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	M-C McLane International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		McLane, Jr., was born and raised in Central Texas, Cameron, where his father, Drayton McLane Sr., owned a wholesale grocery distribution center.
		McLane, Jr.'s, past honors are numerous and include him receiving for the second time (1985 was the first) the Boy Scouts of America Silver Buffalo Award in 2004 and being named Houston Community Partners’ "Father of the Year" for 2000.
		In 1992, McLane, Jr., was inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation; awarded the W.R. White Meritorious Service Award in 1991; recipient of both the 1990 Baylor University, Distinguished Alumni Award and the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith Food Distributor Man of the Year in New York City.
	www.mclanegrp.com /founder.htm (914 words)

	McLane to build, donate city hall
		McLane told some 150 people in attendance, he and his family want to restore the old Green Building to it's 1891 grand style, and donate the building to the city to become the new Cameron City Hall.
		McLane said he followed the storyline since the building became a downtown safety concern, and thought it would be "something if that building could be restored".
		McLane said he remembered city hall and "thought it was kind of out of sink with the downtown portion of Cameron and not an impressive building that had a lot of character to it." McLane said he has traveled around the world, and has seen a lot of cities with great downtown city halls.
	kmil.com /Localnews2001/0416press.htm (831 words)

	ESPN.com - Astros contacted about possible Wells deal
		McLane went on to say he thought such a trade might mean parting with "two or three really great minor-leaguers" from the Astros' deep farm system.
		McLane recalled the last time Houston traded prospects for a star left-handed pitcher: the 1999 trade-deadline deal for Randy Johnson, who left for the Arizona Diamondbacks that winter.
		McLane cautioned there have been no formal discussions about Wells and that if the Astros were to trade for a pitcher, he might feel more comfortable waiting awhile before making such a deal.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1203809&type=news (271 words)

	Businessman Drayton McLane Jr.: Team player
		McLane, who lives in Temple when he is not in Houston overseeing the Astros operation, is a graduate of Baylor University and currently serves on the university's board of regents.
		You are the chairman of the McLane Group and chairman and CEO of the Houston Astros, plus a number of other things.
		Outside of our Christian faith and our love for our families, one of the greatest things in our society in America is free enterprise, that we have a chance to become what we want to be through hard work, innovation and creativity, risk-taking and having the courage to do things.
	www.baptiststandard.com /2001/6_4/pages/mclane.html (1954 words)

	mclane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		McLane's success mirrors Perot's, except he prefers to play "hardball" on a diamond.
		At age nine, Drayton got his first job sweeping the warehouse floors of his family's grocery business in Cameron.
		In 1990 Drayton merged with Sam Walton and now serves as vice chairman of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Last summer, to the delight of fans, he bought the Houston Astros franchise.
	www.msu.edu /unit/msuaa/magazine/s93/mclane.htm (325 words)

	Sportsline USA - Pro Baseball Column
		Oh yes, McLane tells us, he wants a local partner to pick up at least 30 percent of the tab and, of course, he needs to feel loved, knowing the city truly wants a major league baseball team.
		I believe McLane is genuinely surprised at the sympathetic response, and it wouldn't be the first time he's been shocked at Houston's reaction to its baseball team.
		McLane listened to then-general manager Bill Wood, who told him to invest $40 million in two pitchers who have given mediocrity a bad name.
	cbs.sportsline.com /b/page/pressbox/blineburyf11195.htm (694 words)

	News & Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		In addition to serving as Chairman of the McLane Group since 1994 and he is also chairman and CEO of the Houston Astros Baseball Club.
		McLane is also President of the Texas Wholesale Grocers Association and chairman of the National American Wholesale Grocers Association.
		Drayton was raised in Cameron, Texas and received a Bachelors degree from Baylor University and a Masters degree from Michigan State University.
	www.tarleton.edu /scripts/calendar/display.asp?id=560&type=News (438 words)

