▁Historical ▁Pla que ▁was ▁dedicated ▁at ▁the ▁No . ▁ 1 ▁British ▁F lying ▁Training ▁School ▁Museum ▁to ▁honor ▁Hard ing ▁Lawrence ' s ▁earliest ▁av iation ▁job . ▁The ▁pla que ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁over ▁ 3 0 ▁that ▁will ▁be ▁placed ▁around ▁the ▁world ▁at ▁locations ▁that ▁were ▁important ▁to ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁Bran iff ▁Air ways . ▁ ▁Ess air ▁and ▁P ione er ▁Airlines ▁After ▁his ▁release ▁from ▁the ▁military , ▁a ▁flight ▁school ▁administrator ▁from ▁Ter rell , ▁Texas ▁offered ▁him ▁a ▁job ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁with ▁Ess air ▁Air ways , ▁a ▁small ▁comm uter ▁car rier ▁based ▁in ▁Houston , ▁Texas , ▁which ▁was ▁also ▁founded ▁by ▁Major ▁Long . ▁Ess air ▁would ▁eventually ▁become ▁P ione er ▁Airlines ▁and ▁then ▁merge ▁with ▁Cont inental ▁Airlines ▁on ▁April ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 5 5 . ▁ ▁While ▁in ▁Houston , ▁Lawrence ▁attended ▁South ▁Texas ▁College ▁of ▁Law ▁and ▁received ▁his ▁LL B ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 . ▁He ▁attended ▁school ▁at ▁night ▁while ▁working ▁at ▁P ione er ▁during ▁the ▁day . ▁ ▁Cont inental ▁Airlines ▁ ▁The ▁mer ger ▁with ▁Cont inental ▁put ▁Lawrence ▁directly ▁under ▁the ▁ment oring ▁of ▁Cont inental ▁founder ▁and ▁President ▁Robert ▁Six . ▁the ▁CE O ▁of ▁Cont inental ▁for ▁ 4 5 ▁years ▁from ▁ 1 9 3 6 ▁until ▁ 1 9 8 1 . ▁Under ▁his ▁tut el age . ▁Lawrence ▁hon ed ▁his ▁air line ▁administration ▁skills . ▁Six