Arthur A. Seeligson, Jr.

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name = Arthur A. Seeligson, Jr.


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birth_date = birth date|1920|10|29
birth_place = San Antonio, Texas
United States
death_date = death date and age|2001|4|17|1920|10|29|mf=y
death_place = San Antonio, Texas
resting_place =
residence = San Antonio, Texas
education = Phillips Exeter Academy
Yale University
occupation = Oilman, rancher
Racehorse owner/breeder
party = Republican
boards = National Bank of Commerce, St. Mary's Hall School, Cambridge Royalty Company, [http://www.utmsi.utexas.edu/ University of Texas Marine Science Institute] , Smithsonian Institution National Board of Associates, Phillips Exeter Academy
spouse = Linda Nixon
children = Ramona, Juliana, Arthur III
parents = Arthur A. Seeligson &
Ramona Frates
religion =

Arthur Addison Seeligson, Jr. (October 29, 1920 - April 17, 2001) was an American oilman, rancher, and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder.

Born in San Antonio, Texas, his family moved to Oklahoma when he was still a boy. After studying at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire and then graduating from Yale University in 1942, Arthur Seeligson, Jr. followed in his fathers footsteps as a successful investor in the oil and gas industry in Kansas.

Seeligson returned to live in San Antonio and it was his home at the time of his death in 2001.

Thoroughbred horse racing

Arthur Seeligson was involved in Thoroughbred horse racing for more than forty years. He had stakes race winners both in the United states and in Europe. He most notably bred and raced Avatar, winner of the 1975 Santa Anita Derby and the American Classsic, the Belmont Stakes.

For a time, Arthur Seeligson was a co-owner of the now defunct Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York.Seeligson's daughter, Ramona Seeligson Bass, was a driving force behind the creation of "Texas Wild!" at the Fort Worth Zoo. [http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=419] The Zoo's Arthur A. Seeligson Conservation Fund was established by his family and friends to benefit Texas wildlife.

Arthur Seeligson's brother, Frates Slick Seeligson (1923-2006), was a rancher and a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1953-1960.

References

* [http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:Co0mi1uNG-IJ:www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/77R/billtext/doc/HR00915F.doc+www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/77R/billtext/doc/HR00915F.doc&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=ca Resolution re Arthur A. Seeligson, Jr., at the Texas House of Representatives]
* [http://www.fortworthzoo.org/conserve/researchers.html Arthur A. Seeligson Conservation Fund at the Fort Worth Zoo]