april january early president later chairman board luxury retailer dallas texas father aunt founded tenure company published author writing memoir store regular column dallas morning news sold marcus initially remained advisory capacity company later began consulting business continued death served local community avid patron fine arts civic leader chapter titled stanley marcus known locally decades work texas called dallas internationally famous citizen worthy called southwest businessman intellectual marcus introduced innovations known creating national award service fashion hosting art exhibitions store weekly fashion shows annual fortnight event highlighting different foreign country weeks year established famous extravagant gifts marcus staff ability provide service value client citing father good sale good buy customer received award listed houston_chronicle list important named greatest 20th century notes important figures history american retail merchandising marketing innovations transformed local dallas clothing store international brand synonymous high style fashion service personal life retail career marcus born dallas texas son later founder original store sister husband stanley sons born wife pregnancy indirectly led eventual founding decided leave buyer boys clothing deemed raise insufficient support family returning years spent atlanta georgia establishing successful sales promotion business sale business establish store corner given family option money invest unknown marcus loved established result bad judgment founders memoir marcus recalled father mother handed attention children making sure adulthood equivalent gifts sure praised equally jobs year old salesman bringing family business tradition young age attended studied debate english teacher later credited early interest books began university studies traditions preventing jews joining clubs drastically curtailed social life transferred harvard_university year new school member historically jewish fraternity beta later rising group president living boston pursuing chosen major english literature marcus began lifelong hobby collecting rare antique books finance pursuits began mail order book service beginning letter introduction sent homes venture proved successful time marcus considered entering line work time concerned entering retail business freedom expression politics areas interest father persuaded granted liberty views pointed profitable allow large book collection sooner early years receiving degree harvard began career retailer year simple organizing inventory beginning sales quickly sales staff went study leaving year participate massive expansion retail operation dallas married initially worked department retired birth child followed years later twins richard year wife death married longtime librarian marriage lasted death commissioned design home road rejected eventual design included steel beams instead couple chose design local firm creation texas historic landmark marcus earn salary according father earning company president vice president stanley drew marcus responsible number innovations dallas retailer created annual fashion beginning led fall fashion held annually periodically department store american introduce weekly fashion shows host concurrent art exhibitions store established annual christmas catalogue offered extravagant gifts starting matching pair coats going include matching pair including pairs animals live tigers war years professional emphasis glamour different mark american fashion industry asked join washington december weeks united_states entered world war ineligible military service age instead helped war effort conservation scarce resources normally devoted fashion trends encouraged men wear save needed rubber normally elastic devised regulations manufacture women children clothing enable nation divert textile resources uniforms war related needs addition restrictions marcus recommended coats suits jackets dresses sold separately changes expected create total savings yards fabric war effort conscious role media fashion promotion marcus prompted members convince local press outlets treat women subject object ridicule nationally famous women support new standards time report quoted author predicting woman conspicuous wore japanese marcus addressed fashion press national meetings encouraging editors women stores carry adequate supply attractive styles order prevent flooding stores stock time reported meetings fantastic hats representing presence national magazine editors harper newspapers urban centers new_york boston philadelphia instructions coverage women children work promoting cooperation marcus competitive instincts fall paris traditional fashion capital new_york mayor began declare city new leader opportunity claim marcus international press new_york finished manufacturing center making clothes kansas philadelphia texas won day gone new_york dress good dress faced increasing shortages silk new likely create long lines dissatisfied customers seeking product inadequate supply marcus created sent pair fashionable shades female charge card customer membership fees memoirs marcus recalled women opened charge accounts members club short time membership extending country taking helm death elected president ceo company chairman board family members like taking responsibilities died year time proclaimed combination instrumental increasing company annual revenue million million marcus began tradition international fortnight way attract customers fall fashion rush christmas shopping idea inspired seeing store stockholm sweden having france themed sales promotion leading marcus propose french government sponsorship elaborate event store initial fortnight included concurrent events art symphonic music film locations dallas jet bringing writers painters government officials models industry leaders years following fortnight focused countries added related food service items relevant country department ending australian fortnight international traditions introduced included dallas bar brought marcus world war retailer marcus believed strongly making store place customer needed found necessary brought customer door said helped customer discover shoe size gift pair shoes ordered store stock items set plates mexican national crest sooner later somebody going president mexico need proper gift personally delivered fur coat missouri customer trip dallas story recounted searching present wife said sure buy know saw response marcus woman clothing sizes asked customer wait briefly taking display marcus gathered colors arranged imitation café topped white simulate cream place cherry ring total cost customer paid customer decided christmas purchases sufficiently impressive marcus helped arrange store display window complete lighting inside man home despite love larger life marcus maintained assertion father good sale good buy customer persuade buyer purchase lower priced item considered suitable man shopping coat year old daughter personally steered marcus coat instead appropriate youth marcus routinely insisted customers buy quality reasonably priced line scaled second rate versions expensive product marcus continued tenure hold tightly father assurance able