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In 1991, Ray Farabee remarried after more than two years as a widower. His second wife is the former Mary Margaret Albright (born 1939), a divorcee with two children, David (1964–1996) and Patricia (born 1968). She worked with Texas First Lady [[Laura Bush]] to found the Texas Book Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austinwomanmagazine.com/Articles/2009/05_MAY/68_sf_2.html|title=Mary Margaret Farabee|publisher=''Austin Woman Magazine''|date May 1968|accessdate=December 5, 2009}}</ref>

In 1991, Ray Farabee remarried after more than two years as a widower. His second wife is the former Mary Margaret Albright (born 1939), a divorcee with two children, David (1964–1996) and Patricia (born 1968). She worked with Texas First Lady [[Laura Bush]] to found the Texas Book Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austinwomanmagazine.com/Articles/2009/05_MAY/68_sf_2.html|title=Mary Margaret Farabee|publisher=''Austin Woman Magazine''|date May 1968|accessdate=December 5, 2009}}</ref>

In 2000, Farabee retired from UT but remained for two years as executive assistant to the chancellor. He served on the state board of Blue Cross Blue Shield. In retirement, he was a volunteer for the [[Public Broadcasting Service]] and sits on the board of the Equal Justice Foundation, which funds up to $20 million annually in legal services for low-income Texans. Farabee and his wife also travel extensively. In 2006, while in [[New Zealand]] they coincidentally encountered Frank Kell Cahoon (1934-2013), a former classmate from Wichita Falls Senior High School and a former state representative from [[Midland]].<ref name=farabee/> In the 1965 legislative session, Cahoon was the only Republican in the 150-member Texas House.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=792&leg=60&from=sessionList|title=Frank Cahoon|publisher=lrl.state.tx.us|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>​

In 2000, Farabee retired from UT but remained for two years as executive assistant to the chancellor. He served on the state board of Blue Cross Blue Shield. In retirement, he was a volunteer for the [[Public Broadcasting Service]] and sits on the board of the Equal Justice Foundation, which funds up to $20 million annually in legal services for low-income Texans. Farabee and his wife also travel extensively. In 2006, while in [[New Zealand]] they coincidentally encountered [[Frank Kell Cahoon]], a former classmate from Wichita Falls Senior High School and a former state representative from [[Midland]].<ref name=farabee/> In the 1965 legislative session, Cahoon was the only Republican in the 150-member Texas House.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=792&leg=60&from=sessionList|title=Frank Cahoon|publisher=lrl.state.tx.us|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>​

Farabee has been a longtime Democratic donor, having given to [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Barack H. Obama]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php?type=name&lname=FARABEE|title=Farabee campaign contributions|publisher=fundrace.huffingtonpost.com|accessdate=December 5, 2009}}</ref> in the presidential campaigns of 1992 and 2008 and, over the years, to congressional campaigns of the Democrats Jake Pickle, Martin Frost, Lloyd Doggett,, and Pete Geren. He also contributed in 1991 to state Senator Hugh Parmer, a former [[mayor]] of [[Fort Worth]], the Democrat who failed in the 1990 campaign against Republican [[U.S. Senator]] [[Phil Gramm]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://watchdog.net/contrib/78704/ray_farabee|title=Ray Farabee, 78704 Political Contributions|publisher=Watchdog.net|accessdate=December 5, 2009}}</ref>

Farabee has been a longtime Democratic donor, having given to [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Barack H. Obama]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php?type=name&lname=FARABEE|title=Farabee campaign contributions|publisher=fundrace.huffingtonpost.com|accessdate=December 5, 2009}}</ref> in the presidential campaigns of 1992 and 2008 and, over the years, to congressional campaigns of the Democrats Jake Pickle, Martin Frost, Lloyd Doggett,, and Pete Geren. He also contributed in 1991 to state Senator Hugh Parmer, a former [[mayor]] of [[Fort Worth]], the Democrat who failed in the 1990 campaign against Republican [[U.S. Senator]] [[Phil Gramm]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://watchdog.net/contrib/78704/ray_farabee|title=Ray Farabee, 78704 Political Contributions|publisher=Watchdog.net|accessdate=December 5, 2009}}</ref>