39-461: Glassell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alfred C. Glassell Jr. (1913–2008), American businessman, philanthropist and sport fisherman Andrew Glassell (1827–1901), American real estate attorney and investor Susan Thornton Glassell (1835–1883), the wife of George Smith Patton and George H. Smith, and the sister of Andrew Glassell William T. Glassell (1831–1879), officer in
78-660: A Bachelor of Arts in 1934. Glassell served with the United States Army during World War II, attaining the rank of major . He was aide-de-camp to General Troy H. Middleton , the commanding officer of the 45th Infantry Division , and saw combat in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. Glassell followed his father into the oil and gas business, helping discover a number of new fields on the Gulf Coast in Louisiana and Texas. He
117-537: A $ 5.8 million home near the River Oaks Country Club ". Glassell began collecting art in his thirties. In 1970 he was elected to the board of trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), becoming chairman in 1990. He worked closely with museum director Peter Marzio towards achieving "major museum status—greatly increasing attendance, membership, operating budget, endowment, and collections". He oversaw
156-767: A bequest to the Glassell Family Foundation which he had established years earlier. That bequest was contested by his daughter Curry, with a jury finding in November 2009 against her argument that Glassell was suffering from the dementia at the time he drafted the will in 2003. Gulf Coast of the United States The Gulf Coast of the United States , also known as the Gulf South or the South Coast ,
195-558: A great extent by its long established tourism industry but also by its position as a gateway to the Caribbean and Latin America . As of 2024, Texas and Florida are the second and third most populous states in the nation, respectively. Other areas of the Gulf Coast have benefited less, though economic development fueled by tourism has greatly increased property values along the coast, and is now
234-662: A period of two hours. Glassell donated the record-breaking fish to the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian. Other fish and sealife he caught – "sailfish, wahoo, schools of tuna, sharks, dorado , roosterfish , a pod of dusky dolphin and even the surreal Mola mola " – were donated by his family to the Houston Museum of Natural Science to be exhibited in the Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Hall. The Smithsonian also gave
273-500: A record as of 2023, despite significant improvements in technology and materials. Glassell's feat attracted significant attention. He appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in March 1956 and footage of his catch was used in the 1958 film adaptation of The Old Man and the Sea . A review of the footage found that the fish threw itself into the air 49 times, eventually exhausting itself over
312-496: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glassell&oldid=1234866544 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Alfred Curry Glassell Jr. (March 31, 1913 – October 29, 2008)
351-729: A sport fisherman he set a longstanding record for the largest black marlin caught by handheld rod, weighing 1,560 pounds (710 kg), which is recognised by the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) as the largest bony fish caught by hand. Glassell was born on March 31, 1913, at the Cuba Plantation near Shreveport, Louisiana . He was the son of Frances Elvira ( née Lane ) and Alfred C. Glassell. He attended C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport and went on to attend Louisiana State University , graduating with
390-649: A tropical climate. Much of the year is warm to hot along the Gulf Coast, while the three winter months bring periods of cool (or rarely, cold) weather mixed with mild temperatures. The area is highly vulnerable to hurricanes as well as floods and severe thunderstorms . Much of the Gulf Coast has a summer precipitation maximum, with July or August commonly the wettest month due to the combination of frequent summer thunderstorms produced by relentless heat and humidity, and tropical weather systems, including tropical depressions, tropical storms, and hurricanes , while winter and early spring rainfall also can be heavy. This pattern
429-461: Is evident in southern cites as Houston , New Orleans , Mobile, Alabama , and Pensacola, Florida . However, the central and southern Florida peninsula and South Texas has a pronounced winter dry season, as at Tampa and Fort Myers . On the central and southern Texas coast, winter, early spring and mid-summer are markedly drier, and September is the wettest month on average at Corpus Christi and Brownsville, Texas . Tornadoes are infrequent at
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#1733093494252468-549: Is intersected by numerous rivers, the largest of which is the Mississippi River . Much of the land along the Gulf Coast is, or was, marshland . Ringing the Gulf Coast is the Gulf Coastal Plain , which reaches from Southern Texas to the western Florida Panhandle , while the western portions of the Gulf Coast are made up of many barrier islands and peninsulas , including the 130-mile (210 km) Padre Island along
507-643: Is the coastline along the Southern United States where they meet the Gulf of Mexico . The coastal states that have a shoreline on the Gulf of Mexico are Texas , Louisiana , Mississippi , Alabama , and Florida , and these are known as the Gulf States . The economy of the Gulf Coast area is dominated by industries related to energy, petrochemicals, fishing, aerospace, agriculture, and tourism. The large cities of
