Lubbock's Most Influential
(70) Elmer L. Tarbox was a Lubbock state representative, World War II veteran, businessman, inventor, and philanthropist. He graduated from Texas Tech in 1939 and was active in football, basketball, and track programs.
During World War II, he served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in the China-Burma-India theater with the famed "Flying Tigers" Squadron.
After his military service, Tarbox served as state representative for the 76th District, from 1966 to 1976 and helped establish the schools of law and medicine at Texas Tech University. Diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, he founded the Tarbox Parkinson's Disease Institute in 1972 at the Texas Tech Medical School.
(70) Elmer L. Tarbox was a Lubbock state representative, World War II veteran, businessman, inventor, and philanthropist. He graduated from Texas Tech in 1939 and was active in football, basketball, and track programs.
During World War II, he served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in the China-Burma-India theater with the famed "Flying Tigers" Squadron.
After his military service, Tarbox served as state representative for the 76th District, from 1966 to 1976 and helped establish the schools of law and medicine at Texas Tech University. Diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, he founded the Tarbox Parkinson's Disease Institute in 1972 at the Texas Tech Medical School.
Lubbock's Most Influential
(70) Elmer L. Tarbox was a Lubbock state representative, World War II veteran, businessman, inventor, and philanthropist. He graduated from Texas Tech in 1939 and was active in football, basketball, and track programs.
During World War II, he served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in the China-Burma-India theater with the famed "Flying Tigers" Squadron.
After his military service, Tarbox served as state representative for the 76th District, from 1966 to 1976 and helped establish the schools of law and medicine at Texas Tech University. Diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, he founded the Tarbox Parkinson's Disease Institute in 1972 at the Texas Tech Medical School.
(70) Elmer L. Tarbox was a Lubbock state representative, World War II veteran, businessman, inventor, and philanthropist. He graduated from Texas Tech in 1939 and was active in football, basketball, and track programs.
During World War II, he served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in the China-Burma-India theater with the famed "Flying Tigers" Squadron.
After his military service, Tarbox served as state representative for the 76th District, from 1966 to 1976 and helped establish the schools of law and medicine at Texas Tech University. Diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, he founded the Tarbox Parkinson's Disease Institute in 1972 at the Texas Tech Medical School.
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