Hanslik AdolphR

American businessman and philanthropist in Lubbock known as the "dean of the West Texas cotton producers." Hanslik was among the first in the United States to export cotton to Bangladesh in Asia. In 1952, he moved to Corpus Christi in Nueces County on the Texas Gulf Coast and launched his Adolph Hanslik Cotton Company. In 1954, he moved the company to Lubbock, where it became a successful exporter of Texas cotton abroad. He was active as president of his company until his death, on 21 May 2007 at the age of ninety after a long battle against Parkinsons disease. further information Read less