Ross Perot Sr. ya ja zuwa gidan Thomas Luce III a safiyar ranar Asabar a ƙarshen 1970s, yana jan tirelar doki. Perot ya shaidawa lauyansa cewa yana son ya nuna masa wata kadara da ya dade yana kallo amma tana da nisa sosai kuma tana da girma sai dai a kan doki. 

Su biyun sun yi lodi ne a cikin motar suka nufi wani yanki mai nisa da ke arewa da Dallas, inda suka yi sirdi suka tafi tafiya. Suka fita tsakar gida suka tsaya. Perot ya juya ga Luce ya gaya masa, "Ina so in gina cikin garin Dallas a nan." Babu hanyoyi a gani. 

Ci gaba da sauri zuwa 2022, lokacin da Luce ya sami kansa yana tafiya cikin sleek hedkwatar Toyota North America a Plano don taro. Ya gane yana tsaye kusa da ainihin wurin da shi da Perot suka hau dawakai shekaru da yawa da suka wuce. 

Perot ya sayi filin shakatawa na Arewacin Texas wanda shi da Luce suka yi tafiya a safiyar ranar Asabar kuma suka mai da shi wurin shakatawa na Legacy. An haɗa shi da Plano, ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan cibiyoyin hada-hadar kuɗi a duniya, gida ga Frito-Lay, PepsiCo, JCPenney, Pizza Hut, Ericsson, da giant ɗin fasaha na Perot, Tsarin Bayanan Lantarki. EDS yana cikin halin yanzu matakan tsarawa na sake fasalin da zai zama cibiyar babban ci gaban fasahar kere-kere a Plano.

Luce ya ɗauki zuwan 1970s na maigidansa tare da equines a gaba, kamar koyaushe. Ba sabon abu ba ne ga Perot ya tambaye shi ya ci gaba da yin kasada-kamar lokacin da ya nemi Luce ya gudanar da yakin neman zabensa na shugaban kasa. Ko kuma lokacin da ya kulla siyan kwafin Magna Carta na ƙarni na 13. Ko kuma lokacin da ya umurci jirgin ruwan kwantena ya yi aiki a matsayin tashar mai a tsakiyar Tekun Fasifik don balaguron jirgi mai saukar ungulu na duniya. 

Luce ya shafe shekaru da yawa a matsayin amintaccen taimakon shari'a ga ɗaya daga cikin sabbin shugabannin kasuwanci na ƙarni na 20, yana taimakawa Perot gina daular kamfani. Yana cike da labarai daga shekarun da ya yi yana aiki tare da Perot, amma burinsa na yin hidima da kuma sa duniya ta zama wuri mafi kyau ya kai shi har ya kai ga tsayawa takarar Gwamnan Texas a 1990. Kuma wannan tuƙi bai taɓa barin ba. Yana ci gaba da turawa—da dadewa bayan da takwarorinsa da yawa sun koma yin ritaya. Luce babbar murya ce don haɓaka masana'antar fasahar kere kere ta yankin, tare da haɗin gwiwa tare da wani almara na Texas, Lyda Hill. Yana da shekaru 83, har yanzu yana shagaltuwa da kafa masana'antu, da bayar da shawarwari don bunkasa ma'aikata da ilimi, da yin duk abin da zai iya don taimakawa wajen samar da kyakkyawar makoma ga jihar da yake so. 

'Kftin na Titanic'

An haifi Tom Luce ga uwa daya tilo a cikin Duplex University Park. Yaro mai ƙwazo da ke son wasannin motsa jiki, wani haɗari lokacin da yake ɗan shekara 8 ya kusan kawo ƙarshen aikinsa na ƙwallon kwando da ƙwallon kwando kafin ya fara. A lokacin kula da bayan makaranta a YMCA, Luce ya fadi kuma ya taka wani bututu da ya rataye kafarsa. Likitoci sun gaya masa cewa za su iya yankewa. 

