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About the Author
A sixth-generation Texan, John Powers was born in
Fort Worth, and earned baccalaureate and law degrees at the University
of Texas at Austin. The
last two decades of his thirty-five year legal career were spent as a
judge on the Texas Court of Appeals.
He retired in 2003 and resides in Austin with his wife, Deborah. After twenty-two years in the U. S. Naval Reserve, he retired
in 1994 in the grade of captain. In
addition to his numerous legal writings, he co-authored, with Deborah, Texas
Painters, Sculptors, and Graphic Artists:
A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas before 1942
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