Hicks Elementary
About 30 years ago, Howard Hicks moved to Alief from Beaumont to handle
public relations for Alief Chamber of Commerce. Since then, the World War II
veteran's name has become synonymous with Alief. His
role as a longtime aide to State Representative Talmadge
Heflin has helped him support numerous community
causes. In addition to being actively involved in the former
Alief Chamber of Commerce, he has played key roles as
chairman of the Alief 130th Anniversary Committee and
president of the Alief Cemetery Historical Association. He
spearheaded the commemoration of the 100th
anniversary of the Alief Post Office, helped organize the
Alief Community Association , and participated on the
Education Commission of the Houston Chamber of
Commerce. In 1996, he helped organize the Alief historical Society and is its
Charter President.
As a long time member of the Alief Noon Lions Club, Hicks is active in a number
of charitable causes for the community. The students of Alief ISD have
benefited for years from the organization's eyeglass assistance program which
provides free exams and glasses to children who cannot afford them. Hicks'
work in this area has earned him the highest honor bestowed by the
international Lions Club---the Melvin Jones Fellow.
Howard Hicks has been described as a believer in youth, a champion for
education, and a man whose integrity is without question. It seems only fitting
that Alief ISD's elementary school would be named after a man who has been
and remains such an important part of the Alief community.