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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Gary Day McCaleb
|nationality=[[United States|American]]
| birth_date=November 2, 1941
| death_date=
| birth_place=Anson, Jones County]]<br> [[Texas]], [[United States|USA]]
| death_place=
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|office=[[Mayor]] of [[Abilene, Texas|Abilene]], Texas
|term_start=1990
|term_end=1999
|preceded=Dale Ferguson
|succeeded=Grady Barr
| occupation=University vice president; management [[professor]]
| spouse=Sylvia Ravanelli McCaleb
| children=Cara Lee Cranford<br>
Bryan Day McCaleb<br>
Six grandchildren
| religion=[[Church of Christ]]}}
:Not to be confused with the ''Gary McCaleb,''' who is legal [[counsel]] for the [[conservative]] Alliance Defense Fund, a group involved in issues of religious freedom.<ref>Alliance Defense Fund, Alliance Alert, September 25, 2008:http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/21/gary-mccaleb-on-bob-dutko-sen-grassleys-investigation-of-evangelists/</ref>)
'''Gary Day McCaleb''' (born November 2, 1941) is the vice president and professor of management at Abilene Christian University in [[Abilene, Texas|Abilene]], [[Texas]], and a prominent civic leader who formerly served as the [[mayor]] of Abilene in Taylor County, Texas. With degrees in [[business administration]] and management, McCaleb is also the executive director of ACU's Center for Building Community, which seeks creative and practical solutions to crises that exist at all levels of society.
Through the Center for Building Community, McCaleb has recruited well-known speakers to Abilene, including [[film]] critic [[Michael Medved]], former [[Oklahoma]] [[Republican PartyRepublican]] [[U.S. Representative]] [[J. C. Watts]], and the late former [[prime minister]] of [[Pakistan]], [[Benazir Bhutto]].<ref name=ARN/> McCaleb instructs a course in leadership in the ACU College of Business.<ref name="ACU">{{cite web| url=http://www.acu.edu/news/2006/060801_mccalebaward.html| publisher=ACU News| title=McCaleb to receive oral history award| date=August 1, 2006| accessdate=August 22, 2015}}</ref>
==Background==
McCaleb was born to Victor Earl McCaleb (1917-2009) and the former Vivian Day (1917-2000) in Anson in Jones County north of Abilene and named for Anson Jones, former president of the [[Republic of Texas]]. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1964 from ACU, a [[Church of Christ]] institution. He received a [[Master of Business Administration]] degree (1975) and a [[Ph.D.]] in management (1979), both from [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]]. McCaleb began his academic career as assistant director (1964-1965) and then director of alumni relations (1965-1969) at ACU. He was thereafter director of college relations, assistant academic dean, assistant professor of business administration, vice president and dean of campus life (1980-1983), and dean of campus life (1983-1991). He was named vice president in 1991 during his second year as the part-time mayor.
On June 5, 1964, McCaleb married the former Sylvia Ravanelli (born 1945); they have a daughter, Cara Lee Cranford, and a son, Bryan Day McCaleb, and six grandchildren. McCaleb is an avid jogger who has run [[marathons]] in [[New York City]], [[Dallas]], and [[Houston, Texas|Houston]].<ref name="ACU" /><ref name=wwia>{{cite book | title=Who's Who in America - 1999 | publisher=Marquis Publishers | year=1999 | isbn=978-0-8379-0191-6}}</ref> McCaleb is active in [[United Way]] in Abilene, the [[March of Dimes]], the [[American Cancer Society]], and the Abilene Task Force on Drug and Alcohol Abuse.<ref name=wwia />
==Mayor McCaleb==
McCaleb served three three-year terms as mayor from 1990 to 1999 but did not seek a fourth term.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ktxs.com/news/gary-mccaleb-honored-for-50-years-of-service-to-acu-and-the-abilene-community/25592822|publisher=KTXS.com| title=Gary McCaleb honored for 50 years of service to ACU, the Abilene community|date=April 21, 2014| accessdate= August 21, 2015}}</ref> McCaleb is a Republican, but all municipal offices in Texas are officially nonpartisan. Previously, McCaleb was a member of the Abilene City Council from 1985 to 1990.<ref name=wwia /> On taking office, McCaleb said that Abilene should view itself as an international city, rather than a regional city. Midway in his mayoral tenure, McCaleb established the Mayor's Task Force on Technology and invited sixty citizens from Abilene representing the [[education]], [[health care]], business, and government sectors, to serve on the panel. The task force created an awareness level in the community for people who otherwise knew little about recent advances in technology. McCaleb said the group also showed a spirit of cooperation as the members developed an information-sharing mode.<ref>Abilene Mayor Gary McCaleb, Government Technology website, October 1, 1996: [http://www.govtech.com/gt/95805]</ref>
