Greer & Buddy's wedding photo was featured in
Life magazine on July 25, 1949 (Vol. 27, No. 4)
From the
Los Angeles Times:
NEWS
E. E. Fogelson; Oilman and PhilanthropistDecember 3, 1987 | United Press International
DALLAS — E. E. (Buddy) Fogelson, an oilfield wildcatter, horseman and philanthropist who was married to actress Greer Garson, died Tuesday of Parkinson's disease at the age of 87.
Fogelson served as a member of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's staff during World War II and was partially responsible for the oil pipeline that made possible the Allied invasion and rapid advance in Europe.
For his wartime work, French President Charles de Gaulle awarded Fogelson the Croix de Guerre avec Palme, and the president of Finland honored him with the highest rank of knighthood. President Harry S. Truman appointed him to the Allied Commission on Reparations.
Born Feb. 16, 1900, in College View, Neb., he left the University of Nebraska before graduating for the lure of Texas oilfields, where the young wildcatter made a fortune. He later earned degrees from Texas Christian University and the School of Military Government at the University of Virginia.
He was a director emeritus of Hollywood Park and the Turf Club in California, and bred and raced thoroughbreds. Among winners produced by his stable was ACK ACK, who was named Horse of the Year in 1971.
He directed his philanthropic efforts toward education. To celebrate his 30th wedding anniversary, he endowed a fund in his wife's name at Southern Methodist University to provide annual scholarships to drama students.
In addition, he and his wife were avid environmentalists, giving land and money to the Department of the Interior to make sure ancient Indian and Spanish ruins on their Forked Lightning ranch were protected. In 1966, the site was designated a National Historical Monument.
The Department of the Interior awarded Fogelson and Garson its highest possible award, a citation for almost 40 years of work to preserve and restore the environment.
He also has an entry on
Wikipedia:
[/b] Elijah E. "Buddy" Fogelson
February 16, 1900
Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Died December 1, 1987 (aged 87)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Spouse Greer Garson (1949–1987) (his death)[/ul]
Elijah E. "Buddy" Fogelson (February 16, 1900 - December 1, 1987) was an American lawyer, Army Colonel, businessman, horse and cattle breeder, and philanthropist. Although born in Lincoln, Nebraska, he spent a large part of his life in Texas where he attended Texas Christian University in 1919 and 1920. He went on to make a fortune as a wildcatter in the oil industry.
In 1941 Buddy Fogelson acquired the Forked Lightning Ranch along the Pecos River about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Santa Fe, New Mexico on which he raised Santa Gertrudis cattle. Over time he acquired adjacent parcels of land to swell the size of his ranch to 13,000 acres (53 km²).
World War II serviceDuring America's participation in World War II, Fogelson served with the United States Army. Rising to the rank of Colonel, he served on General Eisenhower's staff and was the head of oil procurement for the Allied Forces. Immediately following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, Fogelson was part of the United States Military Mission in Moscow. Discharged from the Army, Fogelson returned to business in Texas where in 1947 he co-founded the Pan American Sulphur Company which developed and operated a major sulfur mine in Jaltipan, Veracruz, Mexico.
A friend of actor Peter Lawford, on a visit to Hollywood in 1948, Lawford introduced Buddy Folgelson to actress Greer Garson and the two married a year later. Their marriage lasted almost forty years until his death. Buddy Fogelson supported Garson's theatrical interest and formed Santa Fe Productions, Inc. that backed several Broadway plays. He is personally listed as the theatrical producer of
The Golden Age (1963) and
The Passion of Josef D. (1964).
[1]The couple maintained homes in Dallas and Los Angeles and spent a great deal of time at their Spanish style hacienda on the Forked Lightning Ranch. An owner/breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses, in 1971 Fogelson purchased Ack Ack from the estate of Harry F. Guggenheim. The horse earned the 1971 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Male Horse as well as the most prestigious United States Horse of the Year award. His nephew and adopted son, Gayle David Fogelson, is today involved in breeding and racing Thoroughbreds.
On Buddy Fogelson's death in 1987, the Forked Lightning Ranch was divided between his widow and his son. In early 1991, failing health forced the elderly Greer Garson-Fogelson to sell her portion of the ranch property. It was acquired by the Conservation Fund
[2] who donated it to the National Park Service. This portion of the property is now part of Pecos National Historical Park while another 5.5 thousand acres (22 km²) was purchased by actor Val Kilmer.
PhilanthropyThe Fogelsons were financial supporters of Santa Fe opera and theatre. As benefactors to the College of Santa Fe they made large cash donations, built the E. E. Fogelson Library, and provided funding for scholarships for underprivileged students. Through the E. E. Fogelson and Greer Garson-Fogelson Charitable Foundation, the Fogelson Honors Forum at Texas Christian University was created through a $1 million gift. The E. E. "Buddy" Fogelson Scholarship is awarded to previous Field Scovell Scholarship Foundation recipients currently enrolled in college. There is the E. E. Fogelson and Greer Garson-Fogelson Distinguished Chair in Urology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and the University of Texas Health Science Center Distinguished Chair in Medical Research.
Diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1982, Buddy Fogelson died in Dallas in 1987.
ReferencesDocuments from the
Truman Presidential Library cited in Buddy Fogelson's
Wikipedia entry:
Letters, spanning May 1, 1945-May 10, 1945, between President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of War Henry Stimson, regarding a request by Edwin Pauley, U.S. representative on the United Nations Allied Reparations Commission, to have colonels Jay L. Taylor and E.E. Fogelson assist him. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File:
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R.I.P dear lady