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In 1972, the Abrahams obtained a [[Norman Rockwell]] painting, ''The First Day of School,'' and started a collection which now includes works by J. C. Leyendecker, William Bouguereau, and Craig Bone.
In 1972, the Abrahams obtained a [[Norman Rockwell]] painting, ''The First Day of School,'' and started a collection which now includes works by J. C. Leyendecker, William Bouguereau, and Craig Bone.
Though none of his family members are [[Southern Baptist]], Abraham in 1996 donated the "Malouf Abraham Family Art Center" to Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas. One of the pieces in the collection is Rockwell's ''The First Day of School'' in which a mother readies her son as he leaves home for the first day of school, while the boy's sister looks on in disinterest. The collection includes a mosaic cross bought at the Vatican Mosaic School and personally blessed by [[Pope]] [[John Paul II]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/news/092796/doctor.htm|title=Doctor talks about his art|date=September 27, 1996|author=Steven Barrett|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=September 22, 2014; no longer on-line}}</ref>In 1995, then [[Governor]] [[George W. Bush]], appointed Abraham to the Texas Commission on the Arts.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://texinfo.library.unt.edu/texasregister/text/1995/1103gov.txt|title=The Governor: Appointments Made October 23, 1995|publisher=texinfo.library.unt.edu|accessdate=August 16, 2010}}</ref>
Though none of his family members are [[Southern Baptist]], Abraham in 1996 donated the "Malouf Abraham Family Art Center" to Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas. One of the pieces in the collection is Rockwell's ''The First Day of School'' in which a mother readies her son as he leaves home for the first day of school, while the boy's sister looks on in disinterest. The collection includes a mosaic cross bought at the Vatican Mosaic School and personally blessed by [[Pope]] [[John Paul II]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/news/092796/doctor.htm|title=Doctor talks about his art|date=September 27, 1996|author=Steven Barrett|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=September 22, 2014; no longer on-line}}</ref>In 1995, then [[Governor]] [[George W. Bush]], appointed Abraham to the Texas Commission on the Arts.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://texinfo.library.unt.edu/texasregister/text/1995/1103gov.txt|title=The Governor: Appointments Made October 23, 1995|publisher=texinfo.library.unt.edu|accessdate=August 16, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>
Malouf and Therese Abraham divide their time between Canadian and a second home in Sarasota, [[Florida]].
Malouf and Therese Abraham divide their time between Canadian and a second home in Sarasota, [[Florida]].