Alfonso (Al) Escalante
Scope and Contents
Photographs of people and groups, who have been identified.
Dates
- dates vary
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley assumes no responsibility.
Biographical / Historical
Alfonso Escalante, Jr. was born in Brownsville in 1916.
Like his father, Alfonso Escalante, Sr., he was a pro at the Brownsville Country Club taking over as a teen in 1935 after the death of his father. He graduated from Brownsville High School, holding the school's championship title. Escalanted served in World War II as a member of the 330th Bombardment Group (VH) which flew B29s from Iwo Jima and Guam and bombed Japan in 1945. After the war, he resumed his duties at the country club, instructing and supervising the upkeep of the golf course.
In 1950, he moved to northern Mexico and returned briefly to Brownsville in 1954 before moving back to Mexico. In the early 1960s, Escalante accepted a position with the Club de Golf Chapultepec, a large country club near Mexico City.
Escalante died in 2002 at age 85.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints : Black and white image, warm tone ; 3" x 6"
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
- Ball games--golf Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Tgm
Repository Details
Part of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and Archives, Brownsville Campus Repository
One West University Boulevard
UTRGV University Library (BLIBR 2.202)
Brownsville Texas 78520 United States
(956) 882-7281
archives@utrgv.edu
