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{{Infobox person
| name=Henry Bartell Zachry, Jr.
(Pioneer of the construction industry in both the United States<br> and internationally)
|birth_date=August 31, 1933
| birth_place=[[Laredo]],<br>[[Texas]], USA<br>
Long-term resident of [[San Antonio]], Texas
| death_date=June 10, 2020 (aged 86)
| death_place=San Antonio, Texas<br>
| religion=[[United Methodist]]
| spouse=Mollie Steves Zachry (married c. 1960-2020, his death)<br>
'''Four children''':
John Zachry<br>
David Zachry<br>
Anne Rochelle<br>
Ellen Carrie<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
H. B., Sr., and Marjorie Muriel Powell Zachry<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
Alamo Heights High School (San Antonio)<br>
[[Texas A&M University]]<br>
[[Harvard University]]
|religion=[[Episcopalian]]
|branch=[[United States Air Force]]
|rank=Second lieutenant trained as fighter pilot
|serviceyears=1954-1957}}
'''Henry Bartell Zachry, Jr.''' , known as '''H. B. Zachry''' or ''' Bartell Zachry''' (August 31, 1933 – June 10, 2020),<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211181565/henry-bartell-zachry|title=Henry Bartell Zachry, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref> was a pioneer in the construction industry originally from [[Laredo]], [[Texas]].
==Biography==
Zachry was a son of H. B. Zachry, Sr. (1901-1984), and the former Marjorie Muriel Powell (1906-1977).<ref name=findagrave/> He graduated in 1950 from Alamo Heights High School in [[San Antonio]] and in 1954 from the then all-male [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]]. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the [[United States Air Force]] and then joined his father's company in 1957. Zachry was a Texas A&M Distinguished Alumnus and was admitted to the Corps of Cadets Hall of Honor. He received his pilot’s license at the age of sixteen and trained in the Air Force as a fighter pilot. After he attended the management development section of the [[Harvard University]] Business School, he returned to [[San Antonio]], where he and his wife the former Mollie Steves, remained and reared their four children. John Zachry and his wife, Laura; David Zachry and his wife, Karen Lee; Anne Z. Rochelle and her husband, Jeff, and Ellen Carrie and her husband, Chris.
Zachry was inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame in 2000 and the next year he was named "Mr. South Texas" at the [[George Washington]] Birthday Celebration in Laredo. He also served as a trustee of Texas Military Institute and the Alamo Heights Independent School District as well as advisory boards at Texas A&M. He served too on the boards of the Texas Department of Corrections and the San Antonio branch of the [[Federal Reserve Bank]] of [[Dallas]].<ref name=jorgev/>
Zachry died in San Antonio four years shy of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the company, which is the predecessor of the two flagship companies bearing the family name. According to the website of the Zachry Construction Corporation, the first line of work for the company was “a series of four concrete-reinforced bridges in Laredo, aided in part by mule-drawn wagons.” Zachry expanded the company internationally. Zachry was instrumental in developing the city infrastructure. Zachry worked on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, the reconstruction of Interstate 75, the Interstate-20 interchange in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], and the expansion of the headquarters of the United Services Automobile Association The company built the U.S. Embassy in [[Nicaragua]] and the refurbishing of the embassy in [[Moscow]]. Under his tenure, his company also was involved in the construction of the first nuclear power plant in [[Spain]], highways in [[Pakistan]], and the Paloma Dam in [[Chile]]. <ref name=jorgev/> He was also instrumental in the building of Hemisphere '68, the world's fair in San Antonio.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.expressnews.com/business/local/article/Zachry-obit-15331421.php|title=Bartell Zachry, force in construction industry, dies at 86|publisher=''The San Antonio Express-News''|author=Patrick Danner and Madison Iszler|date=June 10, 2020|accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref>
The Laredo Independent School District named an elementary school after Zachry. In 2015, Zachry came to meet with faculty and students, whom he urged to become daily readers. In 2019, the [[United States Department of Education]] named Zachry Elementary a "Blue Ribbon" schoo1.<ref name=jorgev/>
His obituary describes Zachry as "a man of great thoughtfulness and sincerity [who] valued family and community, honesty and humility. He believed in the goodness of people and considered it both a duty and a privilege to serve others, from his family to his employees to his fellow citizens.”<ref name=jorgev>{{cite web|url=https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Laredo-born-H-B-Zachry-dies-at-86-15335562.php|title=Laredo-born H. B. Zachry dies at 86|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times''|author=Jorge A. Vela|date=June 12, 2020|accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref>
The obituary also quotes the [[Poetry|poet]] [[William Wordsworth]], who wrote that "The best portion of a good man's life: His little nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://porterloring.tributes.com/obituary/show/Henry-Bartell-Zachry-108487386|title=Henry Zachry obituary|publisher=Porter-Loring Funeral Home|accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zachry, Jr., H. B.}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:United States Air Force]]
[[Category:Episcopalians]]
| name=Henry Bartell Zachry, Jr.