maintain act political convictions running business supported united_nations early years unpopular position dallas time early 1950s began explore ending store participation common practice excluding black customers shopping store legal advisors cautioned step offered support black entrepreneur looking establish quality store began hire black staff departments moving 1960s marcus convinced city company needed action promote racial equality moral issue reduce growing civil unrest announced buyers preference companies employing training significant numbers minority employees making firm companies nation policy civic leadership marcus family founders dallas temple reform today largest southwest leading figure temple 1950s member despite largely secular jew joked afraid visit israel converted marcus known arts defending unpopular political causes introduced art exhibits providing corporate sponsorship artwork city cultivated extensive private collection helped found dallas opera helped save financial crisis served chairman board serving museum chair marcus called chairman major local bank fellow temple leader explain inclusion lot communist art told included upcoming sports art exhibit sponsored sports_illustrated fund olympic team artists represented included supposed communist supporters asking florence indicate pieces questioned marcus dismissed claim don know anybody think hitting baseball communist marcus said shown national response fisherman similar shook head remarked don think people think fishing communist marcus followed going local newspapers getting publishers agree stand censorship arts organizing exhibition abstract art marcus lured local leaders means donation art collections brothers noted national business leaders second requested donors personally write letters invitation dallas colleagues feeling suspect art benefit respected figures known fine taste efforts rewarded numerous turnout marcus involved issues civil rights social justice unusual case involved male students stopped school door ordered cut hair order admitted school young men filed lawsuit claiming restriction interfered constitutional freedom expression despite knowing boys involved marcus stepped forward champion case public taking newspaper defending choice simple fashion decision rebellion authority additionally offered legal support needed noting telegram school board president don like long hair principal fight rights students wear hair way choose case lost appealed way success decades letter men appreciated marcus support said marcus death nice man great contributor dallas arts wanted right presidential connections marcus public relations skills dallas labeled city hate following november assassination united_states president early supporter kennedy run presidency marcus tolerated closing customers accounts announced support candidate elections fact cautioned kennedy visit light city earlier poor reception vice president kennedy memory marcus arranged hand bound copies printed kennedy scheduled speech copy went kennedy widow following new year day marcus took page titled right dallas editorial tradition introduced father store early days defended city outside critiques offered intimate criticisms knew town people message said dallas needed address areas community improvement problem political called text attention physical growth expense quality civic endeavors schools colleges operas museums need focus civic image good things bad things described best public relations article 40th anniversary assassination new_york_times praised message ing perfect balance notes author met support canceled accounts anti semitic attacks increased article life referenced marcus jewish heritage following kennedy death marcus maintained close ties johnson administration considered diplomatic posts france continuing run company providing wedding dresses daughters personally assisting selecting designer dress styles johnson retirement marcus president wife continued accept marcus daughter joined johnson staff time working johnson personal secretary stepping recommended board directors company merge order capital expand subsequently subsidiary inc marcus accepted position corporate executive vice president director retired chairman emeritus turning store son despite retiring officially company marcus continued closely involved advisor final weeks life established consultant maintaining regular business hours offices decade offering advice locally luxury car internationally businessmen called consult year old businessman recalled arriving customary expensive tailored suit discover dressed employees took coat shirt shirt said okay let talk couldn planned better broke ice stage hours legacy addition writing weekly column dallas morning news years marcus author multiple oriented books including store memoir sequel quest best close friend writers including author longtime advertising time worked historian television presenter public broadcasting program american experience said asked men know single problem aspect american life given magic change marcus replied try television asked explained said television think far solve problems marcus avid art collector collection masks world auction house mounted sale works estate calling marcus forward looking collector generous contributions exhibitions helped bring notice world latin american art 50s 60s auction house noted marcus begun collecting age influenced parents found interest good design vastly deepened graduation trip europe visited famed international exhibition decorative arts introduced earliest works marcus collections included significant works mexican artists rivera lesser known friend colleague american sculptor american painter marcus friends rivera playing major role bringing murals board members museum honored time death paid notice new_york_times stated stanley generous support leadership enthusiasm friendship keen artistic judgment instrumental museum inception success shall miss greatly marcus contribution arts work area photography course adult life marcus took thousands photographs famous anonymous subjects turned granddaughter professional photographer moving road home smaller residence late 1990s years death smith began making digital photos posting sharing site despite fact authorship identified year photographs drawn views 100th anniversary smith mother decided assemble representative selection nearly images book titled reflection man page book published october accompanied exhibit hosts collection library dallas including photographs correspondence library houses collection books donated marcus including miniature books press founded awards honors inaugural recipient design patron award advertising hall fame honorary doctoral degree recipient honorary doctoral degree recipient recipient gold medal french legion honor presented march french ambassador united_states eminent services cause french industrial commercial recovery elected chairman tallest houston_chronicle profiles key figures state history listed 20th century great american business leaders additional references farewell merchant prince dallas morning news obituary tribute texas story proud dallas store new_york
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