Left: Dallas Businessman and Philanthropist Pete Schenkel; Right: Cropped early rendering of the proposed Cotton Bowl Plaza [Images: National Football Foundation Gridiron Club of Dallas/Overland Partners]
Pete Schenkel—who owned Dallas-based Schepps Dairy before its sale to Suiza Foods in 2000—led a long, accomplished life of leadership in Dallas before his death Wednesday at age 89. But the former board chair of the State Fair of Texas, DFW Airport, and the Methodist Health System Foundation may be best known for preserving something truly valuable: keeping the Texas-OU game at the Cotton Bowl at least through 2036.
An ongoing voter-approved renovation of the Cotton Bowl has helped spur UT and OU to continue their historic rivalry at Fair Park for years to come. The teams have been playing each other at the stadium since 1929.
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