A gregarious personality with a passion for education is how many remembered former Texas Governor Mark White,  who passed away at age 77 this week.

White, a graduate from the Baylor University School of Law, served as Texas’ attorney general and secretary of state before he was elected governor in 1983. His tenure lasted for one term and went from 1983 to 1987.

During his tenure in the Governor’s Mansion, White, a Democrat, crusaded for education, based primarily on his mother, who w...