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Stanford Alexander Makes Texas Business Hall of Fame

HOUSTON-Four of Houston's favorite sons and business legends are being inducted into the 2001 Texas Business Hall of Fame. Hailing from the commercial real estate ranks is the 73-year-old Stanford Alexander, chairman of Weingarten Realty Investors.

By Jennifer Brenner Andrade | Updated on September 26, 2001

HOUSTON-Stanford Alexander, chairman of Weingarten Realty Investors, has racked up another honor. This time, he joins three other Texas business legends being inducted into the 2001 Texas Business Hall of Fame. The native Houstonian ranks as one of the city’s most well-known commercial real estate professionals.

The induction ceremony is set for Oct. 18 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. Also being inducted is Rod Canion, co-founder of Houston-based Compaq Computer Corp. and current chairman of Insource Technology Group, a Houston-based eServices consulting firm, and chairman of Houston-based Questia Media Inc., a comprehensive research service site for high school and college students. Rounding out this year’s high-profile inductees’ roster are Don Jordan, former board chairman and CEO of Houston’s Reliant Energy Inc., and Chuck Watson, chairman and CEO of Dynegy Inc.

The 73-year-old Alexander, a graduate of the University of Texas and Harvard, joined the then-J. Weingarten team in the mid-1950s. At the time, it was a family-owned, 87-store supermarket chain. In 1962, Alexander became the company’s second president and CEO and today is the board chairman. Alexander was instrumental in propelling the operation, founded in 1948, to its present-day REIT status and a portfolio of more than 282 income-producing properties in the southern US.

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