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==Civic activities==

==Civic activities==

In 1982, the Roman Catholic Strake received an honorary [[doctor of laws]] degree from [[Houston Baptist University]]. Strake was active between 1984 and 1998 in the [[conservative]]  [[Council for National Policy]], whose membership list includes [[Nelson Bunker Hunt]], [[Phyllis Schlafly]], and [[Woody Jenkins]]. He also sat on the Greater Houston Partnership's World Trade Supervisory Board, a panel that he chaired in 1998. He is a trustee of the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Foundation, president of the Strake Foundation, a member of the Notre Dame College of Arts and Letters Advisory Council, and Vice President of the Kenedy Memorial Foundation n [[Corpus Christi]], Texas.

In 1982, the Roman Catholic Strake received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Houston Baptist University. Strake was active between 1984 and 1998 in the [[conservative]]  [[Council for National Policy]], whose membership list includes Nelson Bunker Hunt, [[Phyllis Schlafly]], and [[Woody Jenkins]]. He also sat on the Greater Houston Partnership's World Trade Supervisory Board, a panel that he chaired in 1998. He is a trustee of the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Foundation, president of the Strake Foundation, a member of the Notre Dame College of Arts and Letters Advisory Council, and Vice President of the Kenedy Memorial Foundation n [[Corpus Christi]], Texas.

He is also a former board member of the Sam Houston Area Council of the [[Boy Scouts]]. The 2,500-acre Camp Strake wilderness and summer camp near Conroe is named in his family's honor. His many other affiliations include the  San Jacinto Museum of History Board, and the Houston Rotary International. Strake has also served on the boards of four banks.<ref name=txnp>{{cite web|url=http://www.txnp.org/articles/articles.asp?ArticleID=1383|title=Speaker Biographies and Credentials: George W. Strake, Jr.|publisher=txnp.org|accessdate=October 13, 2009}}</ref> He was an early benefactor of the restoration of the '''USS Cavalla,'' which saw action during [[World War II]] in the Pacific Theater of Operations,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cavalla.org/cavspons.html|title=USS Cavalla: Sponsors and Contributors|publisher=cavalla.org|accessdate=October 13, 2009}}</ref> and the Admiral Chester Nimitz Museum in Fredericksburg, Texas.

He is also a former board member of the Sam Houston Area Council of the [[Boy Scouts]]. The 2,500-acre Camp Strake wilderness and summer camp near Conroe is named in his family's honor. His many other affiliations include the  San Jacinto Museum of History Board, and the Houston Rotary International. Strake has also served on the boards of four banks.<ref name=txnp>{{cite web|url=http://www.txnp.org/articles/articles.asp?ArticleID=1383|title=Speaker Biographies and Credentials: George W. Strake, Jr.|publisher=txnp.org|accessdate=October 13, 2009}}</ref> He was an early benefactor of the restoration of the '''USS Cavalla,'' which saw action during [[World War II]] in the Pacific Theater of Operations,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cavalla.org/cavspons.html|title=USS Cavalla: Sponsors and Contributors|publisher=cavalla.org|accessdate=October 13, 2009}}</ref> and the Admiral Chester Nimitz Museum in Fredericksburg, Texas.