▁Du val ▁County ▁Sher iff . ▁After ▁William ▁Frank ▁finished ▁school , ▁he ▁taught ▁Spanish - spe aking ▁pup ils ▁in ▁a ▁country ▁school ▁near ▁Ben av ides . ▁He ▁retained ▁a ▁knowledge ▁of ▁and ▁friendship ▁with ▁Spanish - spe aking ▁people ▁his ▁entire ▁life . ▁ ▁Education ▁Buck ley ▁attended ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Texas ▁at ▁Austin , ▁where ▁he ▁received ▁advanced ▁credit ▁for ▁his ▁Spanish ▁language ▁skills ▁and ▁acted ▁as ▁an ▁assistant ▁to ▁a ▁professor ▁in ▁the ▁Rom ance ▁languages ▁department . ▁He ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁Spanish ▁transl ator ▁along ▁with ▁his ▁sister , ▁Pr isc illa ▁Buck ley , ▁for ▁the ▁Texas ▁General ▁Land ▁Office . ▁He ▁helped ▁to ▁found ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Texas ' ▁Chapter ▁of ▁the ▁frat ern ity ▁D elta ▁T au ▁D elta . ▁As ▁a ▁dev out ▁Catholic , ▁Buck ley ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁purchase ▁property ▁near ▁the ▁University ▁for ▁the ▁New man ▁Club . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁his ▁father ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 4 , ▁Buck ley ▁commission ed ▁building ▁a ▁large ▁house ▁at ▁Lav aca ▁and ▁ 1 9 th ▁streets ▁in ▁Austin ▁( now ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁the ▁Cambridge ▁Tower ), ▁where ▁his ▁mother ▁lived ▁until ▁her ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 0 . ▁He ▁obtained ▁a ▁Bach elor ▁of ▁Science ▁degree ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 4 ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Texas ▁and ▁his ▁Bach elor ▁of ▁La ws ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Texas ▁Law ▁School . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 5 ▁he ▁was