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==Legacy==
==Legacy==
Odie B. Faulk and Laura E. Faulk entitled their Mayborn biography, ''Frank Mayborn: A Man Who Made a Difference.'' Indeed Mayborn was involved in the development of many Bell County institutions. He served on the advisory board of the acclaimed Scott & White Memorial Hospital and played an important role in the location of the [[Texas A&M University]] Medical Center in Temple. A longtime advocate of a convention center for Temple, Mayborn donated more than fifteen acres of land for the Frank W. Mayborn Convention Center, which was completed in 1982, five years before his death. The facility includes the Mayborn Museum Complex.
Odie B. Faulk and Laura E. Faulk entitled their Mayborn biography, ''Frank Mayborn: A Man Who Made a Difference.'' Indeed Mayborn was involved in the development of many Bell County institutions. He served on the advisory board of the acclaimed Scott & White Memorial Hospital and played an important role in the location of the [[Texas A&M University]] Medical Center in Temple. A longtime advocate of a convention center for Temple, Mayborn donated more than fifteen acres of land for the Frank W. Mayborn Convention Center, which was completed in 1982, five years before his death. The facility includes the Mayborn Museum Complex.
As an advocate for education, Mayborn was active in the founding of the two-year Central Texas College near Killeen, which services many military personnel from Fort Hood. He also started the annual Bell County spelling be]. He endowed a chair at [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]]. Mayborn served on journalism advisory boards at both the [[University of Texas]] and Texas A&M. Mayborn established a journalism chair at [[Baptist]]-affiliated [[Baylor University]] of Waco. He was a trustee and a donor to George Peabody College in Nashville. The large Frank and Sue Mayborn Campus Center was endowed after his death at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton in Bell County.
As an advocate for education, Mayborn was active in the founding of the two-year Central Texas College near Killeen, which services many military personnel from Fort Hood. He also started the annual Bell County spelling be]. He endowed a chair at [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]]. Mayborn served on journalism advisory boards at both the [[University of Texas]] and Texas A&M. Mayborn established a journalism chair at [[Baptist]]-affiliated [[Baylor University]] of Waco. He was a trustee and a donor to George Peabody College in Nashville. The large Frank and Sue Mayborn Campus Center was endowed after his death at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton in Bell County.
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.
==Personal life==
==Personal life==