The Strake Foundation
Strake Foundation, a Texas nonprofit corporation Mr. Strake, who discovered the Conroe Oil Field in Montgomery County, TX, was active as a civic leader and served on the boards of numerous social service, youth, and Catholic organizations. The foundation is supported by Mr. Strake’s endowment as well as by funds from the estate of Mrs. Susan K. Strake, who died in 1975, and by gifts from the founder’s children, George W. Strake, Jr., who serves as president of the foundation, Georganna S. Parsley (deceased) and Susan S. Dilworth (deceased.