 Among his accomplishments, Eugene P. Locke composed the legal document that brought the Dallas Foundation into existence.It was a document that was long recognized for providing flexibility through grants and appropriate management of gifts.A newspaper editorial after Eugene P. Locke’s death said that he was "widely recognized as one of the country’s most successful and responsible lawyers in the field of civil practice" and that "in the highest ethical concept of the profession he was unflinchingly and indefatigably a seeker of justice through the processes of law."