American billionaire, philanthropist and patriarch to the Bass Brothers of Fort Worth
Perry Richardson Bass (November 11, 1914 – June 1, 2006) was an American heir, investor, philanthropist and sailor .
Early life
Perry Richardson Bass was born on November 11, 1914, in Wichita Falls, Texas to oil operator Dr. E. Perry Bass[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania .[ 2] Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology in 1937.[ 2] [ 3]
Career
He worked for his uncle, Sid W. Richardson , a rancher and oil wildcatter, in the 1940s and 1950s.[ 5] [ 2]
Philanthropy
As a result of good investments, Bass was worth US$1 billion by 2005 and was the 746th-wealthiest American citizen.[ 5] Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas .[ 4] [ 3] Palacios, Texas is named in his honor.[ 6]
With his wife, he has donated art to the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth.[ 4] Street in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer and Enclosed Field with Plowman by Vincent van Gogh as well as Fruit Dish, Bottle, and Guitar by Pablo Picasso .[ 4] Claude Monet , Camille Pissarro , Pierre-Auguste Renoir , Édouard Vuillard , Pierre Bonnard , Henri Matisse , Joan Miró , Fernand Léger , Marc Chagall and Mark Rothko as well as sculptures by Auguste Rodin , Aristide Maillol and Simon Segal .[ 4]
He was a leading syndicate member of the unsuccessful 1974 America’s Cup defender candidate, Mariner , helmed by Ted Turner .[ 7]
The Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Center for Molecular and Structural Biology is named after Bass and his wife, and was completed in 1993.[ 8]
Sailor
Perry built his own wooden Snipe sailboat; in 1935, while studying at Yale, he won the Snipe class world sailing championship .[ 9] [ 10] Houston Yacht Club and a longtime member of the Del Rey Yacht Club,[ 11] Ted Turner 's "American Eagle" when it won the Southern Ocean Racing Circuit and the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in 1972.[ 12]
Personal life
He married Nancy Lee Muse in 1941.[ 4] [ 5] Sid Bass (born 1942),[ 4] Ed Bass (born 1945),[ 4] Robert Bass (born 1948)[ 4] Lee Bass (born 1956)[ 4]
Bass family
Death
He died on June 1, 2006, in Fort Worth, Texas.[ 2]
References
^ Bass, E. Perry (March 29, 1933). "Death of Dr. E.P. Bass" . Wichita Falls Times. Retrieved March 10, 2024 . ^ a b c d e Leslie Wayne, Perry R. Bass, 91, Patriarch of Famed Texas Oil Family, Dies , The New York Times
^ a b c Perry Bass, 91; Texas Oil Heir Invested Well and Gave Generously , The Los Angeles Times ^ a b c d e f g h i j Kimbell Art Museum: The Collection of Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass ^ a b c Perry Richardson Bass, billionaire philanthropist , The Houston Chronicle ^ Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission: Perry R. Bass Marine Fisheries Research Center ^ Roger Vaughan, The Grand Gesture (1975), page 137.
^ "Yale University Science Building Wins Architecture Award" . Yale University Press. January 21, 1997. Retrieved October 5, 2023 .^ AP, Bass Family Story a Texas Legend , The Victoria Advocate , November 26, 1984
^ Rob Patterson, Perry Richardson Bass: Wildcatter with a Giving Nature , SHALE Oil & Gas Business Magazine , January 27, 2015
^ "DRYC - del Rey Yacht Club" .^ Leslie Wayne, Perry R. Bass, 91, Patriarch of Famed Texas Oil Family, Dies , The New York Times , June 2, 2006
^ "Legacies of Sid W. Richardson and Annie Richardson Bass Live on with TCU Buildings" . Texas Christian University . Retrieved December 30, 2024 .
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