Kawunsa ya san Doak Walker kuma ya sami tauraron SMU da Heisman Trophy wanda ya ci nasara don ziyarci matashin Luce a asibiti. Walker ya gamsar da shi cewa idan ya yi aiki tuƙuru zai warke, kuma ya yi. Luce zai ci gaba da zama barazana sau uku a wasanni, yana taimakawa lashe gasar kwallon kafa ta jiha a makarantar Highland Park High School a 1956 a matsayin dan wasan gaba kuma ya halarci Cibiyar Soja ta Virginia don buga wasan baseball da kwando. Ya sami damar halartar VMI bayan gungun 'yan kasuwa na Dallas sun tara kudade don taimakawa wajen biyan kudin karatunsa. 

Amma Luce ya yi rashin gida kuma ya koma SMU bayan shekararsa ta farko, kuma ya auri matarsa ​​sa’ad da yake ɗan shekara 19. Ya yi aiki don ya sa kansa zuwa jami’a kuma, bayan ya yi karatu a lissafin kuɗi, ya zama mai sha’awar shari’a kuma ya halarci makarantar lauya a SMU da dare. 

A farkon shekarun 1970, Shugaba Nixon ya ɗauki matakin da ba a saba gani ba na tambayar Ross Perot Sr. ko zai sayi kamfanin dillalai mafi girma na uku na ƙasar, DuPont, Glore Forgan & Co., wanda ke fuskantar matsalolin kuɗi. Tun da ɗan kishin ƙasa, Perot ya sami kamfani amma ya kasa juya kasuwancin kuma a ƙarshe ya yanke shawarar daidaitawa da masu bashi maimakon bayyana fatarar kuɗi. Perot yana neman kamfanonin lauyoyi don magance matsalar kuma ya kasance yana yin hira da lauyoyin Gabashin Gabas bai yi nasara ba.  

Texas 2036 Ya Nemo 'Cibiyar Hankali' Tare da Shawarar Hankali na gama-gari

Ayyukan manufofin jama'a na Luce sun nuna masa cewa sau da yawa ana yin watsi da ƙoƙarin bayar da shawarwari kuma kashe kudi na kasafin kuɗi na iya zama gajeriyar hangen nesa da mai da hankali kan zaɓe na gaba na ɗan majalisa. Don haka, ya tashi don ƙirƙirar ƙungiya don yin tunani cikakke game da Lone Star State. Bayan tafiye-tafiye 82 a kan jirgin saman Kudu maso Yamma a cikin shekara guda, ya gano manyan 'yan wasa da ke aiki kan batutuwan kuma ya gina hukumar da za ta taimaka wajen jagorantar shirin. Sakamakon shine Texas 2036, cibiyar tunani mara bangaranci mai suna don Texas' 200th birthday. Shawarwari na tushen bayanan sa ya fito daga ilimin K-12 da kiwon lafiya zuwa haɓaka ƙarfin aiki da albarkatun ƙasa. Bayan yin aiki a matsayin Sakatariyar Ilimi da gudanar da tsarin Jami'ar North Carolina, Margaret Spellings ta zo gida Texas don kula da ƙoƙarin, kuma, har zuwa kwanan nan, ta zama shugaba da Shugaba. "Muna tunanin nan gaba kuma muna amfani da bayanai don haɗa abin da na kira cibiyar mai hankali," in ji Spellings. “Mutane na fama da yunwa domin gwamnatinsu ta yi aikin gwamnati. Muna aiki kan nama da dankalin gwamnati, kuma mutane suna so kuma suna tsammanin hakan.

Luce, dan shekara 33 kacal, ya bude kamfaninsa kwanan nan kuma yana da lauyoyi biyar kacal a tawagarsa. Amma bayan abokin Perot ya ba shi shawarar, Luce ya ci nasarar aikin. Da farko matashin lauya ya tsorata. Ya ji tsoron ya zama "Kyaftin na Titanic" yayin da yake aiki don warware kasuwancin, kuma ya tambayi abin da zai faru da kamfaninsa lokacin da aka daidaita al'amarin. 

Perot ya gaya wa Luce cewa idan ya yi aiki mai kyau, zai sami damar magance al'amura na Tsarin Bayanan Lantarki. "A cikin shekarar, ya ba ni duk kasuwancin EDS," in ji Luce. "Wannan ya fara tafiya ta shekaru 50 tare da Ross Sr." 

