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Charles Spencer and Marie Dorothy Bel Fay
Charles Spencer and Marie Dorothy Bel Fay
|alma_mater=San Jacinto High School (Houston)
|alma_mater=San Jacinto High School (Houston)
[[Yale University]]}}
[[Yale University]]
|branch=[[United States Navy]]
|rank=Ensign; then First Lieutenant
|battles=[[World War II]], including service in [[Okinawa]]}}
'''Albert Bel Fay, Sr.''' (February 26, 1913 – February 29, 1992), was an [[United States|American]] [[business]]man who served briefly as the United States Ambassador to [[Trinidad]] and Tobago and was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[politician]], whose involvement with the party began in 1952 with the first presidential campaign of [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ffa20|title=Fay, Albert Bel, Sr.|publisher=''The Handbook of Texas'' on-line|author=Mary Smith Fay|accessdate=October 25, 2019}}</ref>
'''Albert Bel Fay, Sr.''' (February 26, 1913 – February 29, 1992), was an [[United States|American]] [[business]]man who served briefly as the United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago and was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[politician]], whose involvement with the party began in 1952 with the first presidential campaign of [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ffa20|title=Fay, Albert Bel, Sr.|publisher=''The Handbook of Texas'' on-line|author=Mary Smith Fay|accessdate=October 25, 2019}}</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
Fay was born in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], to Charles Spencer Fay and the former Marie Dorothy Bel, hence his middle name.<ref name=pgraveyard>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fay.html|title=Fay, Albert Bel|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=October 25, 2019}}</ref> His father was an officer of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The family relocated to [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], where Fay graduated from San Jacinto High School. In 1935, he married the former Homoiselle Randall Haden (August 26, 1908 – February 6, 1990). They were the parents of three children, including Albert Bel Fay, Jr. (born 1945), of Houston, an active Republican donor.<ref name=bio/>
Fay was born in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], to Charles Spencer Fay and the former Marie Dorothy Bel, hence his middle name.<ref name=pgraveyard>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fay.html|title=Fay, Albert Bel|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=October 25, 2019}}</ref> His father was an officer of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The family relocated to [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], where Fay graduated from San Jacinto High School. In 1935, he married the former Homoiselle Randall Haden (August 26, 1908 – February 6, 1990). They were the parents of three children, including Albert Bel Fay, Jr. (born 1945), of Houston, an active Republican donor.<ref name=bio/>
In 1936, Fay obtained a bachelor's degree in geology from [[Yale University]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], [[Connecticut]]. At Yale, he was commissioned an ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve. During [[World War II]], he commanded a submarine chaser in the [[Gulf of Mexico]] and the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. Later in the war, he was advanced to the rank of first lieutenant while serving in [[Okinawa]].<ref name=bio/>
In 1936, Fay obtained a bachelor's degree in geology from [[Yale University]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], [[Connecticut]]. At Yale, he was commissioned an ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve. During [[World War II]], he commanded a submarine chaser in the [[Gulf of Mexico]] and the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. Later in the war, he was advanced to the rank of first lieutenant while serving in [[Okinawa]].<ref name=bio/>
==Business interests==
==Business interests==