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|birth_date=March 29, 1939
|birth_date=March 29, 1939
|birth_place=Canadian, Hemphill County<br> [[Texas]], [[United States|USA]]
|birth_place=Canadian, Hemphill County<br> [[Texas]], [[United States|USA]]
|death_date=May 5, 2025 (aged 86)
|death_place=Canadian, Texas
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|spouse= Therese Browne Abraham (married December 1963)<br>
|spouse=Therese Browne Abraham<br>
(married 1963-2024, her death)<br>
'''Three sons''':<br>
'''Three sons''':<br>
Eddie Christopher Abraham<br>
Eddie Christopher Abraham<br>
}}
}}
'''Malouf Abraham, Jr.''' (born March 29, 1939), is a [[Lebanon|Lebanese]]-[[United States|American]] retired [[physician]] and active art collector from Canadian in Hemphill County in the [[Texas]] Panhandle.
'''Malouf Abraham, Jr.''' (March 29, 1939 – May 5, 2025, was a [[Lebanon|Lebanese]]-[[United States|American]] retired [[physician]] and active art collector from the small city of Canadian in Hemphill County in the [[Texas]] Panhandle.
==Biography==
==Biography==
Until 2001, Abraham had operated an allergy clinic in Canadian for thirty-five years.<ref>"News, Sniffles, Sneezes, and Aches," ''Southern Methodist University Daily Campus,'' November 10, 2004.</ref>
Until 2001, Abraham had operated an allergy clinic in Canadian for thirty-five years.<ref>"News, Sniffles, Sneezes, and Aches," ''Southern Methodist University Daily Campus,'' November 10, 2004.</ref>
Abraham is married to the former Therese Browne (born 1936), a native of Mount Airy in eastern [[North Carolina]]. The couple married c. 1964 in the Mount Air Catholic Church, which the Browne family helped to build with [[granite]] from their own quarry. Like her father-in-law, Therese Abraham is a former mayor of Canadian, having served from 1981 to 1991.<ref name=heraldtribune/><ref>"City elects first woman mayor," ''Canadian Record,'' April 9, 1981, p. 6.</ref> The Abrahams have three sons, all residing in Hemphill County, Eddie Christopher Abraham, a cattle rancher; Salem Abraham, a futures trader with offices in the Moody Building in Canadian, and Jason Abraham, a horse rancher.
Abraham was married to the former Therese Browne (1931-2024), a native of Mount Airy in eastern [[North Carolina]]. The couple married on December 29, 1963, in the Mount Airy Catholic Church, which the Browne family helped to build with [[granite]] from their own quarry. Like her father-in-law, Therese Abraham is a former mayor of Canadian, having served from 1981 to 1991.<ref name=heraldtribune/><ref>"City elects first woman mayor," ''Canadian Record,'' April 9, 1981, p. 6.</ref> The Abrahams have three sons, all residing in Hemphill County, Eddie Christopher Abraham, a cattle rancher; Salem Abraham, a nationally ranked futures trader with offices in the Moody Building in Canadian, and Jason Abraham, a horse rancher.
==Patron of the arts==
==Patron of the arts==
Though none of his family members are [[Southern Baptist]], Abraham in 1996 donated the "Malouf Abraham Family Art Center" to Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas. One of the pieces in the collection is Rockwell's ''The First Day of School'' in which a mother readies her son as he leaves home for the first day of school, while the boy's sister looks on in disinterest. The collection includes a mosaic cross bought at the Vatican Mosaic School and personally blessed by [[Pope]] [[John Paul II]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/news/092796/doctor.htm|title=Doctor talks about his art|date=September 27, 1996|author=Steven Barrett|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=September 22, 2014; no longer on-line}}</ref>In 1995, then [[Governor]] [[George W. Bush]], appointed Abraham to the Texas Commission on the Arts.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://texinfo.library.unt.edu/texasregister/text/1995/1103gov.txt|title=The Governor: Appointments Made October 23, 1995|publisher=texinfo.library.unt.edu|accessdate=August 16, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>
Though none of his family members are [[Southern Baptist]], Abraham in 1996 donated the "Malouf Abraham Family Art Center" to Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas. One of the pieces in the collection is Rockwell's ''The First Day of School'' in which a mother readies her son as he leaves home for the first day of school, while the boy's sister looks on in disinterest. The collection includes a mosaic cross bought at the Vatican Mosaic School and personally blessed by [[Pope]] [[John Paul II]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/news/092796/doctor.htm|title=Doctor talks about his art|date=September 27, 1996|author=Steven Barrett|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=September 22, 2014; no longer on-line}}</ref>In 1995, then [[Governor]] [[George W. Bush]], appointed Abraham to the Texas Commission on the Arts.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://texinfo.library.unt.edu/texasregister/text/1995/1103gov.txt|title=The Governor: Appointments Made October 23, 1995|publisher=texinfo.library.unt.edu|accessdate=August 16, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref>
Malouf and Therese Abraham divide their time between Canadian and a second home in Sarasota, [[Florida]].
Malouf and Therese Abraham divided their time in retirement between Canadian and a second home in Sarasota, [[Florida]].
==References==
==References==