JACK LOWE’S VISION

CONTINUING JACK’S

When Jack Lowe Sr. created Texas Distributors in 1946, his goal went beyond earning a good paycheck. He was hoping to improve the Dallas community, too. In the 70-plus years since, that company has grown into employee-owned TDIndustries, which continues the mission through its work with Jack Lowe, Sr. Elementary School.

In 2007, Dallas ISD honored TDIndustries founder Jack Lowe Sr., for his many contributions to local education by naming one of its elementary schools after him. Jack and a group of gentlemen throughout Dallas created the Dallas Alliance Education Task Force in the 1960s-70s to help integrate the district. This plan was adopted almost word-for-word by the United States federal courts.

“He was the only one I know who could have gotten it done,” Field Scovell said in the corporate biography A Partnership of the Spirit. “I didn’t think that at the time, but the more I saw it progress and saw the things that he was doing, I don’t think we could have been in anybody else’s hands.” Recently, along with the help of key vendors, the TDServes committee updated a memorial to Jack Sr. The committee painted, redesigned, and installed new artwork in the main lobby, along with new mission and vision signage in the office. TD will continue to make improvements to the school over the course of the next few years.

TD and the Lowe family have long been proud supporters of Jack Lowe Sr. Elementary and the important work the school does for children in the Vickery Meadow neighborhood. In addition to this recent work, Partners have assisted with donations benefiting both students and teachers, taken part in educational initiatives such as Read Across America Day, and helped in various teacher appreciation events.

“The artwork at Jack Lowe Sr. Elementary is stunning,” said Jack Lowe Jr., former TD CEO. “We’re really proud to have a school named for my father. Principal Sandra Barrios has done an unbelievable job turning both that relationship and the school around. Thank you to our TDPartners for your contributions to Jack Lowe Elementary. TD has always encouraged volunteering and making a difference.”

Leading the second-most impoverished school in the district has certainly come with challenges for Barrios, but they haven’t kept Jack Lowe, Sr. Elementary from earning a 2019 Blue Ribbon School award.

“We couldn’t be prouder of this phenomenal tribute to Jack Lowe, Sr. We now have the great privilege to invite and keep our guests in a welcoming environment,” she said.

TD has several upcoming projects planned for the school. Interested Partners and sponsors should contact Marketing Assistant Samantha Camp at Samantha.Camp@TDIndustries.com.

To learn more about the school, visit its website: www.dallasisd.org/lowe

To read more about Jack Lowe, Sr. and his work with desegregating Dallas ISD, order “A Partnership of the Spirit” online on Amazon.