Chamber of Commerce announces 2015 Businessperson of the Year - Laredo Morning Times
This annual event becomes part of the year-long celebration commemorating the chamber’s 100 years of significant milestones reached and established since its founding in 1915. Neel’s legacy and continued community involvement will be recognized... With a rich business history, the Neel family began working in the title and abstract business in 1925 when George E. Neel Sr. moved to Laredo and purchased the Henry Abstract Company. In 1956, George Neel Jr. joined the family business, and eventually changed the company’s name from Henry Abstract to Neel Abstract Company. A businessman, rancher, community figure and short story writer from Laredo, George Neel Jr. graduated in 1947 from Martin High School and in 1952, he obtained a bachelor of arts in English from Baylor University in Waco. Neel was a respected businessman in the community, continuing the legacy of Neel Title Corp. He served as president of the Laredo Rotary Club in 1965 and director and secretary of the Texas Land Title Association from 1970-1975. Neel won many community citations, the last as the 2014 "Rancher Businessman of the Year" by the Webb County... He was also named "Rancher of the Year" years earlier by the Laredo International Fair and Exposition, "Conservationist of the Year" by the Laredo Chamber of Commerce, and in 2013, he garnered the first-ever "Cornerstone Award" from the Laredo... In 1980 Parker Neel graduated from law school and in 1988, he joined his dad in the family business. Source: www.lmtonline.com
