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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 (the Zachry School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, part of the College of Engineering at Texas A&M, is named for him, as is also the Zachry Engineering Education Center at Texas A&M which at 525,000 square feet is the largest building on campus). 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 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 (the Zachry School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, part of the College of Engineering at Texas A&M, is named for him, as is also the Zachry Engineering Education Center at Texas A&M which at 525,000 square feet is the largest building on campus). 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>

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.”<ref>Decades later, the company won a contract for major rehabilitation of those same bridges.</ref> 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" school.<ref name=jorgev/>

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" school.<ref name=jorgev/>