[2] Foundation leadership held an inaugural conference on February 11-13, 1941 to bring representatives of mental health, philanthropy, and education from Texas and across the nation together to discuss practical applications for new mental health practices in everyday community life.
[5] Also in 1957, the Foundation worked with the UT Law School to draft Texas’s first Mental Health Code.
[6] In August 1966, the UT Tower shooting took place which prompted a series of mental health reforms across Texas.
[7] Throughout the early 1970s, the foundation focused on funding mental health services for historically underrepresented groups across Texas.
The program focused on early intervention for low-income students and their families and was largely considered a success.