McCaleb is a former president of the Texas Municipal League, and formerly served on the board of directors of the National League of Cities, with expertise in finance, administration, and intergovernmental relations.<ref name=wwia /> He frequently lectures throughout the nation on such topics as local government and community building and in such international locations as [[Jerusalem], [[Prague]], and [[Beijing]]. The trip to [[China]] in 1993 was a 17-day event, with other city officials included.<ref name=ARN>{{cite web|title=Memorable Mayors of Abilene|publisher=''Abilene Reporter-News''|date=January 27, 2006| url=http://www.reporternews.com/news/2006/Jan/27/memorable-mayors/| accessdate=Aug 22, 2015}}</ref> McCaleb also represented his city on a special trip to [[Corinth]], [[Greece]], the sister city of Abilene.<ref name="ACU" /> McCaleb conducted periodic workshops through the Texas Municipal League for new city officials.<ref>{{cite web| title=Gary McCaleb to headline event| publisher=Abilene Christian University website| date= July 20, 2005| url=http://www.acu.edu/events/news/archives2005/050720_mccaleb.html|accessdate=22 Aug 22, 2015}}</ref>
McCaleb is a recipient of the John Ben Shepperd Political Courage Award, named for the state attorney general of Texas during the 1950s and presented in [[Austin]] by the Shepperd Public Leadership Forum.<ref name=wwia/>
==Other accomplishments==
McCaleb is the autho] of two books: ''Community: The Other Side of Self'' and ''The Gift of Community''.<ref>Books by Dr. Gary McCaleb, Texas Municipal League Online:http://tml.org/webbooks/authorpg/mccaleb_order.html</ref> He is also an [[artist]].<ref>Dr. Gary McCaleb, Texas Municipal League On-line:http://tml.org/webbooks/authorpg/mccaleb.html</ref>
McCaleb hosts ''McCaleb & Company'', an oral history [[television]] program through ACU. On August 2, 2006, he received the Texas Oral History Association's Barnes Award for excellence in community oral history. Specifically, McCaleb created fifty-five videotaped oral history interviews for the Abilene Centennial Project in 1983. He interviewed individuals who describe their personal experiences in the growth and development of Abilene. The interviewees include other former mayors, sports figures, and Paul Siple, who first used the term, wind chill factor. The oral history tapes are housed in the Grace Museum history archive in downtown Abilene.<ref>"Gary McCaleb," Texas Oral History Association, [[Baylor University]], [[Waco, Texas]], 2006>http://www.baylor.edu/TOHA/index.php?id=39773</ref>
McCalebteamed with Kathy Morehead to establish an unusual art museum, the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature. NCCIL, located at 102 Cedar Street in downtown Abilene, unveils three new exhibits each year. There is no admission fee.<ref>''Texas State Travel Guide, 2008'', p. 107.</ref> The museum was featured in a 2007 segment of Bob Phillips' ''Texas Country Reporter'' [[television]] series. In the broadcast, McCaleb notes that numerous children's books refer to "Abilene, Texas", which he equates with the American "heartland". He recalled an illustrator from the [[American East Coast|East Coast]] who expressed surprise to find such a museum in Abilene.<ref>"Kathy Morehead and Gary McCaleb," National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature, 102 Cedar Street, Abilene, TX 79601, ''Texas Country Reporter'', June 21, 2008.</rref>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
==Footnotes==
# In his nine-year tenure as [[mayor]] of [[Abilene, Texas|Abilene]], McCaleb served as president of the Texas Municipal League, promoted international contacts, and improved [[technology]] for his city.
# McCaleb cofounded the National Center for Illustrated Children's Literature, an unusual [[art]] [[museum]] in the [[historic]] district of downtown Abilene.
# As an administrator at [[Abilene Christian University]], McCaleb co-founded the Center for Building Community, which seeks creative but practical solutions to crises in society.
# Through ACU, McCaleb hosts his own oral history television interview program.
# With his global interests, McCaleb was instrumental in bringing the late [[prime minister]] of [[Pakistan]], [[Benazir Bhutto]], to speak in Abilene.