	Home Page
		The group's namesake is renowned as a third generation grocery wholesaler and entrepreneur who steered his family's business, McLane Company, Inc. through a period of growth, prosperity, and change.
		In 1959, Drayton McLane joined the company after earning a bachelor’s degree in business from Baylor University and a master’s degree in business administration from Michigan State University.
		McLane Group’s latest venture is McLane Advanced Technologies (MAT) which combines Drayton’s family history and experience with a conglomerate of professionals from military and commercial backgrounds.
	www.mclanegrp.com (242 words)

	Astros move possible again, McLane says
		McLane's renewed talk of moving the Astros -- which Mayor Bob Lanier and County Judge Robert Eckels said they take seriously -- came hours after the Texas House gave final approval to a stadium financing bill.
		That also is McLane's deadline for groundbreaking on a new ballpark.
		A year ago, McLane threatened repeatedly to sell his team to a Virginia businessman unless Houston built a new stadium for the Astros.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/page1/97/05/09/stadium.2-0.html (932 words)

	ESPN.com - Astros owner says financial losses could drive him away
		McLane said he doesn't want to leave baseball.
		McLane's message is one he's hearing from a lot of owners, baseball commissioner Bud Selig said.
		At issue is the disparity that developed during the 1990s as construction of new ballparks and signing of lucrative cable television contracts created a gulf between teams at the top like the Yankees and Mets and teams at the bottom like the Twins and Royals.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1406552&type=news (554 words)

	Ballpark fans pause to party
		McLane said he expects to have negotiations on a letter of agreement completed early next week.
		Lanier, whom McLane called most responsible for the ballpark, said he is proud it is being built without taking away tax dollars used for important city services like fire and police protection.
		McLane said the sports authority asked for the charge on the hot dogs to discourage homeless people from crashing the party in search of a free meal.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/page1/97/10/31/groundbreaking.2-2.html (935 words)

	JS Online: Enron Field Becomes Astros Field
		McLane said Enron's name, featured repeatedly in huge blue letters or with its logo in the center of a baseball diamond, will be removed or covered with tarps.
		McLane declined to identify companies interested in buying naming rights to the ballpark except to say they were either based in or had a ``very strong presence'' in Houston.
		Bonham said the ballpark is a plum for any corporation because it's one of the best in the country and the team delivered name recognition to Enron by making the playoffs in four of the last five years.
	www.jsonline.com /bym/news/ap/feb02/ap-enron-ballpark022802.asp (664 words)

	The University of Tulsa >> News/Events/Publications
		Houston Astros Baseball Club owner and Texas business leader Drayton McLane Jr., Chairman of the McLane Group, will be the keynote speaker for The University of Tulsa’s 103rd commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 8, 1999.
		McLane’s business career began at an early age while working with his grandfather at their family grocery business in Cameron, Texas.
		Throughout his distinguished career, McLane has received many significant honors, but most recently he was presented the Distinguished Herbert Hoover Award from Food Distributor’s International, and the Golden Plate award in 1997 from the American Academy of Achievement.
	www.utulsa.edu /news/article.asp?Key=115 (329 words)

	Official Site of the Greeneville Astros Baseball Team - Appalachian League Affiliate of the Houston Astros
		As Drayton McLane begins his 14th season as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Houston Astros Baseball Club, his philosophy remains consistent-bring a World Series championship to Houston, and make a positive difference in the community.
		Over the years, Drayton has received many significant awards, most recently the Distinguished Citizen Award and the Silver Buffalo from the Boy Scouts of America in 2004, the Distinguished Leadership Award from Leadership Houston in 2002, and in 2000, the Father of the Year Award from the Houston Community Partners.
		They happily welcomed two new additions to their family in 2004 as Drayton III and his wife, Amy, welcomed Robert Drayton McLane and Denton and his wife, Amy, welcomed Jefferson Blaylock McLane.
	www.greenevilleastros.com /staff/mclane.html (996 words)