(Pioneer of the construction industry in both the United States<br> and internationally)
|birth_date=August 31, 1933
| birth_place=[[Laredo]],<br>[[Texas]], USA<br>
Long-term resident of [[San Antonio]], Texas
| death_date=June 10, 2020 (aged 86)
| death_place=San Antonio, Texas<br>
| religion=[[United Methodist]]
| spouse=Mollie Steves Zachry (married c. 1960-2020, his death)<br>
'''Four children''':
John Zachry<br>
David Zachry<br>
Anne Rochelle<br>
Ellen Carrie<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
H. B., Sr., and Marjorie Muriel Powell Zachry<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
Alamo Heights High School (San Antonio)<br>
[[Texas A&M University]]<br>
[[Harvard University]]
|religion=[[Episcopalian]]
|branch=[[United States Air Force]]
|rank=Second lieutenant trained as fighter pilot
|serviceyears=1954-1957}}
'''Henry Bartell Zachry, Jr.''' , known as '''H. B. Zachry''' or ''' Bartell Zachry''' (August 31, 1933 – June 10, 2020),<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211181565/henry-bartell-zachry|title=Henry Bartell Zachry, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref> was a pioneer in the construction industry originally from [[Laredo]], [[Texas]].
==Biography==
Zachry was a son of H. B. Zachry, Sr. (1901-1984), and the former Marjorie Muriel Powell (1906-1977).<ref name=findagrave/> He graduated in 1950 from Alamo Heights High School in [[San Antonio]] and in 1954 from the then all-male [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]]. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the [[United States Air Force]] and then joined his father's company in 1957. Zachry was a Texas A&M Distinguished Alumnus and was admitted to the Corps of Cadets Hall of Honor. He received his pilot’s license at the age of sixteen and trained in the Air Force as a fighter pilot. After he attended the management development section of the [[Harvard University]] Business School, he returned to [[San Antonio]], where he and his wife the former Mollie Steves, remained and reared their four children. John Zachry and his wife, Laura; David Zachry and his wife, Karen Lee; Anne Z. Rochelle and her husband, Jeff, and Ellen Carrie and her husband, Chris.
Zachry was inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame in 2000 and the next year he was named "Mr. South Texas" at the [[George Washington]] Birthday Celebration in Laredo. He also served as a trustee of Texas Military Institute and the Alamo Heights Independent School District as well as advisory boards at Texas A&M. He served too on the boards of the Texas Department of Corrections and the San Antonio branch of the [[Federal Reserve Bank]] of [[Dallas]].<ref name=jorgev/>
Zachry died in San Antonio four years shy of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the company, which is the predecessor of the two flagship companies bearing the family name. According to the website of the Zachry Construction Corporation, the first line of work for the company was “a series of four concrete-reinforced bridges in Laredo, aided in part by mule-drawn wagons.” Zachry expanded the company internationally. Zachry was instrumental in developing the city infrastructure. Zachry worked on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, the reconstruction of Interstate 75, the Interstate-20 interchange in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], and the expansion of the headquarters of the United Services Automobile Association The company built the U.S. Embassy in [[Nicaragua]] and the refurbishing of the embassy in [[Moscow]]. Under his tenure, his company also was involved in the construction of the first nuclear power plant in [[Spain]], highways in [[Pakistan]], and the Paloma Dam in [[Chile]]. <ref name=jorgev/> He was also instrumental in the building of Hemisphere '68, the world's fair in San Antonio.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.expressnews.com/business/local/article/Zachry-obit-15331421.php|title=Bartell Zachry, force in construction industry, dies at 86|publisher=''The San Antonio Express-News''|author=Patrick Danner and Madison Iszler|date=June 10, 2020|accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref>
The Laredo Independent School District named an elementary school after Zachry. In 2015, Zachry came to meet with faculty and students, whom he urged to become daily readers. In 2019, the [[United States Department of Education]] named Zachry Elementary a "Blue Ribbon" schoo1.<ref name=jorgev/>
His obituary describes Zachry as "a man of great thoughtfulness and sincerity [who] valued family and community, honesty and humility. He believed in the goodness of people and considered it both a duty and a privilege to serve others, from his family to his employees to his fellow citizens.”<ref name=jorgev>{{cite web|url=https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Laredo-born-H-B-Zachry-dies-at-86-15335562.php|title=Laredo-born H. B. Zachry dies at 86|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Times''|author=Jorge A. Vela|date=June 12, 2020|accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref>
The obituary also quotes the [[Poetry|poet]] [[William Wordsworth]], who wrote that "The best portion of a good man's life: His little nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://porterloring.tributes.com/obituary/show/Henry-Bartell-Zachry-108487386|title=Henry Zachry obituary|publisher=Porter-Loring Funeral Home|accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zachry, Jr., H. B.}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:United States Air Force]]
[[Category:Episcopalians]]