Galvestonian or Greek? What kind of person was George Mitchell? A quick story by the Kriticos brothers | Galveston, Texas

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I sat down with Larry and Tikie Kriticos to discuss Greeks on Galveston Island. They ended up telling me a few stories about George Mitchell, a prominent businessman in the Houston area who had a huge hand in the regeneration of Historic Downtown Galveston between the 1980s-2010s. George Mitchell had a proud greek heritage, but not many people knew that he was greek! He was a very generous man and believed in giving back to his Greek and Galvestonion community.

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George Phydias Mitchell May 21, 1919 – July 26, 2013
Mitchell was born to Greek immigrant parents in Galveston in 1919.
In 1940, George Mitchell earned a degree in petroleum engineering with an emphasis in geology from Texas A&M University. He graduated as the valedictorian.
In the 1980s and 1990s, the company experimented with application of different techniques of hydraulic fracturing of the Barnett Shale of Texas, eventually finding the right technique to economically extract the natural gas in the formation.
In 2004, Forbes magazine estimated his net worth as $1.6 billion, placing him among the 500 richest people worldwide.
Mitchell died at the age of 94 on July 26, 2013, at his home in Galveston.

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