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By 1972, his [[petroleum]] interests included holdings in several states as well as [[Canada]] and [[New Zealand]]. He also had [[real estate]] interests in [[Nicaragua]] and the Cayman Islands in the [[Caribbean Sea]]. At the time of his death, his business interests had diversified to include ranching, timber, marinas, and [[banking]].​<ref name=bio/>

By 1972, his [[petroleum]] interests included holdings in several states as well as [[Canada]] and [[New Zealand]]. He also had [[real estate]] interests in [[Nicaragua]] and the Cayman Islands in the [[Caribbean Sea]]. At the time of his death, his business interests had diversified to include ranching, timber, marinas, and [[banking]].​<ref name=bio/>

==Republican national committeeman, 1960 to 1969==

==Republican national committeeman, 1960 to 1969==

By 1960, Fay had become Republican national committeeman and an automatic  member of the [[Republican National Committee]]. At the 1964 [[Republican National Convention]] in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], Fay served on the Credentials Committee.<ref>[[Jack Crichton]], ''The Republican-Democrat Political Campaigns in Texas in 1964,'' self-published, 2004, p. 24.</ref> In 1969, Fay lost his national committeeman's position about the time that the [[attorney]] William Merritt Steger (1920-2004) was elected state party chairman to succeed Peter O'Donnell of [[Dallas]]. Steger had been the unsuccessful Republican [[governor|gubernatorial]] candidate in 1960 and was later a long-serving U.S. District Court [[judge]] based in [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]] in Smith County in east Texas.

By 1960, Fay had become Republican national committeeman and an automatic  member of the [[Republican National Committee]]. At the 1964 [[Republican National Convention]] in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], Fay served on the Credentials Committee.<ref>[[Jack Crichton]], ''The Republican-Democrat Political Campaigns in Texas in 1964,'' self-published, 2004, p. 24.</ref> In 1969, Fay lost his national committeeman's position about the time that the [[attorney]] William Merritt Steger (1920-2004) was elected state party chairman to succeed Peter O'Donnell of [[Dallas]]. Steger had been the unsuccessful Republican [[governor|gubernatorial]] candidate in 1960 and was later a long-serving U.S. District Court [[judge]] based in [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]] in Smith County in east Texas.

==Opposing Jerry Sadler for land commissioner==

==Opposing Jerry Sadler for land commissioner==

In October 1969, U.S. President [[Richard M. Nixon]] appointed Fay to the 13-member board of governors overseeing the former Panama Canal Company. He retained that position until February 1976, when President [[Gerald Ford]], named him ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago.<ref name=pgraveyard/> He served in that capacity for over a year, until April 1977, some months after Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]] assumed the presidency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/fay-albert-bel|title=Albert Bel Fay (1913-1992|publisher=Office of the Historian: U.S. State Department|accessdate=October 25, 2019}}</ref>​

In October 1969, U.S. President [[Richard M. Nixon]] appointed Fay to the 13-member board of governors overseeing the former Panama Canal Company. He retained that position until February 1976, when President [[Gerald Ford]], named him ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago.<ref name=pgraveyard/> He served in that capacity for over a year, until April 1977, some months after Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]] assumed the presidency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/fay-albert-bel|title=Albert Bel Fay (1913-1992|publisher=Office of the Historian: U.S. State Department|accessdate=October 25, 2019}}</ref>​

==Civic leadership and sportsmanship==

==Civic leadership and sportsmanship==

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