Julián Castro reflected upon President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s legacy and how San Marcos and Texas State University impacted Johnson’s life during the LBJ Museum’s annual benefit gala.
Castro, who previously served as the mayor of San Antonio from 2009-2014 and the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2014-17 during the Obama administration, spoke to the crowd gathered inside the Grand Ballroom at Texas State University’s LBJ Student Center on Saturday.
“[Texas State was] a place that was so instrumental to the work and the promise of President Lyndon Baines Johnson,” Castro said. “A place where his passion for serving others emanated from. As many of you know, he spoke to the impact that Texas State made in his life when he visited his alma mater on November 8th, 1965. I think he visited the old gymnasium to sign the Higher Education Act … LBJ said, ‘Here the seeds were planted from which grew my firm conviction that for the individual, education is a path to achievement and fulfillment; and for the nation it is a path to a society that is not only free, but civilized; and for the world, it is a path to peace.’”
