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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name=Malouf Abraham, Jr.<br>
| name=Malouf Abraham, Jr.<br>
(Texas physician and art collector
(Texas physician and art collector
==The Citadelle==
==The Citadelle==
The Citadelle, operated by the Citadelle Art Foundation, is centered around Abraham's combination $7 million residence/art museum in Canadian, Texas, called "The Citadelle" or "Citadel Garden."<ref>{{cite web|title=Official site|url=http://www.thecitadelle.org/|publisher=The Citadelle|accessdate=October 13, 2014}}</ref> The mansion is located in the former First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church building.,<ref>"Three Generations of Abrahams Attend Texas Tech," ''Texas Tech Business,'' Winter 1984, p. 16.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.lubbockonline.com/travel/2013-05-04/canadian-texass-far-north-offers-green-oasis-music-art-history-and-fun#gsc.tab=0|title=Canadian: Texas's far north offers a green oasis of music, art, history and fun|author=Barbara Brannon|date=May 4, 2013|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=September 29, 2014}}</ref> and has been featured on Home and Gardens Television.<ref name=heraldtribune>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20111121/article/111129903?tc=ar|title=Doctor created medication and founded art museum|author=Jay Brady|date=November 21, 2011|publisher=''Sarasota Herald-Tribune''|accessdate=September 22, 2014}}</ref>
The Citadelle, operated by the Citadelle Art Foundation, is centered around Abraham's combination $7 million residence/art museum in Canadian, Texas, called "The Citadelle" or "Citadel Garden."<ref>{{cite web|title=Official site|url=http://www.thecitadelle.org/|publisher=The Citadelle|accessdate=October 13, 2014}}</ref> The mansion is located in the former First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church building.,<ref>"Three Generations of Abrahams Attend Texas Tech," ''Texas Tech Business,'' Winter 1984, p. 16.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.lubbockonline.com/travel/2013-05-04/canadian-texass-far-north-offers-green-oasis-music-art-history-and-fun#gsc.tab=0|title=Canadian: Texas's far north offers a green oasis of music, art, history and fun|author=Barbara Brannon|date=May 4, 2013|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=September 29, 2014}}</ref> and has been featured on Home and Gardens Television.<ref name=heraldtribune>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20111121/article/111129903?tc=ar|title=Doctor created medication and founded art museum|author=Jay Brady|date=November 21, 2011|publisher=''Sarasota Herald-Tribune''|accessdate=September 22, 2014}}</ref>
The Citadelle includes the Abraham mansion, gardens and grounds, furnishings, decorative arts and the Iris & Oofie Abraham Gallery.
The Citadelle includes the Abraham mansion, gardens and grounds, furnishings, decorative arts and the Iris & Oofie Abraham Gallery.
==Biography==
==Biography==
Abraham was born to [[oil]] and [[natural gas] [[]business]]man [[Malouf Abraham, Sr.]], who served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1967 to 1971, and the former Iris Lewis (1918–2001), a descendant of a pioneer Hemphill County family,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rivervalleymuseum.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=151:malouf-abraham-oil-a-gas&catid=37:commerce-history&Itemid=261|title=Malouf Abraham, Oil & Gas|publisher=''Amarillo Globe Times,'' reproduced on River Valley Pioneer Museum website|date=May 19, 2000|accessdate=September 21, 2014; no longer on-line}}</ref> which included his grandfather, Nahim Abraham,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fab10|title=Abraham, Nahim|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|author=H. Allen Anderson|accessdate=September 20, 2014}}</ref> and his uncle, [[Tom Abraham]], the ownes of a former regionally known department store called "The Fair Store".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rivervalleymuseum.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=152:tom-abraham-merchant&catid=37:commerce-history&Itemid=262|title=Tom Abraham, Merchant|publisher=River Valley Pioneer Museum|accessdate=September 21, 2014}}</ref>
Abraham was born to [[oil]] and [[natural gas] [[business]]man [[Malouf Abraham, Sr.]], who served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1967 to 1971, and the former Iris Lewis (1918–2001), a descendant of a pioneer Hemphill County family,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rivervalleymuseum.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=151:malouf-abraham-oil-a-gas&catid=37:commerce-history&Itemid=261|title=Malouf Abraham, Oil & Gas|publisher=''Amarillo Globe Times,'' reproduced on River Valley Pioneer Museum website|date=May 19, 2000|accessdate=September 21, 2014; no longer on-line}}</ref> which included his grandfather, Nahim Abraham,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fab10|title=Abraham, Nahim|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|author=H. Allen Anderson|accessdate=September 20, 2014}}</ref> and his uncle, [[Tom Abraham]], the ownes of a former regionally known department store called "The Fair Store".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rivervalleymuseum.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=152:tom-abraham-merchant&catid=37:commerce-history&Itemid=262|title=Tom Abraham, Merchant|publisher=River Valley Pioneer Museum|accessdate=September 21, 2014}}</ref>
In 1961, Abraham obtained his undergraduate degree from Trinity University in [[San Antonio]],
In 1961, Abraham obtained his undergraduate degree from Trinity University in [[San Antonio]],
Texas. There is an endowed scholarship there in his name, underwritten by his parents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trinity.edu/departments/academic_affairs/course_catalogue05-06/pages/general_frame.htm|title=Trinity University Endowed Scholarship Funds|publisher=trinity.edu|accessdate=September 22, 2014}}</ref> He then procured his medical degree in 1964 from the [[University of Texas]] Southwestern Medical School] in [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]].
Texas. There is an endowed scholarship there in his name, underwritten by his parents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trinity.edu/departments/academic_affairs/course_catalogue05-06/pages/general_frame.htm|title=Trinity University Endowed Scholarship Funds|publisher=trinity.edu|accessdate=September 22, 2014}}</ref> He then procured his medical degree in 1964 from the [[University of Texas]] Southwestern Medical School] in [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]].