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|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|religion=[[Presbyterian]]
|religion=[[Presbyterian]]
|spouse=Ruth Whitesides (married 1929-1946, divorced) <br>Wythel Killen (married 1947-1972, divorced) <br>Anyse Sue White (married 1981-1987, his death.<br>
|spouse=(1) Ruth Whitesides (married 1929-1946, divorced) <br>(2) Wythel Killen (married 1947-1972, divorced) <br>(3) Anyse Sue White (married 1981-1987, his death.<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Ward Carlton and Nellie Childs Welton Mayborn
Ward Carlton and Nellie Childs Welton Mayborn
Mayborn was born in Akron, [[Ohio]] to Ward Carlton Mayborn and the former Nellie Childs Welton. Ward Mayborn, who was an executive of the E. W. Scripps newspaper chain, moved the family in 1910 to Westminster, [[Colorado]], a suburb of [[Denver]] that became the seventh largest city in the state. In 1919, the Mayborns relocated to [[Dallas]], Texas, where young Frank graduated in 1922 from W. H. Adamson High School, then known as Oak Cliff High School in the Oak Cliff neighborhood.
Mayborn was born in Akron, [[Ohio]] to Ward Carlton Mayborn and the former Nellie Childs Welton. Ward Mayborn, who was an executive of the E. W. Scripps newspaper chain, moved the family in 1910 to Westminster, [[Colorado]], a suburb of [[Denver]] that became the seventh largest city in the state. In 1919, the Mayborns relocated to [[Dallas]], Texas, where young Frank graduated in 1922 from W. H. Adamson High School, then known as Oak Cliff High School in the Oak Cliff neighborhood.
In 1926, Mayborn received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the [[University of Colorado]] at Boulder. He worked as a correspondent for several publications while in high school (''Dallas Dispatch'') and in college (''[[Denver Post]]'' and [[United Press International]]). Thereafter, he was an [[advertising]] salesman for the ''Dallas News'' (since ''Dallas Morning News'') and then served in management positions for the Northern Texas Traction Company in [[Fort Worth]].
In 1926, Mayborn received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the [[University of Colorado]] at Boulder. He worked as a correspondent for several publications while in high school (''The Dallas Dispatch'') and in college (''[[Denver Post]]'' and [[United Press International]]). Thereafter, he was an [[advertising]] salesman for the ''Dallas News'' (since ''Dallas Morning News'') and then served in management positions for the Northern Texas Traction Company in [[Fort Worth]].
==Texas media mogul==
==Texas media mogul==
Mayborn was also a political confidant of Texas [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], President Johnson, [[Governor]] [[John Connally]], and [[U.S. Representative]]s W. R. Poage and [[Sam Rayburn]], the long-term House Speaker. He also advised Oveta Culp Hobby, secretary of the former U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare](since Health and Human Services), and [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] Jesse H. Jones. By the 1970s, with the defection of Connally to the [[Republican Party]], Mayborn began to support some GOP candidates.
Mayborn was also a political confidant of Texas [[Democratic Party|Democrats]], President Johnson, [[Governor]] [[John Connally]], and [[U.S. Representative]]s W. R. Poage and [[Sam Rayburn]], the long-term House Speaker. He also advised Oveta Culp Hobby, secretary of the former U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare](since Health and Human Services), and [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] Jesse H. Jones. By the 1970s, with the defection of Connally to the [[Republican Party]], Mayborn began to support some GOP candidates.
===Disputed 1948 U.S. Senate runoff election===
===Disputed 1948 U.S. Senate runoff election===
Over the years, Mayborn received numerous awards, including an honorary doctorate from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and the Distinguished Citizen Award of the [[Boy Scouts]], an organization that he tirelessly supported over the years. He was inducted into the Communications Hall of Fame at Texas Tech. He also supported numerous charitable projects through his Frank W. Mayborn Foundation.
Over the years, Mayborn received numerous awards, including an honorary doctorate from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and the Distinguished Citizen Award of the [[Boy Scouts]], an organization that he tirelessly supported over the years. He was inducted into the Communications Hall of Fame at Texas Tech. He also supported numerous charitable projects through his Frank W. Mayborn Foundation.
==Family life==
==Personal life==
Mayborn was married to Ruth Whitesides (1906–1977) from 1929 to 1946 and Wythel Killen (1912–2001) from 1947 to 1972. Both marriages ended in divorce. In 1981, Mayborn married the Anyse Sue White (born 1936), who, thirty-three years his junior, succeeded him as editor and publisher of the Temple and Killeen papers.
Mayborn was married to Ruth Whitesides (1906–1977) from 1929 to 1946 and Wythel Killen (1912–2001) from 1947 to 1972. Both marriages ended in divorce. In 1981, Mayborn married the Anyse Sue White (born 1936), who, thirty-three years his junior, succeeded him as editor and publisher of the Temple and Killeen papers.
The Texas Daily Newspaper Association offers the annual Frank Mayborn Award for Community Leadership to recognize a publisher or other newspaper executive who contributed during the past year to the improvement of society.
The Texas Daily Newspaper Association offers the annual Frank Mayborn Award for Community Leadership to recognize a publisher or other newspaper executive who contributed during the past year to the improvement of society.
Posthumously, the journalism graduate program at the University of North Texas was named the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism in 1999. With assistance from his business partner, Frank M. Burke, Jr., the journalism department at the University of North Texas became the Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism on September 1, 2009.
Posthumously, the journalism graduate program at the University of North Texas was named in 1999 as the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism. With assistance from his business partner, Frank M. Burke, Jr., the journalism department at the University of North Texas became the Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism on September 1, 2009.
==Further reading==
==Further reading==