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<html> <head> <title>El Paso, TX</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/geo/492/000069285/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> El Paso, TX CITY Official Website: <a href="http://www.ci.el-paso.tx.us/">http://www.ci.el-paso.tx.us/</a> Chamber of Commerce: <a href="http://www.elpaso.org/" target=_blank>http://www.elpaso.org/</a>Visitors Bureau: <a href="http://www.elpasocvb.com/" target=_blank>http://www.elpasocvb.com/</a>Population: 563662 (2000 census)Founding Date: 1859County: <a href="/geo/502/000144070/">El Paso County</a>Situated opposite <a href="/geo/496/000101193/">Ciudad Ju醨ez, Mexico</a>. NEWSPAPERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Newspaper</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/media/720/000197129/">El Paso Times</a></td></tr></table> SCHOOLS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>School</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/edu/555/000123186/">El Paso Community College</a></td><td><center>1972</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/367/000082121/">University of Texas at El Paso</a></td><td><center>1913</center></td></tr></table> CIVIC INSTITUTIONS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Institution</th><th>Type</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/org/746/000202140/">El Paso Opera</a></td><td><center>Opera</center></td><td><center>1992</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/org/745/000202139/">El Paso Museum of Art</a></td><td><center>Museum</center></td><td><center>1959</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/org/744/000202138/">El Paso Symphony Orchestra</a></td><td><center>Orchestra</center></td><td><center>1930</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/org/743/000202137/">El Paso Public Library</a></td><td><center>Library</center></td><td><center>1894</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/org/741/000202135/">El Paso Zoo</a></td><td><center>Zoo</center></td><td><center> </center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/org/748/000202142/">National Border Patrol Museum</a></td><td><center>Museum</center></td><td><center> </center></td></tr></table> COMPANY HEADQUARTERS <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th>Company</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/company/747/000172231/">Western Refining</a></td><td><center>1993</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/447/000171931/">El Paso Electric Company</a></td><td><center>1901</center></td></tr></table> BIRTHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_births"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/192/000032096/">Jeff Bingaman</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Oct-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Senator from New Mexico</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/332/000085077/">Jimmy Carl Black</a></td> <td><center>Drummer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Feb-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-2008</tt></td> <td>Original Mothers of Invention drummer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/256/000024184/">Don Bluth</a></td> <td><center>Cartoonist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Sep-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Ex-Disney, created Fievel, Dragon's Lair</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/402/000130012/">Beau Boulter</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Feb-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Texas, 1985-89</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/912/000168408/">Louis Caldera</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Secretary of the Army, 1998-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/350/000024278/">Vikki Carr</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jul-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Simplemente Mujer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/902/000087641/">Thomas Haden Church</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jun-1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lowell Mather on Wings</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/031/000126650/">John L. Clendenin</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Bellsouth, 1984-96</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/437/000141014/">Ronald D. Coleman</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Nov-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Texas, 1983-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/938/000166440/">Mark Dantonio</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Mar-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Head Coach, Michigan State</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/791/000023722/">Sam Donaldson</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Mar-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>ABC newscaster, sheep rancher</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/826/000108502/">Eddie Guerrero</a></td> <td><center>Wrestling</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1967</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Nov-2005</tt></td> <td>Latino Heat</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/680/000116332/">Judith Ivey</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Sep-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Designing Women</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/380/000102074/">Guy Kibbee</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-May-1956</tt></td> <td>Captain January</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/624/000039507/">Barbara Lee</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jul-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Anti-war Congresswoman, California 9th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/286/000265488/">Susana Martinez</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jul-1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of New Mexico</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/178/000109848/">John Cameron Mitchell</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Apr-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Hedwig and the Angry Inch</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/326/000023257/">Sandra Day O'Connor</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Mar-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Supreme Court Justice, 1981-2006</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/723/000371607/">Beto O'Rourke</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1972</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Texas 16th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/216/000025141/">Phil Ochs</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Dec-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Apr-1976</tt></td> <td>50 Phil Ochs fans can't be wrong</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/050/000119690/">Lupe Ontiveros</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Sep-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jul-2012</tt></td> <td>Frequently portrayed maids</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/406/000163914/">Jerry M. Patterson</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from California, 1975-85</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/637/000026559/">Richard Ramirez</a></td> <td><center>Criminal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Feb-1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jun-2013</tt></td> <td>Serial killer, The Night Stalker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/198/000048054/">John Rechy</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Mar-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>City of Night</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/609/000022543/">Debbie Reynolds</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Dec-2016</tt></td> <td>Dancer, actress</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/813/000166315/">Nolan Richardson</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Dec-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Arkansas Head Coach, 1985-2002</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/129/000133727/">Lynne Roberts</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Nov-1919</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-1978</tt></td> <td>American character actress</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/503/000022437/">Gene Roddenberry</a></td> <td><center>Screenwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Oct-1991</tt></td> <td>Creator of Star Trek</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/916/000098622/">Irene Ryan</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Oct-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Apr-1973</tt></td> <td>Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/822/000131429/">Alan Tudyk</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Mar-1971</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Hoban Washburne on Firefly</td> </tr> </table> DEATHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_deaths"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/250/000129860/">Albert Fall</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Nov-1861</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Nov-1944</tt></td> <td>US Interior Secy., Teapot Dome Scandal</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/146/000174621/">Don Haskins</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Sep-2008</tt></td> <td>UTEP Head Basketball Coach, 1961-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/012/000023940/">Sherman Hemsley</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Feb-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jul-2012</tt></td> <td>George Jefferson on The Jeffersons</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/163/000132764/">Victoriano Huerta</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Mar-1854</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jan-1916</tt></td> <td>El chacal President of Mexico, 1913-14</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=69285" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2017 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/574/000002568/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/574/2568/s2568.jpg" width=128> McCain, Palin, and the CNP</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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