Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Colonel Lawrence Westbrook was a Texan politician and official in the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was born 23 August 1889 in Belton, Texas and was a 1908 graduate of the University of Texas and later the University of Texas Law School. Colonel Westbrook also served as a member of the Texas Legislature representing Waco, Texas. During World War I he attained the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Army Signal Corps. He married Mrs. Martha Wootton Collings in Hot Springs, Arkansas in March 1937. During World War II Colonel Westbrook returned to active duty and was wartime president of the United States Purchasing Board in the South Pacific theater where he was awarded the Order of the British Empire from New Zealand. While serving in the South Pacific he was responsible for a survey of all defense resources for this region. Colonel Westbrook died January 24, 1964(1964-01-24) in San Angelo, Texas.. }
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- Lawrence_Westbrook_(politician) abstract "Colonel Lawrence Westbrook was a Texan politician and official in the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was born 23 August 1889 in Belton, Texas and was a 1908 graduate of the University of Texas and later the University of Texas Law School. Colonel Westbrook also served as a member of the Texas Legislature representing Waco, Texas. During World War I he attained the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Army Signal Corps. He married Mrs. Martha Wootton Collings in Hot Springs, Arkansas in March 1937. During World War II Colonel Westbrook returned to active duty and was wartime president of the United States Purchasing Board in the South Pacific theater where he was awarded the Order of the British Empire from New Zealand. While serving in the South Pacific he was responsible for a survey of all defense resources for this region. Colonel Westbrook died January 24, 1964(1964-01-24) in San Angelo, Texas.".