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1910
- 1949
- 1914 – Born in Mexico, January,
17; Son of Mr. Jose Garcia and Mrs. Faustina Perez Garcia.
- 1936 – Graduate, University of
Texas, BA
- 1940 – Graduate, University of
Texas School of Medicine, M.D.
- 1940-1941 – General internship
at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Creighton University, Omaha,
Neb.
- 1941-42 – Surgical internship
at St. Joseph’s Hospital
- 1945 – Married Wanda Fusillo,
June 23; Children: Daisy Wanda, Adriana, Cecilia, and Susana
Patricia.
- 1942-1946 – Served in World War
II as officer in Infantry; Engineer and Medical Corps. Major
Medical Corps European Theater of Operations; Awarded Bronze
Star Medal with 6 Battle Stars.
- 1948 – Organized American G.I.
Forum in Corpus Christi, Texas; first National Chairman
and Founder of the American G.I. Forum of the U.S.A., a
veterans group composed of Americans of Mexican origin in
24 states.
- 1949 – Chosen outstanding Latin-American
citizen of the Alba Club of the University of Texas.
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1950
- 1959
- 1952 – Awarded MEDALLA AL MERITO
for meritorious work amongst Mexican-Americans by the American
G.I. Forum of Texas.
- 1953 – Named Vice-President, Catholic
Council for Spanish-speaking people in the Southwest.
- 1954 – Selected to the Democratic
National Committee
- 1955, Awarded Bronze Plaque “DEMOCRACY
FORWARD” by Texas Council Negro Organization.
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1960
- 1969
- 1960 – Named Chairman of the Mexican-Spanish
Section Nationalities Division of Democratic National Committee.
National Coordinator and National Organizer of the “VIVA
KENNEDY” Clubs in 1960.
- 1960-64 – National President,
Political Association of Spanish Speaking Organization (PASO).
Member, American Medical Association; Texas Medical Association;
Neuces County Medical Society. Member (League of United
Latin-American Citizens), LULAC; Roman Catholic Knights
of Columbus; St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Corpus
Christi, Texas.
- 1960 – Honored with Outstanding
Citizenship Award by the United Married Couples.
- 1961 – Named Representative of
President John F. Kennedy and member of the American delegation
signing treaty concerning the Mutual Defense Area Agreement
between the United States and the Federation of West Indies.
- 1964 – Appointed by President
Lyndon B. Johnson as presidential representative with the
rank of Special Ambassador to the inauguration of Dr. Raul
Leoni, President of Venezuela.
- 1964 – Awarded Bronze Plaque by
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Post 8931
on Memorial Day.
- 1965 – Presented by the President
of the Republic of Panama with Condecoracion Orden Vasco
Nunex de Balboa, with the rank of “Commander,”
October 18
- 1967 – Appointed by President
Lyndon B. Johnson as member of the National Advisory Council
on Economic Opportunity of the United States, March 4.
- 1967 – Awarded Marine Plaque by
8th Marine Corps District in recognition of services honoring
returned Vietnam casualties, April 24.
- 1967 – Awarded Cancer Society
Award for 10 years service, June 14.
- 1967 – Appointed by President
Lyndon B. Johnson as delegate to the United Nations from
the United States with the rank of Ambassador, September.
- 1968 – Accompanied Vice President
Hubert H. Humphrey and the U.S. Delegation for the signing
of Treaty of Tlalteloco in Mexico City, March 30.
- 1968 – Appointed as a member of
the United States National Commission for “UNESCO”
(United Nation’s Scientific and Cultural Organization),
June 5.
- 1968 – Sworn in as a “Commissioner”
of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, November.
- 1969 – Presented Humanitarian
Award by Corpus Christi Chapter of the NAACP, May.
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1970
- 1979
- 1970 – Appointed Board Member,
American Red Cross during Hurricane Celia Disaster Program,
August.
- 1972, Named member of the Texas Advisory
Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights,
February.
- 1974 – Appointed to Advisory Council
of Veterans Administration to assist veterans, June 3.
- 1977 – Presented Appreciation
Award by Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce for exceptional
investment of time and energy in behalf of citizens of Corpus
Christi in the interest of preserving the Naval Air Station
and Corpus Christi Army Depot, January 24.
- 1977 – Appointed by President
Jimmy Carter as a member of the U.S. Circuit Judge Nominating
Commission for Western Fifth Circuit Panel, May.
