Preston Geren Jr.

[3] Geren graduated from Arlington Heights High School and enrolled in Texas A&M's architecture program in 1941.

[3] Like many college students during World War II, he interrupted his academic career and entered the U.S. Army in December 1942.

[7] During the years when both Gerens worked together, the firm's projects included the Landmark Tower, Arlington Stadium, the Fort Worth Convention Center, Welch Hall at UT Austin, and the Eller O&M Building at Texas A&M.

[2] Geren was the local associate architect working with Louis Kahn on the Kimbell Art Museum.

This was a common practice in Fort Worth with out-of-town architects, and Kahn had a reputation for significant time and cost overruns.

[11] With its lineage to Sanguinet and Staats, Geren and Associates was considered by architect Mark Gunderson to be the "primary 'branch' in the tree of Fort Worth architectural firms.

He was elected to the Westover Hills, Texas, City Council and the Tarrant Regional Water District.

[2] Geren had a lifelong association with Texas A&M, sponsoring seven scholarships at the university and receiving the Fort Worth A&M Club Lifetime Achievement Award.