546-636: The Atlantic seaboard and the fourth largest in the U.S. overall. Two major events were turning points in the earlier history of the Gulf Coast region. The first was the American Civil War , which caused severe damage to some economic sectors in the South , including the Gulf Coast. The second event was the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 . At the end of the 19th century Galveston was, with New Orleans, one of
585-461: The Port of Houston are two of the ten busiest ports in the world by cargo volume. As of 2004, seven of the top ten busiest ports in the U.S. are on the Gulf Coast. The discovery of oil and gas deposits along the coast and offshore, combined with easy access to shipping, have made the Gulf Coast the heart of the U.S. petrochemical industry . The coast contains nearly 4,000 oil platforms . Besides
624-541: The 1950s he represented the United States in the International Tuna Cup, captaining the team to second place in the series in 1952. He was the first to land a black marlin weighing over 1,000 pounds (450 kg) under International Game Fish Association (IGFA) rules. He was one of the founders of the Cabo Blanco Fishing Club located at Cabo Blanco, Peru , which he described as "the mecca, the heaven,
663-654: The Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War See also [ edit ] Glassell Park, Los Angeles , neighborhood in northeast Los Angeles, California Glassell Park Elementary School , elementary school listed on the National Register of Historic Places Glassel railway station , Aberdeenshire [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Glassell . If an internal link intending to refer to
702-454: The Gulf Coast was a natural magnet in the South providing access to shipping lanes and both national and international commerce. The development of sugar and cotton production (enabled by slavery ) allowed the South to prosper. By the mid-19th century the city of New Orleans , being situated as a key to commerce on the Mississippi River and in the Gulf, had become the largest U.S. city not on
741-656: The Gulf Coast was struck by a catastrophic hurricane. Due to its immense size, Hurricane Ike caused devastation from the Louisiana coastline all the way to the Kenedy County, Texas , region near Corpus Christi . In addition, Ike caused flooding and significant damage along the Mississippi coastline and the Florida Panhandle Ike killed 112 people and left upwards of 300 people missing, never to be found. Hurricane Ike
780-636: The Gulf Coast. In 2008 floods in Iowa destroyed the local Flood Museum which held materials from the Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 . Before European settlers arrived in the region, the Gulf Coast was home to several pre-Columbian kingdoms which had extensive trade networks with empires such as the Aztecs and the Mississippi Mound Builders. Shark and alligator teeth and shells from
819-643: The Gulf have been found as far north as Ohio, in the mounds of the Hopewell culture. The first Europeans to settle the Gulf Coast were primarily the French and the Spanish . The Louisiana Purchase (1803), Adams–Onís Treaty (1819) and the Texas Revolution (1835–1836) made the Gulf Coast a part of the United States during the first half of the 19th century. As the U.S. population continued to expand its frontiers westward,
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#1733093494252858-447: The Texas coast. These landforms protect numerous bays and inlets providing as a barrier to oncoming waves. The central part of the Gulf Coast, from eastern Texas through Louisiana, consists primarily of marshland. The eastern part of the Gulf Coast, predominantly Florida, is dotted with many bays and inlets. The Gulf Coast climate is humid subtropical, although Southwest Florida features
897-521: The United States approximately $ 2.6 billion in relief efforts and caused at least seven deaths. By 2051, the cost of flood damage is expected to increase by 61%, or $ 32 billion. The Gulf Coast is a major center of economic activity. The marshlands along the Louisiana and Texas coasts provide breeding grounds and nurseries for ocean life that drive the fishing and shrimping industries. The Port of South Louisiana ( Metropolitan New Orleans in Laplace ) and
936-745: The University of Miami. In 1971 he was awarded the Marine Science Award by the International Oceanographic Foundation . An oceanographic research laboratory at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science was named in his honour. Glassell was an avid sport fisherman, becoming interested in fishing as a small child in northwest Louisiana. As an adult he took up big-game fishing , frequently travelling overseas to target large game fish including bluefin tuna , swordfish and marlin . During
975-475: The Valhalla of all fishing". On August 4, 1953, while fishing off of Cabo Blanco, Glassell caught a black marlin weighing 1,560 pounds (710 kg) using a handheld 7-foot (2.1 m) bamboo rod, a Fin-Nor reel and 130-pound-test linen line. This set a new IGFA record in the all-tackle and 130-pound line classes, and for the largest bony fish caught by hand. According to Marlin magazine his catch remained
1014-468: The above, the region features other important industries including aerospace and biomedical research , as well as older industries such as agriculture and — especially since the development of the Gulf Coast beginning in the 1920s and the increase in wealth throughout the United States ;— tourism . Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita have destroyed a number of museums and archives in
1053-622: The cities of New Orleans to Tampa. Due to the release of greenhouse gas emissions, glaciers and ice sheets are melting and expanding the oceans. The United States coastlines are projected to rise 1 foot in three decades or between 10 and 12 inches on average by 2050. The Gulf Coast will likely see the biggest change, with sea levels expected to rise between 14 and 18 inches. The Global and Regional Sea Level Rise Report predicted more frequent, major and destructive high tide flooding events along with taller storm surges by 2050 after scientists determined high tide flooding has been "increasingly common" over
