of Braeswood Corporation Oveta Culp Hobby (1905-1995), first U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; organized and headed the Federal Security Agency; first director of the Women's Army Corps; publisher and board chair of the Houston Post; first woman to receive the U.S. Army's Distinguished Service Medal William P. Hobby, Jr. (1932 -), lieutenant governor of the State of Texas, 1973-91 Ray Brochstein (1932 -), a Houston developer of the Galleria area, former trustee of Rice University Meyer Morris Gordon (1988-1961), founder of Gordon's Jewelers, the first jewelry store company listed on the New York Stock Exchange and at one time the second largest retail jewelry chain in the world William Howard Lee (1908-1981), heir to a Spindletop oil fortune who married movie stars Hedy Lamarr and Gene Tierney Glenn H. McCarthy (1907-1988), known as “Diamond Glenn,” legendary wildcatter who married a daughter of Spindletop's William Ellsworth Lee, built the Shamrock Hotel, and inspired the character of Jett Rink in Edna Ferber's novel Giant. Jett Rink was portrayed by James Dean in the movie version Walter Henry “Mad Dog” Mengden, Jr. (1926 -), colorful Texas state representative 1971-72; Texas state senator 1973-83; president pro-tem of Texas State Senate (1981) Charles O’Brien (1884-1952), co-founder of Houston Pilots (the association of pilots on the Houston ship channel) in 1921, and for that reason honored in 2001 by a joint resolution of the Texas House and Texas Senate Gwendolyn Pappas, 1963 Texas Poet Laureate, 1962 Texas Mother of the Year, 1961 Houston Outstanding Homemaker Rabbi Hyman Schachtel (1907-1990), Senior Rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel; columnist for the Houston Post and author of numerous books; professor at University of Houston and University of St. Thomas; Rabbi delivering the inaugural prayer for President Lyndon B. Johnson in Washington D.C. in 1965 Irvin M. Schlenker, president of Gulftex Drug Co.; board chairman of Houston National Bank, president of Congregation Beth Israel, the oldest Jewish Reform synagogue in Texas. It founded Schlenker School in 1982, the first Jewish Reform day school in Texas. Neighborhood Involvement Old Braeswood property owners are members of the Old Braeswood Property Owners Association (OBPOA), also known as Old Braeswood Civic Club, which meets twice annually to exchange information and elect officers to the OBPOA Board. The Board and its committees enforce deed restrictions, maintain the parks, coordinate with Trees for Houston for the planting of trees, produce a directory of residents, produce