Louis Pearce Jr., Date of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Pearce Jr.

Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1917

Date of Death: 26-Dec-2012

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Louis M.
Pearce Jr.
(February 17, 1917 – December 26, 2012) was an American businessman and rancher known for leading the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
Pearce attended the University of Texas at Austin from 1936 to 1939 where he majored in business administration.
He was honored by the university in 1990 as a Distinguished Alumni.
He was an avid polo player, and trained polo ponies at a ranch in New Mexico for a short time after college.
In 1938, he began a commercial cattle operation on land he acquired in Brazoria, Atascosa and Maverick Counties in Texas.
He also bred 357 registered Quarter Horses including AQHA Register of Merit earners, the AQHA Champion Stallion Especial, and 1975 AQHA World Champion Senior Cutting Horse Cricket's Dollye.
When asked during an interview how he wanted to be remembered, he said "When it's all said and done, I want to be remembered as a cowboy." Pearce was inducted into both the AQHA Hall of Fame and NCHA Members Hall of Fame. Pearce volunteered with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and was elected to its board of directors in 1961.
His role as vice president ran from 1963 to 1965.
He spent one year as the show's secretary in 1966.
He filled the role of show president from 1967 to 1971.
In 1975, the board elected him to serve on the executive committee.