endowment with the proceeds. This trust fund still pays for what is known today as the school-to-work program. In 1950, nearly two decades after Zilker's death, the district opened Zilker Elementary in his honor. The area itself, of course, became Zilker Metropolitan Park. He is also remembered for his disdain for Austin mayor A. P. Wooldridge, and for encouraging Tom Miller to enter municipal politics and run for mayor in 1933. Nicknamed "the Colonel", Zilker's contribution to Austin was quite substantial. References American philanthropists People from Austin, Texas 1934 deaths 1858 births School board members in Texas People from New Albany, Indiana