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Frank Wesley Sharp (March 18, 1906 – April 2, 1993) was a land developer in Houston, Texas, United States who was responsible for creating several large post-World War II housing developments. Sharp's largest projects included Oak Forest in 1946 and Sharpstown in 1955.
Apr 5, 1993 · HOUSTON -- A funeral was scheduled Tuesday for Houston developer and financier Frank W. Sharp, the central figure in the Sharpstown scandal that rocked Texas in the early 1970s. Sharp, 87,...
Apr 5, 1993 · Frank W. Sharp, the financier at the center of a 1970's stock scandal that was blamed for ruining dozens of political careers, died at his home in River Oaks on Saturday. He was 87.
Frank Sharp built a lot of single-family homes in postwar Houston. As the lead developer on two major single-family subdivisions, Oak Forest (1946) and the so-humbly named Sharpstown (1956), Sharp helped propel Houston’s outward growth and shaped much of Houston’s early suburbia.
Aug 1, 1971 · HOUSTON, July .31— Reper cussions from the collapse of a $100‐million insurance and banking venture promoted by Frank W. Sharp, a Houston real estate developer, have bad ly shaken the...
Dr. Sharp's research focuses on brain injury including whole genome studies of ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, white matter hyperintensities and Alzheimer's Disease in humans and in animal disease models.
Sep 28, 2022 · FAYETTEVILLE, AR (Oct. 27, 2022)-The Northwest Arkansas Land Trust (NWALT) announced they would bestow the first Arkansas Conservation Legend Award to Frank Sharp, known for his tireless efforts to protect the natural beauty of Northwest Arkansas and his commitment to the mission of the Northwest Arkansas Land Trust. The award will be presented ...
