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{{Infobox person
| name = Adolph Rudolph Hanslik<br>
{The dean of West Texas Cotton Producers)
| birth_date=March 22, 1917
| birth_place=Hallettsville, Lavaca County<br>[[Texas]], [[United States|USA]]
| death_date=May 21, 2007 (aged 90)
| death_place=[[Lubbock]], Texas<br>
Resting place:<br>
Sacred Heart [[Roman Catholic]] Cemetery in Hallettsville, Texas.
|spouse=(1) Juanita Copland Hanslik, later Juanita McClure (divorced<br>
(2) Jewel White "Judy" Hanslik (married 1966-2007, his death)<br>
Daughter from first marriage:<br>
(1) Elizabeth H. Montalvo<br>
Adopted sons from first marriage::<br>
(2) Neal Norwood Hanslik (1946–2002)<br>
(3) Joe Martin Hanslik<br/>
Step-daughter from second marrage:<br>
(4) Ruami W. Stephenson}}
'''Adolph Rudolph Hanslik''' (March 22, 1917 – May 21, 2007) was a [[Lubbock]] [[business]]man] and philanthropist known as the "dean of the West Texas [[cotton]] producers." Hanslik was among the first in the [[United States]] to [[export]] cotton to [[Bangladesh]] in [[Asia]]. "He knew the cotton industry better than anyone I've ever known. . . . If there was a need, Adolph was there, and he had the financial means to back it up," said Don McInturff of the [[Texas Tech University]] Medical Center Foundation of Lubbock.
<ref name="kcbd.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=6566696|title=Remembering the "Dean" of Cotton|publisher=KCBD-TV|date=May 24, 2007|accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref>
==Background==
Hanslik, of [[Czech]] descent, was born to the late Frank Hanslik and Mary Magdalene Hanslik (1891–1973) in [[Hallettsville, Texas|Hallettsville]] in [[Lavaca County, Texas|Lavaca County]] in southeastern Texas and reared there on the family farm. He entered [[World War II]] with the 124th [[United States Army]] Signal Corps [[radio]] intelligence unit. Thereafter, he was employed by the Otto Goedecke Cotton Company in Hallettsville as a cotton merchant apprentice.<ref name="lubbockonline.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/052307/obi_052307046.shtml|title=Adolph R. Hanslik|publisher=''[[Lubbock Avalanche-Journal]]''|date=May 23, 2007|accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref>
In 1952, he moved to [[Corpus Christi]] and launched his Adolph Hanslik Cotton Company. In 1954, he moved the company to Lubbock, where it became a successful exporter of Texas cotton abroad. He was active as president of his company until his death. Edward Hanslik recalled that his uncle, on returning from the military, could find work only in his hometown of Hallettsville at the Goedecke company. He soon mastered the business.<ref name="lubbockonline.com"/>
==Civic affairs and philanthropy==
Heavily involved in community affairs, Hanslik was a past president of the Texas Cotton Association, Lubbock Cotton Exchange, and the Lubbock Club. He also served on the boards of the American Cotton Shippers Association, [[Salvation Army]], State National Bank, Texas International Cotton School, Lubbock [[Chamber of Commerce]], All Saints Episcopal School, the Lubbock Board of City Development, [[Goodwill Industries]], Lubbock International Cultural Center, [[United Way]], UMC Foundation, Lubbock Executive Club, Lubbock Lions International and the Texas Tech President's Council. His obituary in ''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal,'' indicates that Hanslik worked tirelessly to make Lubbock and west Texas a better place in which to live.<ref name="lubbockonline.com"/> His gift of $1.5 million to the Texas Tech Medical Center in 2006 was, at that time, the largest in the history of the institution. He was also a supporter of the Cotton Museum in [[Memphs]], [[Tennessee]].<ref name="lubbockonline.com"/>
Hanslik once attributed his generosity to the influence of his mother, Mary: "She instilled in me, at an early age, the spirit of giving to those in need, whether by providing a meal, a ride to town, or anything else."<ref name="umchealthsystem.com">"2006 Legacy Gift", University Medical Center Health System Hospital, Lubbock, Texas.</ref>
Hanslik received the:<br>
(1) [[William Booth]] Award from the Salvation Army in 1997<br>
(2) the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Citizen Award in 1999<br>
