From 1973 to 1983, Betty Andujar represented District 12 in Fort Worth, the seat of Tarrant County in North Texas.
21 Facts About Betty Andujar
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Betty Andujar's parents were Katharine L and Karl E Richards, an attorney, who worked as first assistant to the county District Attorney.
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Betty Andujar became District Attorney in 1932 with service until 1937, when he was elected as Dauphin County's first Orphan's Court judge.
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Betty Andujar served as judge of this court until 1961.
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Betty Andujar's mother, Lily Esther Kurzenknabe, was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to German-American parents.
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Betty Andujar's father, Manuel Andujar y Agrelo, was born in Galicia, Spain.
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Betty Andujar specialized in pathology at Cornell University and Sloan-Kettering.
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Elizabeth and John Betty Andujar moved to Fort Worth, Texas in 1937.
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Betty Andujar worked as chief pathologist at Carswell Air Force Base and the Navy's federal hospital near Fort Worth before becoming the chief pathologist at Harris Hospital, at which he directed the laboratory.
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Betty Andujar became a world leader in pathology, president of the American Board of Pathologists, and the first American president of the World Association Society of Pathologists.
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Betty Andujar became active in the auxiliaries of the Texas state and Tarrant County medical associations.
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Betty Andujar was active in the Association for the Prevention of Blindness and the American Cancer Society.
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When Betty Andujar decided to get more involved in politics, she joined the Republican Party.
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Betty Andujar was elected in 1972 as the first Republican to represent Tarrant County in the state legislature since Reconstruction.
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Betty Andujar's election was a sign of the changing demographics of the Republican Party as it was appealing to white conservatives in Texas and across the South in the middle to late 20th century.
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In 1976, Betty Andujar was elected as a Texas Republican national committeewoman, serving as a member of the Republican National Convention through 1982.
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Betty Andujar worked in the legislature to have the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine incorporated into the University of North Texas Health Science Center.
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Betty Andujar introduced legislation requiring county coroners to be qualified pathologists.
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Betty Andujar supported bills to assist women in the collection of child support.
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That year her husband Dr John Betty Andujar ran for her seat in the State Senate.
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Betty Andujar died on June 8,1997, and was survived by her husband.