{{DEFAULTSORT:McCaleb, Gary D.}}
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| name=Gary Day McCaleb
|nationality=[[United States|American]]
| birth_date=November 2, 1941
| death_date=
| birth_place=Anson, Jones County]]<br> [[Texas]], [[United States|USA]]
| death_place=
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|office=[[Mayor]] of [[Abilene, Texas|Abilene]], Texas
|term_start=1990
|term_end=1999
|preceded=Dale Ferguson
|succeeded=Grady Barr
| occupation=University vice president; management [[professor]]
| spouse=Sylvia Ravanelli McCaleb
| children=Cara Lee Cranford<br>
Bryan Day McCaleb<br>
Six grandchildren
| religion=[[Church of Christ]]}}
:Not to be confused with the ''Gary McCaleb,''' who is legal [[counsel]] for the [[conservative]] Alliance Defense Fund, a group involved in issues of religious freedom.<ref>Alliance Defense Fund, Alliance Alert, September 25, 2008:http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/21/gary-mccaleb-on-bob-dutko-sen-grassleys-investigation-of-evangelists/</ref>)
'''Gary Day McCaleb''' (born November 2, 1941) is the vice president and professor of management at Abilene Christian University in [[Abilene, Texas|Abilene]], [[Texas]], and a prominent civic leader who formerly served as the [[mayor]] of Abilene in Taylor County, Texas. With degrees in [[business administration]] and management, McCaleb is also the executive director of ACU's Center for Building Community, which seeks creative and practical solutions to crises that exist at all levels of society.
Through the Center for Building Community, McCaleb has recruited well-known speakers to Abilene, including [[film]] critic [[Michael Medved]], former [[Oklahoma]] [[Republican PartyRepublican]] [[U.S. Representative]] [[J. C. Watts]], and the late former [[prime minister]] of [[Pakistan]], [[Benazir Bhutto]].<ref name=ARN/> McCaleb instructs a course in leadership in the ACU College of Business.<ref name="ACU">{{cite web| url=http://www.acu.edu/news/2006/060801_mccalebaward.html| publisher=ACU News| title=McCaleb to receive oral history award| date=August 1, 2006| accessdate=August 22, 2015}}</ref>
==Background==
McCaleb was born to Victor Earl McCaleb (1917-2009) and the former Vivian Day (1917-2000) in Anson in Jones County north of Abilene and named for Anson Jones, former president of the [[Republic of Texas]]. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1964 from ACU, a [[Church of Christ]] institution. He received a [[Master of Business Administration]] degree (1975) and a [[Ph.D.]] in management (1979), both from [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]]. McCaleb began his academic career as assistant director (1964-1965) and then director of alumni relations (1965-1969) at ACU. He was thereafter director of college relations, assistant academic dean, assistant professor of business administration, vice president and dean of campus life (1980-1983), and dean of campus life (1983-1991). He was named vice president in 1991 during his second year as the part-time mayor.
On June 5, 1964, McCaleb married the former Sylvia Ravanelli (born 1945); they have a daughter, Cara Lee Cranford, and a son, Bryan Day McCaleb, and six grandchildren. McCaleb is an avid jogger who has run [[marathons]] in [[New York City]], [[Dallas]], and [[Houston, Texas|Houston]].<ref name="ACU" /><ref name=wwia>{{cite book | title=Who's Who in America - 1999 | publisher=Marquis Publishers | year=1999 | isbn=978-0-8379-0191-6}}</ref> McCaleb is active in [[United Way]] in Abilene, the [[March of Dimes]], the [[American Cancer Society]], and the Abilene Task Force on Drug and Alcohol Abuse.<ref name=wwia />
==Mayor McCaleb==
McCaleb served three three-year terms as mayor from 1990 to 1999 but did not seek a fourth term.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ktxs.com/news/gary-mccaleb-honored-for-50-years-of-service-to-acu-and-the-abilene-community/25592822|publisher=KTXS.com| title=Gary McCaleb honored for 50 years of service to ACU, the Abilene community|date=April 21, 2014| accessdate= August 21, 2015}}</ref> McCaleb is a Republican, but all municipal offices in Texas are officially nonpartisan. Previously, McCaleb was a member of the Abilene City Council from 1985 to 1990.<ref name=wwia /> On taking office, McCaleb said that Abilene should view itself as an international city, rather than a regional city. Midway in his mayoral tenure, McCaleb established the Mayor's Task Force on Technology and invited sixty citizens from Abilene representing the [[education]], [[health care]], business, and government sectors, to serve on the panel. The task force created an awareness level in the community for people who otherwise knew little about recent advances in technology. McCaleb said the group also showed a spirit of cooperation as the members developed an information-sharing mode.<ref>Abilene Mayor Gary McCaleb, Government Technology website, October 1, 1996: [http://www.govtech.com/gt/95805]</ref>