(3) the Lubbock Philanthropist Award in 1998.<ref name="lubbockonline.com"/> He was a donor to [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidates, having contributed among others to former [[U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]] and former [[U.S. Senator]] [[Kay Bailey Hutchison]].<ref>{{cite web|https://web.archive.org/web/20140808020844/http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/texas_lubbock_79408.asp?cycle=0|title=Political contributions |publisher=Googleusercontent.com |accessdate=January 30, 2015}}}</ref>
==Death and legacy==
Hanslik died at the age of ninety after a long battle against deadly [[Parkinson's disease]]. His second wife to whom he was married at the time of his passing was Jewel White "Judy" Hanslik (1922-2015), the daughter of Joe P. and Vivian Ellen Richardson White. She was born in Roby in Fisher County and reared on a farm in Wilson in Lynn County, south of Lubbock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lubbockonline/obituary.aspx?n=jewel-white-hanslik-judy&pid=177112889&fhid=9199|title=Jewel White "Judy" Hanslik|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=January 2, 2016}}</ref>
Hanslik had a daughter, Elizabeth H. Montalvo (born 1950) and her husband, Alfred E. Montalvo (born 1949), of [[San Antonio]]; adopted son Joe Martin Hanslik (born 1957) and his wife, LaDonna, of Lubbock; stepdaughter from the second marriage, Ruami W. Stephenson and her husband, Jimmie, of Lubbock; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a brother, Herman Hanslik and wife, Palmae; and a sister, Adela Pohl, allof Hallettsville.<ref name="lubbockonline.com"/>
Hanslik was previously married to the former Juanita Copland (born 1927), later Juanita McClure of Lubbock. In a 1974 suit against the First National Bank of Lubbock, Juanita McClure claimed that Hanslik had "taken advantage" of her financially so that she had to sue the bank, rather than Hanslik, for relief. Adolph and Juanita adopted Neal Norwood Hanslik (1946–2002), who was born in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], and was a figure in the Lubbock theatre arts community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txbhs/H/Hanslik_Neal_02.htm|title=Neal Hanslik|publisher=rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref>
Services were held on May 25, 2007, at St. Paul's [[Episcopalian|Episcopal]] Church on the Plains in Lubbock, where Hanslik was a member. Interment was at Sacred Heart [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] Cemetery in Hallettsville.<ref name="lubbockonline.com"/> Elizabeth Montalvo said that her father was "definitely part of the greatest generation. He just had the integrity and values of that generation."<ref name="kcbd.com"/>
After his death, the Hanslik estate donated a matching $100,000 contribution to the Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center's capital campaign for construction of a new library museum archives building. The museum is located at 250 Fair Grounds Road in La Grange in Fayette County in southeastern Texas.<ref>"Hanslik's contribution to the Texas Czech Center announced," ''El Campo Leader-News'', December 12, 2007.</ref>
In honor of Hanslik's gift to the University Medical Center, the hospital named the "Adolph Hanslik Lobby" in his honor.<ref name="umchealthsystem.com"/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanslik, Adolph}}
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[[Category:Farmers]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:Episcopalians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
| name = Adolph Rudolph Hanslik<br>
{The dean of West Texas Cotton Producers)
| birth_date=March 22, 1917
| birth_place=Hallettsville, Lavaca County<br>[[Texas]], [[United States|USA]]
| death_date=May 21, 2007 (aged 90)
| death_place=[[Lubbock]], Texas<br>
Resting place:<br>
Sacred Heart [[Roman Catholic]] Cemetery in Hallettsville, Texas.
|spouse=(1) Juanita Copland Hanslik, later Juanita McClure (divorced<br>
(2) Jewel White "Judy" Hanslik (married 1966-2007, his death)<br>
Daughter from first marriage:<br>
(1) Elizabeth H. Montalvo<br>
Adopted sons from first marriage::<br>
(2) Neal Norwood Hanslik (1946–2002)<br>
(3) Joe Martin Hanslik<br/>
Step-daughter from second marrage:<br>
(4) Ruami W. Stephenson}}
'''Adolph Rudolph Hanslik''' (March 22, 1917 – May 21, 2007) was a [[Lubbock]] [[business]]man] and philanthropist known as the "dean of the West Texas [[cotton]] producers." Hanslik was among the first in the [[United States]] to [[export]] cotton to [[Bangladesh]] in [[Asia]]. "He knew the cotton industry better than anyone I've ever known. . . . If there was a need, Adolph was there, and he had the financial means to back it up," said Don McInturff of the [[Texas Tech University]] Medical Center Foundation of Lubbock.
