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: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>) ​

: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>) ​

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'''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.​

'''Gary Day McCaleb''' (born November 2, 1941) is the vice president and professor of management at Abilene Christian University in [[Abilenee]], [[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.​

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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>​

Through the Center for Building Community, McCaleb has recruited well-known speakers to Abilene, including [[film]] critic [[Michael Medved]], former [[Oklahoma]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[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>​

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==Background==​

==Background==​

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> ​

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> ​

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McCaleb teamed 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>​

McCaleb teamed 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.</ref>​

 

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==Footnotes==​

==Notes==​

# 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.​

* 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.​

* 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.​

* 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.​

* 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.​

* With his global interests, McCaleb was instrumental in bringing the late [[prime minister]] of [[Pakistan]], [[Benazir Bhutto]], to speak in Abilene.​

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