	Drayton McLane, Jr.
		McLane currently serves as chairman of the McLane Group and chairman and CEO of Major League Baseball's 2005 National League Champion Houston Astros.
		McLane is also vice president of the Boy Scouts of America’s executive board, member of the Children’s Miracle Network’s national board of governors and a trustee of the South Texas College of Law and the Cooper Institute for Aerobics research.
		McLane received his bachelor’s degree from Baylor University and his master’s degree from Michigan State University.
	www.houston.org /bios.asp?bioID=124158 (318 words)

	From the ground up - Christian Business
		And McLane is quick to credit his father with the wherewithal to take a risk and allow his son the opportunity to learn first hand the tenets of entrepreneurialism at such a young age.
		Drayton McLane, Jr.'s story is about hard work, persistence, and, perhaps more importantly, a father's wisdom.
		After receiving his bachelor's degree from Baylor University and his MBA from Michigan State, McLane took over the family business in 1959, carrying on the tradition started in Cameron, Texas in the late 1800's by his grandfather and forwarded by his father through the first half of last century.
	www.businessreform.com /article.php?articleID=10688 (293 words)

	Astros chief leaves Strayhorn's camp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		McLane said he quit as Strayhorn's campaign chairman in deference to her immediate foe, Gov. Rick Perry.
		Strayhorn's camp says McLane vamoosed so she can name several chairs.
		McLane, mindful of legislators failing to retool business taxes, said: "We need to go back and see what is the better way to tax.
	www.statesman.com /metrostate/content/metro/stories/09/15selby.html (496 words)

	Historic Houston: Who's: Drayton Mclane Jr.
		The McLane Group, L.P., based in Temple, Texas, is still a family-owned holding company that consists of McLane International, Classic Foods, Leading Edge Brands, Lone Star Plastics, Inc., M-C McLane International, CSP (Convenience Store/Petroleum), Trade Magazine, and the Houston Astros Baseball Team.
		MAT was devised to bring a fresh commercial approach to the Department of Defense sector by assisting in solving logistics needs for current world situations.
		McLane, Jr.'s, past honors are numerous and include him receiving for the second time(1985 was the first) the Boy Scouts of America Silver Buffalo Award in 2004 and being named Houston Community Partners’ "Father of the Year" for 2000.
	www.houstonhistory.com /whoswho/history19hof.htm (1152 words)

	The fairest of them all - baseball franchise movement Sporting News, The - Find Articles
		When McLane bought the team in 1992, he didn't "either-or" Houston fans.
		Not too long ago -- at the time the football Oilers decided to move to Nashville -- McLane was praising the Astrodome.
		Might as well name McLane commissioner of public works, too, as long as we're in a featherbedding mood.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n7_v220/ai_17932953 (443 words)

	Baylor Magazine \|\| Along 5th Street (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		It includes 107 new faculty and staff positions, a 40 percent increase in scholarships and fellowships, start-up funding for the new Honors College and $10.3 million for various renovation and deferred maintenance projects.
		Drayton McLane Jr., chair of the Houston Astros and Temple-based McLane Group LP, was elected chair of the board.
		Vice chairs elected for the coming year are Minette W. Drumwright of Fort Worth; Sam A. Medina, 237th Judicial District Court judge from Lubbock; and attorney and former state Sen. David A. Sibley of Waco.
	www.baylormag.com /dept.php?id=000054 (263 words)

	Houston Astros News
		Drayton has extended every possible scenario that needed to be to meet with us or to further the negotiations.
		Beltran, a switch-hitter with power, hit.258 with 23 homers, 53 RBIs and was a perfect 28-for-28 in stolen base opportunities in 90 games with Houston after he was acquired from Kansas City in late June.
		McLane said, before leaving on a business trip to Hong Kong, that the team will not receive financial parameters from Boras until next week, at which time the club will have a better idea of how to respond and where negotiations may be headed.
	houston.astros.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/hou/news/hou_news.jsp?ymd=20041104&content_id=910285&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp (615 words)

	Caller.com: Hooks
		McLane started the day in Dallas, where he and his wife Elizabeth saw their grandson Robert Drayton McLane IV dedicated into the Baptist church.
		McLane, who has regularly called South Texas "Astros country," reaffirmed that statement after taking part in the opening ceremonies prior to the game.
		McLane was one of several Astros officials on hand.
	www.caller.com /ccct/hooks/article/0,1641,CCCT_17996_3708913,00.html (463 words)