1092-429: The coast but do occur; however, they occur more frequently in inland portions of Gulf Coast states. Over most of the Gulf Coast from Houston, Texas , eastward, extreme rainfall events are a significant threat, commonly from tropical weather systems, which can bring 4 to 10 or more inches of rain in a single day. In August 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall along the central Texas coast, then migrated to and stalled over
1131-409: The greater Houston area for several days, producing extreme, unprecedented rainfall totals of over 40 inches (1,000 mm) in many areas, unleashing widespread flooding. Climate scientists predict more hurricanes for Florida and the Texas coastline in particular. Earthquakes are extremely rare to the area, but a 6.0 earthquake in the Gulf of Mexico on September 10, 2006, could be felt from
1170-516: The major discoveries of oil in Texas and spurred on by further discoveries in the Gulf waters, has been a vehicle for development in the central and western Gulf which has spawned development on a variety of fronts in these regions. Texas in particular has benefited tremendously from this industry over the course of the 20th century and economic diversification has made the state a magnet for population and home to more Fortune 500 companies than any other U.S. state. Florida has grown as well, driven to
1209-483: The most developed cities in the region. The city had the third busiest port in the U.S. and its financial district was known as the "Wall Street of the South". Since then the Gulf Coast has been hit with numerous other hurricanes. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 hurricane. It was the most damaging storm in the history of the United States, causing upwards of $ 80 billion in damages, and leaving over 1,800 dead. Again in 2008
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1248-637: The mounted black marlin to the Houston Museum on a long-term lease, exhibited in a climate-controlled case built into the hall. Glassell's first wife was Jean Noemi Aubert; they divorced and she later married music executive Morris Levy . In 1962 he remarried to Clare Attwell; he had six children in total. He died in Houston on October 29, 2008, aged 95, and was interred at Glenwood Cemetery, Houston . Glassell left approximately $ 200 million (equivalent to $ 280 million in 2023) to charity in his last will, via
1287-546: The past few years due to the rising sea levels. The impacts are expected to be dramatic. Low-lying coastal areas are expected to experience multiple factors, including increased levels of flooding, accelerated erosion, loss of wetlands and low-lying terrestrial ecosystems, and seawater intrusion into freshwater sources. Rising sea level and erosion will also imperil critical habitats for many commercially important fisheries that depend on inshore waters for either permanent residence or nursery area. In 2021 alone rising sea levels cost
1326-588: The planning and fundraising for the Audrey Jones Beck building, which opened in 2000 as a major expansion of the existing museum, and helped create the museum's teaching institute which was named the Glassell School of Art in his honour. Glassell had a particular interest in West African gold ornamentation, which according to MFAH curator Frances Marzio represented "the greatest collection of African gold in
1365-448: The region are (from west to east) Brownsville , Corpus Christi , Houston , Galveston , Beaumont , Lake Charles , Lafayette , Baton Rouge , New Orleans , Gulfport , Biloxi , Mobile , Pensacola , Panama City , St. Petersburg , and Tampa . All are the centers or major cities of their respective metropolitan areas and many of which contain large ports . The Gulf Coast is made of many inlets , bays , and lagoons . The coast
1404-471: The world". Beginning in 1997 he donated his personal holdings of African, Asian and Pre-Columbian art to the museum, which became the Glassell Collections of African, Indonesian, and Pre-Columbian Gold. Glassell was also a "lifelong advocate for marine biology research". He led oceanographic expeditions in his vessel Argosy , including a 1957 expedition for Yale University and a 1961 expedition for
1443-538: Was a co-founder of the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco), which built the first gas transmission system between Texas and New York. He served on the boards of Transco, El Paso Natural Gas and First City Bank Corporation. Glassell's estate at the time of his death in 2008 was reportedly valued at $ 500 million (equivalent to $ 710 million in 2023) and included "stocks and bonds, oil leases, ranches, artifact treasures and
1482-406: Was an American businessman and philanthropist. He made a fortune in the oil and gas industry in Louisiana and Texas and was a co-founder of Transcontinental Pipeline . He amassed a significant collection of gold artifacts and had a long association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston , also making significant contributions to the Houston Museum of Natural Science and in oceanographic research. As
1521-439: Was the third most damaging storm in the history of the United States, causing more than $ 25 billion in damage along the coast, leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless, and sparking the largest search-and-rescue operation in U.S. history. Other than the hurricanes, the Gulf Coast has redeveloped dramatically over the course of the 20th century. The gulf coast is highly populated. The petrochemical industry, launched with
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