Legacy
Sugar Land, the company town he helped found, has grown into the largest suburb of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. Kempner High School in Sugar Land is named in his honor. An historical district of Galveston, TX - the Kempner Park neighborhood, is bounded by Broadway, 23rd Street, Seawall Boulevard, and 39th Street. The entire stretch of 22nd Street in Galveston is named in his honor. Kempner, along with his siblings, was instrumental in the founding of the Harris & Eliza Kempner Fund, a charitable foundation dedicated to the health and well being of Galveston families as well as the improvement of Galveston.
His granddaughter, Lyda Ann Thomas, served as the Mayor of Galveston between 2004 - 2010.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
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