| − | 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 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 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/> |