McCaleb is a former president of the Texas Municipal League, and formerly served on the board of directors of the National League of Cities, with expertise in finance, administration, and intergovernmental relations.<ref name=wwia /> He frequently lectures throughout the nation on such topics as local government and community building and in such international locations as [[Jerusalem], [[Prague]], and [[Beijing]]. The trip to [[China]] in 1993 was a 17-day event, with other city officials included.<ref name=ARN>{{cite web|title=Memorable Mayors of Abilene|publisher=''Abilene Reporter-News''|date=January 27, 2006| url=http://www.reporternews.com/news/2006/Jan/27/memorable-mayors/| accessdate=Aug 22, 2015}}</ref> McCaleb also represented his city on a special trip to [[Corinth]], [[Greece]], the sister city of Abilene.<ref name="ACU" /> McCaleb conducted periodic workshops through the Texas Municipal League for new city officials.<ref>{{cite web| title=Gary McCaleb to headline event| publisher=Abilene Christian University website| date= July 20, 2005| url=http://www.acu.edu/events/news/archives2005/050720_mccaleb.html|accessdate=22 Aug 22, 2015}}</ref>
McCaleb is a recipient of the John Ben Shepperd Political Courage Award, named for the state attorney general of Texas during the 1950s and presented in [[Austin]] by the Shepperd Public Leadership Forum.<ref name=wwia/>
==Other accomplishments==
McCaleb is the autho] of two books: ''Community: The Other Side of Self'' and ''The Gift of Community''.<ref>Books by Dr. Gary McCaleb, Texas Municipal League Online:http://tml.org/webbooks/authorpg/mccaleb_order.html</ref> He is also an [[artist]].<ref>Dr. Gary McCaleb, Texas Municipal League On-line:http://tml.org/webbooks/authorpg/mccaleb.html</ref>
McCaleb hosts ''McCaleb & Company'', an oral history [[television]] program through ACU. On August 2, 2006, he received the Texas Oral History Association's Barnes Award for excellence in community oral history. Specifically, McCaleb created fifty-five videotaped oral history interviews for the Abilene Centennial Project in 1983. He interviewed individuals who describe their personal experiences in the growth and development of Abilene. The interviewees include other former mayors, sports figures, and Paul Siple, who first used the term, wind chill factor. The oral history tapes are housed in the Grace Museum history archive in downtown Abilene.<ref>"Gary McCaleb," Texas Oral History Association, [[Baylor University]], [[Waco, Texas]], 2006>http://www.baylor.edu/TOHA/index.php?id=39773</ref>
McCalebteamed with Kathy Morehead to establish an unusual art museum, the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature. NCCIL, located at 102 Cedar Street in downtown Abilene, unveils three new exhibits each year. There is no admission fee.<ref>''Texas State Travel Guide, 2008'', p. 107.</ref> The museum was featured in a 2007 segment of Bob Phillips' ''Texas Country Reporter'' [[television]] series. In the broadcast, McCaleb notes that numerous children's books refer to "Abilene, Texas", which he equates with the American "heartland". He recalled an illustrator from the [[American East Coast|East Coast]] who expressed surprise to find such a museum in Abilene.<ref>"Kathy Morehead and Gary McCaleb," National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature, 102 Cedar Street, Abilene, TX 79601, ''Texas Country Reporter'', June 21, 2008.</rref>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
==Footnotes==
# In his nine-year tenure as [[mayor]] of [[Abilene, Texas|Abilene]], McCaleb served as president of the Texas Municipal League, promoted international contacts, and improved [[technology]] for his city.
# McCaleb cofounded the National Center for Illustrated Children's Literature, an unusual [[art]] [[museum]] in the [[historic]] district of downtown Abilene.
# As an administrator at [[Abilene Christian University]], McCaleb co-founded the Center for Building Community, which seeks creative but practical solutions to crises in society.
# Through ACU, McCaleb hosts his own oral history television interview program.
# With his global interests, McCaleb was instrumental in bringing the late [[prime minister]] of [[Pakistan]], [[Benazir Bhutto]], to speak in Abilene.
{{DEFAULTSORT:McCaleb, Gary D.}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Professors]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Mayors]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Christians]]
[[Category:American Authors]]