	C.H. and Caroline Yoe Foundation
		DRAYTON McLANE JR., MIKE PERRIN, HARRY PERRIN, AND WAYNE FISHER provided a private boost to the publicly funded construction of the new Yoe High School dedicated in September, 2004.
		Callaway was a longtime executive of McLane, Co.
		The late Walter B. Dossett Jr., chairman of Royal Seating Ltd. and L.L.Sams Corp., established the advised fund which is now under the aegis of his son Reeder (Wick) Dossett who has assumed leadership of both companies.
	www.yoefoundation.org /pages/phil.html (1214 words)

	JS Online:When owners talk, the players balk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		You are reminded of this unhealthy condition after you read a story in the Houston Chronicle in which Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane Jr.
		McLane's credibility has not been called into question on these matters.
		McLane details all his losses in very precise ways in the story.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/gen/jul02/59624.asp (844 words)

	Minute Maid Park
		Most of that land previously consisted of parking lots.
		McLane held a news conference on April 2, 1997 to discuss updates for the proposed ballpark.
		One new feature was an exploding scoreboard that was the biggest in baseball.
	www.ballparks.com /baseball/national/bpkaus.htm (1250 words)

	Adams, McLane to attempt settlement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		To reach a deal on the lease, Adams and McLane must settle a lawsuit over a canceled 1995 preseason game against San Diego.
		The Houston Chronicle reported that unidentified sources said McLane's original demand of $1.2 million has been reduced to $750,000.
		Last week, U.S. District Judge Lynn N. Hughes ordered Adams and McLane, also the owner of the Houston Astros, to meet with Alice Oliver-Parrot, a Houston attorney and former chief justice of the Texas 1st Court of Appeals.
	www.lubbockonline.com /news/050797/adams.htm (302 words)

	NASA - Remarks by Administrator O'Keefe at University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
		We were also bolstered by the tremendous outpouring of sympathy and appreciation for the contributions of the astronauts that were expressed by people throughout our land, and indeed throughout the world.
		I would like to thank Drayton McLane in particular for his incredibly thoughtful gesture to memorialize the Columbia astronauts by placing their crew patch on the uniform of the Houston Astros this season and by inviting the astronauts' children to throw out ceremonial first pitches on Opening Day of the baseball season.
		Thank you Drayton, for your heartfelt salute to the astronauts and their families and for providing all of us this precious memory.
	www.nasa.gov /audience/formedia/speeches/sok_maryhardinbaylor_110503.html (3966 words)

	Robert Drayton McLane Jr, The 400 Richest Americans - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		McLane joined 1959, worked night shift loading trucks after earning M.B.A. from Michigan State.
		Also chairman of privately held McLane Group; logistics ventures focus on exporting U.S. goods, revamping transportation for military.
		U.S. indexes are delayed at least 15 minutes with the exception of Nasdaq, Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 which are 2 minutes delayed.
	www.forbes.com /lists/2005/54/TQLT.html (192 words)

	Baseball America - Grigsby signs with Astros
		Two days after Astros owner Drayton McLane Jr.
		McLane had halted negotiations because he was worried a labor-related work stoppage would leave the club with a cash-flow problem.
		But he changed his mind late last week when his baseball staff persuaded him they could structure the contracts in a way that would delay payment on a large portion of the contracts.
	www.baseballamerica.com /today/news/grigsby081202.html (329 words)

	UH -Top Education Stories - Sloan narrowly keeps BU presidency in close vote
		McLane said the board "aggressively talked about where Baylor is today." They discussed concerns of different constituencies, he said.
		One of the most difficult things is leadership," said McLane, who owns the Houston Astros.
		Baugh wouldn't comment after the board meeting, but McLane said he asked to address the board about some concerns and give direction for the future.
	www.uh.edu /ednews/2004/wacotrib/200405/20040517sloanvote.html (915 words)

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