Early Life and Education
Simmons was born in Golden, Wood County, Texas, the son of Reuben Leon (1894 -1954) and Fairess Clark Simmons (1903-1990). His parents were Baptists and both worked as teachers. His father later became a school superintendent. Simmons has BA (1951) and MA (1952) degrees in economics from the University of Texas at Austin. Simmons holds a Phi Beta Kappa key.
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