<ref name="kcbd.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=6566696|title=Remembering the "Dean" of Cotton|publisher=KCBD-TV|date=May 24, 2007|accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref>
==Background==
Hanslik, of [[Czech]] descent, was born to the late Frank Hanslik and Mary Magdalene Hanslik (1891–1973) in [[Hallettsville, Texas|Hallettsville]] in [[Lavaca County, Texas|Lavaca County]] in southeastern Texas and reared there on the family farm. He entered [[World War II]] with the 124th [[United States Army]] Signal Corps [[radio]] intelligence unit. Thereafter, he was employed by the Otto Goedecke Cotton Company in Hallettsville as a cotton merchant apprentice.<ref name="lubbockonline.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/052307/obi_052307046.shtml|title=Adolph R. Hanslik|publisher=''[[Lubbock Avalanche-Journal]]''|date=May 23, 2007|accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref>
In 1952, he moved to [[Corpus Christi]] and launched his Adolph Hanslik Cotton Company. In 1954, he moved the company to Lubbock, where it became a successful exporter of Texas cotton abroad. He was active as president of his company until his death. Edward Hanslik recalled that his uncle, on returning from the military, could find work only in his hometown of Hallettsville at the Goedecke company. He soon mastered the business.<ref name="lubbockonline.com"/>
==Civic affairs and philanthropy==
Heavily involved in community affairs, Hanslik was a past president of the Texas Cotton Association, Lubbock Cotton Exchange, and the Lubbock Club. He also served on the boards of the American Cotton Shippers Association, [[Salvation Army]], State National Bank, Texas International Cotton School, Lubbock [[Chamber of Commerce]], All Saints Episcopal School, the Lubbock Board of City Development, [[Goodwill Industries]], Lubbock International Cultural Center, [[United Way]], UMC Foundation, Lubbock Executive Club, Lubbock Lions International and the Texas Tech President's Council. His obituary in ''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal,'' indicates that Hanslik worked tirelessly to make Lubbock and west Texas a better place in which to live.<ref name="lubbockonline.com"/> His gift of $1.5 million to the Texas Tech Medical Center in 2006 was, at that time, the largest in the history of the institution. He was also a supporter of the Cotton Museum in [[Memphs]], [[Tennessee]].<ref name="lubbockonline.com"/>
Hanslik once attributed his generosity to the influence of his mother, Mary: "She instilled in me, at an early age, the spirit of giving to those in need, whether by providing a meal, a ride to town, or anything else."<ref name="umchealthsystem.com">"2006 Legacy Gift", University Medical Center Health System Hospital, Lubbock, Texas.</ref>
Hanslik received the:<br>
(1) [[William Booth]] Award from the Salvation Army in 1997<br>
(2) the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Citizen Award in 1999<br>
(3) the Lubbock Philanthropist Award in 1998.<ref name="lubbockonline.com"/> He was a donor to [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidates, having contributed among others to former [[U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]] and former [[U.S. Senator]] [[Kay Bailey Hutchison]].<ref>{{cite web|https://web.archive.org/web/20140808020844/http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/texas_lubbock_79408.asp?cycle=0|title=Political contributions |publisher=Googleusercontent.com |accessdate=January 30, 2015}}}</ref>
==Death and legacy==
Hanslik died at the age of ninety after a long battle against deadly [[Parkinson's disease]]. His second wife to whom he was married at the time of his passing was Jewel White "Judy" Hanslik (1922-2015), the daughter of Joe P. and Vivian Ellen Richardson White. She was born in Roby in Fisher County and reared on a farm in Wilson in Lynn County, south of Lubbock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lubbockonline/obituary.aspx?n=jewel-white-hanslik-judy&pid=177112889&fhid=9199|title=Jewel White "Judy" Hanslik|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=January 2, 2016}}</ref>
Hanslik had a daughter, Elizabeth H. Montalvo (born 1950) and her husband, Alfred E. Montalvo (born 1949), of [[San Antonio]]; adopted son Joe Martin Hanslik (born 1957) and his wife, LaDonna, of Lubbock; stepdaughter from the second marriage, Ruami W. Stephenson and her husband, Jimmie, of Lubbock; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a brother, Herman Hanslik and wife, Palmae; and a sister, Adela Pohl, allof Hallettsville.<ref name="lubbockonline.com"/>
Hanslik was previously married to the former Juanita Copland (born 1927), later Juanita McClure of Lubbock. In a 1974 suit against the First National Bank of Lubbock, Juanita McClure claimed that Hanslik had "taken advantage" of her financially so that she had to sue the bank, rather than Hanslik, for relief. Adolph and Juanita adopted Neal Norwood Hanslik (1946–2002), who was born in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], and was a figure in the Lubbock theatre arts community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txbhs/H/Hanslik_Neal_02.htm|title=Neal Hanslik|publisher=rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref>
Services were held on May 25, 2007, at St. Paul's [[Episcopalian|Episcopal]] Church on the Plains in Lubbock, where Hanslik was a member. Interment was at Sacred Heart [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] Cemetery in Hallettsville.<ref name="lubbockonline.com"/> Elizabeth Montalvo said that her father was "definitely part of the greatest generation. He just had the integrity and values of that generation."<ref name="kcbd.com"/>
After his death, the Hanslik estate donated a matching $100,000 contribution to the Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center's capital campaign for construction of a new library museum archives building. The museum is located at 250 Fair Grounds Road in La Grange in Fayette County in southeastern Texas.<ref>"Hanslik's contribution to the Texas Czech Center announced," ''El Campo Leader-News'', December 12, 2007.</ref>
In honor of Hanslik's gift to the University Medical Center, the hospital named the "Adolph Hanslik Lobby" in his honor.<ref name="umchealthsystem.com"/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanslik, Adolph}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Farmers]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:Episcopalians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]