San Marcos Baptist Academy honored Robert Fanning, who served on the school’s board of trustees longer than any other individual, by naming the main road through the school campus “Robert Fanning Drive.”
Many current and former trustees, students and staff, as well as friends and family of Fanning, attended the dedication ceremony.
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Students and staff of San Marcos Baptist Academy gather around and Robert Fanning following the official opening of Robert Fanning Drive on the academy campus. Fanning served the school longer than any other individual on the board of trustees, from 1962-2002. (Photo by Don Anders/SMBA)
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Taking part in the ceremony were Academy President John Garrison, President Emeritus Jack Byrom, board of trustees Chairman Jimmie Scott, retired Baylor University Chaplain Milton Cunningham, and two representatives of the student body, Tiara Hansen and Zachary Middleton.
After the ceremony, Fanning cut a ribbon by the newly installed street sign to officially open Robert Fanning Drive.
A practicing attorney for more than 50 years, Fanning is chairman emeritus and the founding shareholder of Fanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin in Dallas. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Baylor University in 1953 and his law degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law in 1959. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in humanities from Dallas Baptist University in 1997.
In 1961, Fanning was named to the board of trustees at San Marcos Baptist Academy. Twice appointed as chairman of the board, he continued to serve until 2002. In 1970 and again in 2003, Fanning received the Exemplary Service Medal, one of the academy’s most distinguished honors. He is the only individual to receive this award twice.
Fanning has served on numerous other boards, including the Council for Institutional Development at Baylor Univer-sity; the Dallas Baptist University Foundation; the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission; and the Annuity Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.
A military veteran, he served as a prosecutor in the U.S. Air Force, Judge Advocate General’s Office, Fifth Air Force, Japan. Fanning has had a distinguished career as a trial lawyer and is licensed by the Supreme Court of the United States.
Fanning and his wife, Margaret, have two sons, Barry and Marc.
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