Biographical information; met LBJ in 1937 through Baines family tree research with LBJ’s mother; LBJ’s six years as Democratic Majority leader in Senate; JFK nomination; LBJ as VP; Heath as Ambassador to Sweden; as Chairman of UT Board of Regents, 1959; LBJ Library and public service at UT campus in Austin; Skidmore, Owens and Merrill were the architects selected for library design.
Oral history transcript, William W. Heath, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Citation
Oral history transcript, William W. Heath, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1970, by Joe B. Frantz, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 30, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-heathw-19700520-1-74-281-a