"Newsmaker of the decade"
Dusty and Concrete Street
William "Dusty" Durrill took his son's property and transformed it into the venue that is now Concrete Street Amphitheater. By using visualization and some risk, he created a unique venue that is now an important part of Corpus Christi's entertainment sector.
Biography
Bill Durrill was born on January 22, 1934. He earned an industrial management degree from Texas A&M . He had five children with Shirley Fielder, one of which, Devary Durrill, passed away in a drunk driving accident. The driver slammed into the back of her Mustang, to which the car exploded in flames. The Durrill family filed a lawsuit against Ford claiming "the company had installed faulty gas tanks in the Mustang II much like it did with the Pinto, which Ford recalled." The Durrill family received $12 million, but because Dusty believed that the money should only be used to help others, he decided to start the Devary Durrill Foundation in order to help others.
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Major Contributions to Corpus Christi Community
With the money, the Devary Durrill Foundation funded the installation of eight Miradors, the white octagonal buildings by the bay, some seawall benches, the statue and pavilion for the Selena Memorial, the Texas A&M Momentum sculpture that would inspire the university's logo, and the 40 foot lighthouse located on Del Mar College east campus.
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