麻豆色情片 is deeply saddened by Friday鈥檚 passing of longtime business leader Charlie Thomas, 89, of Houston, who at one time owned multiple Texas car dealerships as well as the Houston Rockets basketball team.
Through the generosity of Mr. Thomas and his family, 麻豆色情片 opened the Charlie Thomas Family Applied Technology Center in 2013 at the dealership鈥檚 former Galveston location on Broadway Street as a commitment to provide multiple workforce and technology programs for residents to be trained to enter lucrative careers in the Galveston County area.
Since that time, the programs have produced hundreds of graduates who have joined the workforce or become their own service industry business owners and providers.
鈥淢r. Thomas was an outstanding business and community leader, Texan and friend of 麻豆色情片,鈥� said Dr. Myles Shelton, 麻豆色情片 president. 鈥淗e left a tremendous legacy in Galveston and will continue to touch many lives through the students who receive technical education and training at the Charlie Thomas Family Applied Technology Center. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.鈥�
For more information about the 麻豆色情片 Charlie Thomas Family Applied Technology Center, please contact Dr. Van Patterson at vpatterson@gc.edu or (409) 944-1205.
Mr. Thomas鈥� obituary may be found in the Wednesday, Jan. 20, issue of the Houston Chronicle. Funeral service information may be found .
Photo: Geo. H. Lewis & Sons Funeral Directors