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| name=Roy Byrn Bass, Sr.
| name=Roy Byrn Bass, Sr.
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office=[Mayor]] of [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]], [[United States|USA]]
| office=[[Mayor]] of [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]], [[United States|USA]]
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]] (in nonpartisan position)
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]] (in nonpartisan position)
| term_start=1974
| term_start=1974
==Background==
==Background==
Bass was born in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas, to Ivan Bass and the former Carrie Byrn.<ref>Date of birth, parents' names, and place of birth confirmed by Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home, 4444 South Loop 289, Lubbock, Texas, 806-799-3666.</ref> Bass received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] and LL.B degrees from [[Baylor University]] and Baylor Law School in Waco. He was a trustee of Baylor and a former member of the Executive Board of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. He also served on the advisory council of [[Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]] in [[Fort Worth]], Texas.<ref name=baptpress>{{cite web|url=http://media.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/4759,18-Dec-1978.pdf|title=Roy Bass Dies in Lubbock|date=December 18, 1978|publisher=''Baptist Press''|accessdate=January 6, 2011}}</ref>
Bass was born in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas, to Ivan Bass and the former Carrie Byrn.<ref>Date of birth, parents' names, and place of birth confirmed by Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home, 4444 South Loop 289, Lubbock, Texas, 806-799-3666.</ref> Bass received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] and LL.B degrees from [[Baylor University]] and Baylor Law School in Waco. He was a trustee of Baylor and a former member of the Executive Board of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. He also served on the advisory council of [[Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]] in [[Fort Worth]], Texas.<ref name=baptpress>{{cite web|url=http://media.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/4759,18-Dec-1978.pdf|title=Roy Bass Dies in Lubbock|date=December 18, 1978|publisher=''The Baptist Press''|accessdate=January 6, 2011}}</ref>
==Political life===
Though Bass was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], the offices of mayor and city council are nonpartisan in all Texas municipalities. Bass met in Lubbock with [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford]], on the day before<ref name=ford>{{cite web|url=http://www.ford.utexas.edu/library/document/diary/pdd760430.pdf|title=The Daily Diary of President Gerald R. Ford, April 30, 1976|publisher=ford.utexas.edu|accessdate=January 5, 2011}}</ref> Ford lost his fight to challenger [[Ronald W. Reagan]] of [[California]] for all delegates at stake in the Texas [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[primary]] election held on May that year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,914158,00.html|title=Republicans: Reagan's Startling Texas Landslide|publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''|date=May 10, 1976|accessdate=January 5, 2011}}</ref> The Ford diary does not indicate that Bass crossed party lines to endorse Ford but relates merely that he, along with [[radio]] broadcaster [[Clint Formby]] of Plainview in Hale County, greeted the President.<ref name=ford/>
Though Bass was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], the offices of mayor and city council are nonpartisan in all Texas municipalities. Bass met in Lubbock with [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford]], on the day before<ref name=ford>{{cite web|url=http://www.ford.utexas.edu/library/document/diary/pdd760430.pdf|title=The Daily Diary of President Gerald R. Ford, April 30, 1976|publisher=ford.utexas.edu|accessdate=January 5, 2011}}</ref> Ford lost his fight to challenger [[Ronald W. Reagan]] of [[California]] for all delegates at stake in the Texas [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[primary]] election held on May that year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,914158,00.html|title=Republicans: Reagan's Startling Texas Landslide|publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''|date=May 10, 1976|accessdate=January 5, 2011}}</ref> The Ford diary does not indicate that Bass crossed party lines to endorse Ford but relates merely that he, along with [[radio]] broadcaster [[Clint Formby]] of Plainview in Hale County, greeted the President.<ref name=ford/>
Former Mayor David Langston recalls that the Basses were "leaders in the effort to improve racial relations within our community. They were for people and businesses who went the extra mile trying to promote diversity in employment and improving and reducing racial discrimination." The Roy B. Bass Human Relations Award is named in his honor.<ref name=abass>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/022801/loc_022801039.shtml|title=Anita Bass, prolific champion of civic causes, dies at 81|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=February 28, 2001|accessdate=January 3, 2011}}</ref>
Former Mayor David Langston recalls that the Basses were "leaders in the effort to improve racial relations within our community. They were for people and businesses who went the extra mile trying to promote diversity in employment and improving and reducing racial discrimination." The Roy B. Bass Human Relations Award is named in his honor.<ref name=abass>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/022801/loc_022801039.shtml|title=Anita Bass, prolific champion of civic causes, dies at 81|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=February 28, 2001|accessdate=January 3, 2011}}</ref>
There is also a Roy Bass Memorial Award presented by the Southwest Lubbock Rotary International.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcbd.com/global/Story.asp?s=4726948|title=David A. Miller|publisher=kcbd.com|accessdate=January 5, 2011}}</ref>
There is also a Roy Bass Memorial Award presented by the Southwest Lubbock Rotary International.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcbd.com/global/Story.asp?s=4726948|title=David A. Miller|publisher=kcbd.com|accessdate=January 5, 2011}}</ref>
==Death and family legacy==
==Death and legacy==
Bass and his wife, the former Anita Seay (May 3, 1919 – February 27, 2001), a native of Briscoe County, Texas, married in 1942 in [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]]. After his death, Mrs. Bass maintained the family's involvement in Lubbock civic and community affairs. Bass died of an apparent [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] after working out with a son at the Lubbock [[Young Men's Christian Association]] gymnasium.<ref name=baptpress/> Some six months earlier, he had completed his second two-year term as mayor. Mrs. Bass died twenty-two years later of [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref name=abass/>
Bass and his wife, the former Anita Seay (May 3, 1919 – February 27, 2001), a native of Briscoe County, Texas, married in 1942 in [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]]. After his death, Mrs. Bass maintained the family's involvement in Lubbock civic and community affairs. Bass died of an apparent [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] after working out with a son at the Lubbock [[Young Men's Christian Association]] gymnasium.<ref name=baptpress/> Some six months earlier, he had completed his second two-year term as mayor. Mrs. Bass died twenty-two years later of [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref name=abass/>