Walking George: The Life of George John Beto and the Rise of the Modern Texas Prison System

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Above left: Louis Henry Beto, St. Louis, Missouri, 1914. Above right: Margaret Beto, with a coal scuttle, Hysham, Montana, 1915. Left: George J. Beto in a soldier‘s uniform, New Rockford, North Dakota, ca. 1918. George J. Beto at Concordia College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ca. 1935. Above: George J. Beto the “Deerslayer” following a hunt in West Texas, 1951. Left: George J. Beto, President of Concordia College, Austin, Texas, 1950s. Above: Beto family living in Austin, Texas, 1953. From left to right: George J. Beto, son Mark, daughter Lynn, wife Marilynn Beto, daughter Beth, and son Dan. Cartoon from The Concordia Record, May 1958. Above: O. B. Ellis, 1951. Courtesy East Texas Chamber of Commerce Left: H. H. Coffield, 1959. Courtesy Texas Parade Magazine (From l–r) Governor Price Daniel, George J. Beto, and former Governor Allan Shivers at a reception in Austin honoring Beto, 1959. Photograph by Bill Malone George J. Beto in 1959, shortly before his departure for Springfield, Illinois. Courtesy UPI, Inc. George J. Beto’s installation as President of Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield, Illinois, 1959. Beto's brother-in-law, Martin L. Koehneke, is to Beto‘s right. (From l–r) George J. Beto, Governor John B. Connally, and H. H. Coffield, Chairman of the Texas Board of Corrections, at the director’s residence in Huntsville, 1963. Frank Dobbs, photographer Left: Map of Texas Department of Corrections. Courtesy 1971 TDC Annual Report George J. Beto talking to inmates, 1963. Frank Dobbs, photographer Opposite upper: Members of the Texas Board of Corrections. Standing from left to right: W. Irvin “Red” James (Houston), Walter Pfluger (San Angelo), Walter Mischer (Houston), Fred Shields (San Antonio), James Marvin Windham(Livingston); seated: George J. Beto and H. H. Coffield (Rockdale), mid-1960s. Frank Dobbs, photographer Opposite lower: George J. Beto in a wheelchair, returning to duty after tractor accident on his farm, with a group of inmates on the “yard” at the Huntsville Unit, 1964. Courtesy UPI, Inc. George J. Beto “walking the units,” here speaking to an inmate, 1967. Courtesy Concordia Historical Institute, Dept. of Archives and History, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, St. Louis Above: (From l–r) Max Rogers, Jack Kyle, H. H. “Tubby” Sandel, and George J. Beto, 1968. Left: George J. Beto and Arleigh B. Templeton, President of Sam Houston State University, 1968. Frank Dobbs, photographer Opposite upper: George J. Beto in front of the Walls Unit at Huntsville, 1970. Photo by Sam Pierson, Jr., copyright Houston Chronicle Opposite lower: (From l–r) Governor Preston Smith, Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes, former Governor Allan Shivers, H. H. Coffield, and George J. Beto at a prison function, 1970. Frank Dobbs, photographer George J. Beto, with Marilynn Beto in center, receiving an award from Governor Preston Smith, 1972. Frank Dobbs, photographer George J. Beto in 1986 with trademark Stetson hat. Photo copyright Houston Chronicle George J. Beto, Distinguished Professor in the College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University, late 1980s. The George J. Beto Criminal Justice Center at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville. ...