{"id":387159,"date":"2026-07-26T18:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T18:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/387159\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T18:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T18:47:08","slug":"in-memory-of-tom-luce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/387159\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memory of Tom Luce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is with profound sorrow that we learned of the passing of <a href=\"https:\/\/texas2036.org\/tom-luce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tom Luce<\/a>, Texas 2036\u2019s founder and chairman emeritus. Tom was a visionary leader whose dedication to public service transformed the lives and opportunities of millions of people across our state. He firmly believed in the power of Texans coming together to address the big challenges vital for future generations to thrive, inspiring significant action and driving meaningful change across his lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>Texas 2036 would not exist without Tom\u2019s desire to unite Texans in favor of a better tomorrow. How we work every day is guided by this vision and the values of the man behind it.<\/p>\n<p>While we grieve this immense loss, we honor Tom\u2019s legacy by carrying\u00a0 forward the mission of improving the lives and opportunities of all Texans.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/texas2036.org\/news-analysis\/leadership_team\/david-leebron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">David W. Leebron<\/a>, President and CEO, Texas 2036<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is with profound sorrow that we learned of the passing of Tom Luce, Texas 2036\u2019s founder and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[39059,27,8549,29,28,136447],"class_list":["post-387159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-announcement","tag-texas","tag-texas-2036","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-tom-luce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}