Terrell Proctor:
CLASS OF 1952
Will Rogers High SchoolClass of 1952
Tulsa, OK
Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolClass of 1949
Tulsa, OK
Sidney Lanier Elementary SchoolClass of 1946
Tulsa, OK
Ridgetop Elementary SchoolClass of 1946
Austin, TX
Pease Elementary SchoolClass of 1946
Austin, TX
Terrell's Story
Life
Attorney/Mediator and former Judge. Also the Curator, Board Chairman and General Counsel of the Proctor Museum of Natural Science, Inc., in Houston, Texas [a wholly FREE museum since 1989]. Nominated for the Texas Legislature's âArtist of the Yearâ in 1986. I have twin sons and 2 daughters plus 7 grandchildren.
An award-winning and published author a number of times; a advanced amateur paleontologist (for over 25 years). President of the over 650 member Houston Gem and Mineral Society in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Creator, in 1998, of a new art form called eART SCANNING; now working on a âHow Toâ book on this new art form to be published soon. Builds web sites and a lot of photography. Republican candidate for judicial office several times; in 1986 race for Justice on the Texas 14th Court of Appeals, received about 486,000 votes. Before East Harris County (Houston) had Republicans, I was a Conservative Democrat Precinct Judge. Lifelong active United Methodist Man holding a number of church offices. Corporation Secretary for five corporations before I was 21 years old, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Before starting a law practice, I was the top producer in the Western half of the U.S. in school magazine sales for Readerâs Digest/Life Magazineâs School Plan.
I have led and/or been on five dinosaur fossil digs and in May, 2010 I dug up a 192# Hadrosaurus femur (dinosaur drumstick to lay folks) in West Texas. It has been on display in my law office and at the annual Houston Gem & Mineral Show in November each year since. I give talks on natural science to school children, Scouts, seniors, churches and others.
Been in about a dozen Little Theater productions and done the poster for about that many shows. Appeared in half dozen national T.V. shows. Magician for over 50 years, doing mostly free shows for schools, churches, seniors etc. Give talks on Earth Science to schools children, Scouts and others.
Workplace
Over 50 years as an attorney/mediator and former Associate District Judge in Harris County, Texas (Houston). Owner law firm of T. W. Proctor ...Expand for more
and Associates. A Bar President three times and served on a number of Bar Assoc. Boards; For a year, I wrote a one day a week, front page column on law for the Houston, âDaily Court Reviewâ publication; named in Who's Who in American Law four times and indexed in Who's Who in America.
Military
I joined both the Air Force ROTC at Tulsa University; later volunteered to go to Korea with the 125th Fighter Bomber Squadron at Tulsa, Oklahoma in about 1953 (the unit later did not go as scheduled). When I joined the AFROTC the Air Force has just been made a separate branch of the armed forces. I was given brown boots (army) and a bottle of black dye to dye my boots black (air force color), so I was in just at the Air Force came into its own. I was in the 125th until 1959 when I moved to Houston and joined the 446th Troop Carrier Wing at Ellington AFB in Houston.
Later I was at Ellington again, as a movie extra making the movie "Space" with Beau Bridges and Harry Hamlin and other actors for Paramount movie studios. James Garner starred in that movie also. While in the 125th we spent two weeks in the summer at Natrona County Airport (Casper) Wyoming. I got to fly, take pictures and be switched around regularly while waiting for my commission. I took the tests three times and passed with flying colors and took the Air Force Officers Correspondence School course, making a 97% on it. Each time I was told that I had to complete my reserve time first. I would go to the trouble of proving that I did not have to do so, and start over again on the procedure. After the third time, I didn't try again, as it was obvious that I was not going to get my commission. I wound up leaving the AF Reserve as an Airman Second Class (LOL), as I allowed myself to be switched from classification to classification over several years, for the benefit of the unit, but killing my chances of moving up in rank.
My brother, Richard Proctor (Will Rogers H.S. 1953) became a Brigadier General in the U.S. Army Medical Corps however, so one of us turned out to be successful in the Military LOL.
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