- 1977 – Received 1977 Achievement
Award in Medicine by Board of Directors National Benito
Juarez-Lincoln Annual Awards Convention, Houston, Texas
(for service to the Poor and needy in the field of medicine),
November 20.
- 1978 – Named Member of White House
Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development,
Washington, D.C., from January 29-February 2, 1978. (Appointed
by Governor Dolph Briscoe of Texas and President Jimmy Carter)
- 1978 – Presented Plaque by the
Corpus Christi U.S.O. Council for leadership in representing
the Corpus Christi Community in support of the military
installations in the Coastal Bend Area, February 21.
- 1978 – Presented Liberty Bell
Award, Law Day U.S.A., by Neuces County Young Lawyers Association,
Corpus Christi, Texas, May 4.
- 1978 – Presented Texas State Liberty
Bell Award by Texas Young Lawyers Association, Fort Worth,
Texas, June 29.
- 1979 – Named a Member of U.S.
Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti’s Hispanic Advisory
Committee on Civil Rights, August 17.
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1980
- 1989
- 1980 – Attended President Jimmy
Carter’s High Level Briefing at the White House in
reference to Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan Crisis, January
9.
- 1980 – Received Distinguished
Service Award, National Office of Civil Rights, San Jose,
California, January 20.
- 1980 – Received Senior Internacional
1980 Award, representing the United States (Awarded by LULAC
COUNCIL 12, Council 12, Laredo, Texas), February 21.
- 1980 – Re-appointed to the United
States Commission on Civil Rights Texas State Advisory Committee,
November 18.
- 1981 – Presented at the Corpus
Christi Chapter of the National Conference of Christians
and Jews Brotherhood Award Testimonial Dinner, Corpus Christi,
Texas, March 31.
- 1983 – Received Sembrador Award
“In Appreciation for his Contributions to the Ideals
of Amistad and Civismo” by Club Sembradores de Amistad,
Corpus Christi, Texas, November 12.
- 1984 – Received Medalla De Honor
from the National Hispanic University, Oakland, California,
November 30.
- 1984 – Awarded the “Presidential
Medal of Freedom” by President Ronald Reagan at the
White House. It is the highest award a civilian can receive
from the President of the U.S., March 26.
- 1985 – Attended “The Occasion
of the Naming of Dr. Hector P. Garcia Park” by the
Corpus Christi City Council, November 10.
- 1985 – Honored with the Naming
of the Hector P. Garcia Endowed Chair, Yale University’s
Chicano Research Center, New Haven, Conn., February 19.
- 1986 – Received the Honor Al Merito
Medalla Cura Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon A.N.P.E., D.F. in
Mexico City, Mexico, July 25.
- 1987 – Received “The Community
Service Award” by the Corpus Christi Human Relations
Commission, June 30.
- 1988 – Awarded “The Humanitarian
Award” by the Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human
Services Organizations (COSSMHO), May 15.
- 1988 – Honored by the U.S. Postal
Service with the Renaming of the Main Post Office in Corpus
Christi, Texas, in honor of Dr. Hector Perez Garcia, September
14.
- 1989 – Received the “Hispanic
Heritage Award” by the National Hispanic Leadership
Conference, Washington, D.C., September 12.
- 1989 – Received the “Matt
Garcia Public Service Award” from the Mexican American
Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), September 28.
- 1989 – Received the “Distinguished
Alumnus Award” from the University of Texas Ex-Students
Association, October 6.
- 1989 – Received the “National
Hispanic Hero Award” from the Midwest/Northeast Voter
Registration Project, October 28.
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1990
- 1993
- 1990 – Awarded the
“Extra Miler Award” for outstanding service to
the Boy Scout activities by the Gulf Coast Council of the
Boy Scouts of America, February 2.
- 1990 – Received the
“NAPA Award” from the Mexican American Physician’s
Association for Outstanding Service to Hispanics throughout
the U.S., April 4.
- 1990 – Received the “Distinguished
Lifetime Service Award” by the National Association
of Hispanic Journalists, April 14.
- 1990 – Received the “Equestrian
Order of Pope Gregory the Great” from Pope John Paul
II, May 17.
- 1990 – Received the “Maclovio Barraza
Award” given by the National Council of La Raza for
exemplary leadership in promoting the interest of Hispanics
in the U.S., July 18.
- 1991 – Received Corpus Christi State
University’s first “Honorary Doctorate of Humane
Letters Degree” given by CCSU President Dr. Robert
Fergason, May 10.
- 1993 – Honored by Memorial Medical Center
by naming a new health facility the “Dr. Hector P.
Garcia Health Center,” May 26.
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