Paul V. Wallace Jr.

1934 - 2005

Paul V. Wallace Jr., 71, a hospital administrator and child advocate, passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2005, at a local hospital.

Memorial service: 1 p.m. Monday at University Christian Church.

Memorials: may be made to Camp John Marc, 2824 Swiss Ave., Dallas 75204.

Paul was born Jan. 3, 1934, in New York, son of Paul and Rosemary Wallace. He had six brothers and sisters. He went to grade school and high school in Huntington, N.Y., and attended Columbia University and served eight years in the U.S. Air Force.

Upon discharge he was hired by Cook Children's Hospital to develop its emergency room, which he ran for several years, along with the Poison Information Center for Fort Worth and Dallas, located at Cook at the time. As the medical center grew, Paul advanced to the position of vice president and that was his role when he retired in 1999, after 38 years of service.

Paul was on the original board of the Fort Worth Ronald McDonald House, a board member of the Ronald McDonald Children's Charity and was a life member of Camp John Marc, a camp for children with medical needs.

Paul was also on several other boards, which included the Bruce Wood Dance Company, the Fort Worth Opera, the Northeast Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Elks Lodge, AOC, Advisory Board of Tarrant County EMS System and a member of the American Association of Poison Control Centers.

Because of Paul's involvement he was the recipient of several awards, which included the Cystic Fibrosis President's Award in 1988, the 1999 Hercules Volunteer Award from United Way and a nomination in 2000 for President Bill Clinton's service award.

Mr. Wallace was also active in community business projects, working with real estate investments, with Across the Street Inc. and in 2001 opened the Coffee House Gallery in Fort Worth.

Survivors: Children, Trey Wallace of Nashville, Tenn., Randall Wallace and his wife, Ellen and children, Dane and Reed of Easton, Md., Stephanie Mayo and her husband, Max, with their children, Justin and Maddie of Crossville, Tenn., Laurie Wallace of Norwalk, Conn.; mother, Mrs. Paul Wallace of Oxford, Conn.; sisters, Sister M. Elizabeth Mary of Port Washington, N.Y., Sue Baktis and her husband and children, in Oxford, Conn., Margaret Jordan and her children of Leesburg, Va. and Kathy Chicoski and her husband and children of Oxford, Conn.; brothers, Tom Wallace and his wife and children of Seymour, Conn., and Richard Wallace and his wife and children of Middleton, R.I.; numerous aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, great-nephews, great-nieces and a host of friends, who will miss him greatly.