If San Antonio had its own Mount Rushmore, surely the countenance of Henry B. Gonzalez would be part of it. In the city’s pantheon of politicians, few have had the enduring impact of the 37-year ...

His early life was shaped by the turmoil of the Mexican Revolution and segregation in South Texas, but Henry B. Gonzalez turned a childhood passion for reading into a lifelong public service ...

Henry B. Gonzalez was the first Mexican American elected to the Texas Senate, in 1956; the first Mexican American to run for governor, in 1958; and the first Mexican American elected from Texas to ...

He never let them down." The Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin holds the Henry B. Gonzalez Collection, which includes over 500 linear feet of correspondence ...

As major cities across Texas make plans to expand their biggest event spaces, San Antonio hopes to do the same with the Henry B. González Convention Center. In their first follow-up meeting since ...

Read full article: Leading breast cancer experts gather, share research at Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center The largest breast cancer research conference in the world is happening this week in ...

Former Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez, who was chairman of the House Banking Committee and dean of the Texas congressional delegation, serving from 1961 to 1998, died Tuesday. He was 84. Family members ...

I met Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez only once, for a brief moment in the summer of 1993. He was attending a Houston hearing on public housing at Allen Parkway Village, as part of his personal ...

2000-11-30 04:00:00 PDT Washington-- Former U.S. Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez, a pugnacious and partisan Texas Democrat who used his perch as chairman of the House Banking Committee to champion public ...