Lanier was a three-time ConverseAll-America selection (1968–1970), and in 1970, he led St. Bonaventure to the NCAAFinal Four. He was injured late in the regional championship game in a collision with Villanova's Chris Ford and did not participate in Bona's national semi-final loss to Artis Gilmore-led Jacksonville University. That year he was named Coach and Athlete Magazine player of the year, and the ECAC Player of the Year.
Robert Clayton Lanier (March 10, 1925 – December 20, 2014) was an American businessman and politician. He served as mayor of the city of Houston, Texas from 1992 to 1998. At the time of his death, he was Houston's oldest living mayor.
Background
Lanier was elected mayor of Houston in 1991, 1993, and 1995, until term limits, enacted in 1991 and reinforced in 1994 by a grass-roots citizen initiative spearheaded by the conservative political activist Clymer Wright, prevented his candidacy in 1997. Lanier averaged 88 percent in his re-election races, with strong support in each political party and ethnic group. As mayor, he was affectionately referred to as "Mayor Bob."
Born to working class parents in the refinery town of Baytown, Texas in 1925, Lanier was a child of the Great Depression who was greatly influenced by Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s policies. Lanier worked while attending college and started his career as a suma cum laude graduate from the University of Texas Law School in 1949. Initially employed by Baker & Botts law firm, Lanier practiced for a decade before switching gears to pursue a business career.
ST. BONAVENTURE — Only an hour or so after St. Bonaventure and Niagara finished the Bonnies’ non-conference men’s basketball schedule, two Big 30 boys basketball squads took to the Bob Lanier Court on Saturday ... .
... give the small city on Lake Erie three pro teams (there was a fairly robust local college basketball scene in the region as well at the time that produced the likes of Bob Lanier and Calvin Murphy).
Chicago Bulls guard-forward DeMar DeRozan has been named the NBA Cares Bob Lanier Community Assist Award winner for March ... The NBA Cares Bob Lanier Community Assist Award honors players who positively impact their communities.
More on ‘Debo’ During the pregame with Bulls-Hawks, DeRozan was awarded for his community work in mental health, given the NBA Cares Bob Lanier Community Assist Award for the month of March.
Bonaventure men’s basketball team did not win the No ... Bonaventure women’s basketball coach Jim Crowley took the No ... BONAVENTURE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ... Nearly a year after Bob Lanier’s passing, the St ... Bob Sassone died last February at age 91.
It catapulted into something else in 1992, when Richard Clark – who played basketball with Bob Lanier at BennettHigh and with Randy Smith at SUNY BuffaloState – suggested they turn it into more of an established, annual reunion.
It catapulted into something else in 1992, when Richard Clark – who played basketball with Bob Lanier at BennettHigh and with Randy Smith at SUNY BuffaloState – suggested they turn it into more of an established, annual reunion.
UAlbany never let St. Bonaventure get too close for comfort in beating the Bonnies 66-56 Thursday in a non-conference women’s basketball game at Bob Lanier Court in Olean. UAlbany (3-1) got out to a good start in the first quarter ...Bonaventure ... .
His arrival via trade marked a turning point in the franchise's quick rise to success, and he was inducted into the Pro BasketballHall of Fame in 1980.Bob Lanier. It's easy to note that Lanier was in ...
Bob Lanier, the St ...Weise, accepting the Satalin Award for Lanier while also being recognized with the inaugural Bob Lanier “Be Impactful” Award for the difference he made in the Bona hoops program, ...
Olean Times Herald
24 Dec 2024
Olean Times Herald
24 Dec 2024