found: Texas equal educational opportunity plan for higher education, 1983:t.p. (Mark White)
found: WW in America, 1982, p. 3547(White, Mark Wells, Jr., b. 3/17/40)
found: Phone call 3/19/87 to Texas State Publications Clearinghouse (William P. Clements, Jr., defeated Mark White in election for governor of Texas 11/86. Clements begins 4 year term 1/13/87)
found: Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Governors of Texas, 1846-present web page, May 31, 2016:(Mark W. White, Jr.; Texas Attorney General, 1979-1983; Secretary of State, 1973-1977)
found: Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Portraits of Texas Governors web page, May 31, 2016:(born in Henderson, Tex.; attended Houston public schools and Baylor University, earning bachelor's degree in business admin., 1962; law degree, Baylor Law School, 1965; worked briefly in private legal practice in Houston; served 3 years as Asst. Attorney General; in 1969, returned to Houston to private practice; president of GeoVox Security, Inc.)
found: New York times WWW site, viewed Aug. 7, 2017(in obituary published Aug. 6: Mark White; b. Mark Wells White Jr., Mar. 17, 1940, Henderson, Tex.; d. Saturday [Aug. 5, 2017], Houston, aged 77; as governor of Texas from 1983 to 1987, championed public education laws that limited class sizes, increased teachers' pay, and introduced basic skills tests for high school students; Democrat)