USA&msypn=78634&msypn_PInfo=8-%7C0%7C1652393%7C0%7C2%7C3249%7C46%7C0%7C3106%7C78634%7C0%7C&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=000&cp=0|title=JosefBartlett Finley, Jr.|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref> was a rancher and a [[business]]man in [[Laredo]], [[Texas]], who in 1961 was the driving force behind the establishment of the United Independent SchoolDistrict, which services a large section of Webb County. In 1964, UISD received nationwide attention as the first school district in Texas to offer bilingual programs.<ref name=rodriguez/>

'''Josef Bartlett Finley, Jr.''', known as '''Joe B. Finley''' (August 6, 1924 &ndash; September 10, 2011),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_f-2_s&gsfn=Josef+Bartlett&gsln=Finley%2C+Jr.&msydy=1924&msypn__ftp=Laredo%2C+Webb%2C+Texas%2C+USA&msypn=78634&msypn_PInfo=8-%7C0%7C1652393%7C0%7C2%7C3249%7C46%7C0%7C3106%7C78634%7C0%7C&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=000&cp=0|title=Josef Bartlett Finley, Jr.|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref> was a rancher and a [[business]]man in [[Laredo]], [[Texas]], who in 1961 was the driving force behind the establishment of the United Independent SchoolDistrict, which services a large section of Webb County. In 1964, UISD received nationwide attention as the first school district in Texas to offer bilingual programs.<ref name=rodriguez/>

== Background ==

== Background ==

The only child of Joe B. Finley, Sr. (1899–1979), and Florence Finley (1897–1973), Finley was educated at the [[Methodist]]-affiliated Holding Institute in Laredo, since closed. He rode a train for twenty cents per day from the Callaghan Ranch, wherehe was reared, to Laredo in order to attend Holding.<ref name=georgiou/> Finley served for four years in the [[United States Army]] in the Pacific Theatre during [[World War II]],<ref name=obit>Joe Bartlett Finley,Jr., ''Laredo Morning Times'', September 13, 2011, p. 8A.</ref> a member of the Texas Army National Guard's 112th Cavalry Regiment, which saw 434 days of combat. Finley was alongside the battleship ''[[U.S.S. Missouri]]'' when the Empireof [[Japan]] signed the instrument of surrender on September 2, 1945, which effectively ended the war in the Pacific.<ref name=finley/> He was an admirer of [[General]] [[Douglas MacArthur]], the liberator of the [[Philippines]] in 1944 and later the first [[UnitedNations]] commander in the [[Korean War]]. Finley possessed a great knowledge of military history.<ref name=georgiou>Nick Georgiou, "Finley loved family, friends: Wife: UISD founder respected by all", ''Laredo Morning Times'', September 12, 2011, pp. 1, 12A.</ref>

The only child of Joe B. Finley, Sr. (1899–1979), and Florence Finley (1897–1973), Finley was educated at the [[Methodist]]-affiliated Holding Institute in Laredo, since closed. He rode a train for twenty cents per day from the Callaghan Ranch, wherehe was reared, to Laredo in order to attend Holding.<ref name=georgiou/> Finley served for four years in the [[United States Army]] in the Pacific Theatre during [[World War II]],<ref name=obit>Joe Bartlett Finley,Jr., ''Laredo Morning Times'', September 13, 2011, p. 8A.</ref> a member of the Texas Army National Guard's 112th Cavalry Regiment, which saw 434 days of combat. Finley was alongside the battleship ''U.S.S. Missouri'' when the Empireof [[Japan]] signed the instrument of surrender on September 2, 1945, which effectively ended the war in the Pacific.<ref name=finley/> He was an admirer of [[General]] [[Douglas MacArthur]], the liberator of the [[Philippines]] in 1944 and later the first [[United Nations]] commander in the [[Korean War]]. Finley possessed a great knowledge of military history.<ref name=georgiou>Nick Georgiou, "Finley loved family, friends: Wife: UISD founder respected by all", ''Laredo Morning Times'', September 12, 2011, pp. 1, 12A.</ref>

== School board service ==

== School board service ==