Dangantakar ta ɗauki Luce a duk faɗin duniya kuma ta buƙaci shi ya magance abubuwa da kyau a waje da aikin doka. A cikin 1970s, EDS ta sami kwangila tare da Iran don gina tsarin tsaro na zamantakewa. Amma lokacin da juyin juya halin Musulunci ya karbe kasar a shekarar 1979, ma'aikatan EDS guda biyu ne aka daure su a gidan yari da gwamnatin gwagwarmaya. A duk lokacin da ya karɓi iko, Perot ya taɓa gungun tsoffin ma’aikatan soja don korar ma’aikatansa daga kurkuku. 

A cikin 1983, marubucin Burtaniya Ken Follett ya mayar da labarin zuwa wani littafi na tarihi mai suna On Wings of Eagles, wanda kuma aka yi shi a matsayin miniseries na TV. Follet ya yi hira da Luce sau da yawa don littafin, amma lauyan ya jahilci shirin ceto yayin da yake faruwa. Ya mayar da hankali kan yin amfani da diflomasiyya da tattaunawa don 'yantar da mutanen - a wani lokaci yana yin kararsa ga Henry Kissinger, Sakataren Harkokin Wajen Shugaba Nixon. 

Tattaunawar diflomasiyya ta Luce a karshe ba ta yi nasara ba, kodayake mutanen sun fice daga Iran. "Da na yi aikina, da ba a sami ceto ba," in ji Luce. “Tabbas, akwai wasu yanayi masu tsauri. Gwamnatin Khumaini ba ta kasance mai saukin tattaunawa da ita ba." 

'Bi Hancinka Ka Gano Shi'

Siyasar duniya ba da jimawa ba za ta kai ga ɗan taƙaitaccen aiki a cikin dabaru na ƙasa da ƙasa. A cikin 1982, ɗan Perot, Ross Perot Jr., da ma'aikacin jirgin ruwa Jay Coburn sun bar Dallas don kewaya duniya a cikin helikwafta Bell 206L-1 LongRanger II mai suna Ruhun Texas. Matsala ɗaya ce kawai ga Coburn da matukin jirgin saman sojan saman Amurka Perot Jr.—Tekun Pasifik. 

Babu wani wuri da ya dace da hanyar Perot Jr. wanda ya ba da damar jirgi mai saukar ungulu ya sauka da man fetur, don haka Perot Sr. ya kira Luce ya tambaye shi ya fito da wani abu. Perot Jr. ya riga ya fara tafiya; Luce yana da makonni biyu da rabi kacal don ƙirƙirar tashar mai a tsakiyar teku tsakanin Asiya da Alaska. 

Luce ya tashi zuwa San Francisco kuma ya shawo kan jirgin ruwa mai isassun tashar lodi da ɗaukar nauyi don cika kwandon jigilar kaya tare da man jet kuma ya shiga tsakiyar tekun Pacific don zama madaidaicin rami. Jirgin mai saukar ungulu ya sauka, ya sake mai, sannan ya yi hanyarsa zuwa Alaska sannan ya gangara zuwa Dallas. A shekaru 23, Perot Jr. ya zama mutum na farko da ya fara tashi a duniya a cikin jirgi mai saukar ungulu. Amma da hakan ba zai faru ba in ba Luce ba. 

A wannan lokacin, Luce ya kafa kansa a matsayin ƙwararren shugaba wanda zai iya magance matsalolin, ya jagoranci shi ya tashi kasuwanci tare da ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun takardu a tarihin wayewar Yammacin Yamma. Duk ya fara da kira daga Perot Sr., kamar yadda yawancin abubuwan da ya faru suka yi. A cikin 1984, Perot ya gaya wa Luce cewa gidauniyarsa ta sayi farkon kwafin Magna Carta, yarjejeniya tsakanin baron Ingila da Sarki John wanda ya iyakance haƙƙin sarki. Ta aza harsashi don kare haƙƙoƙi kamar ɗaurin da ba daidai ba da ’yancin yin addini da za a kafa a cikin Kundin Tsarin Mulki na Amurka. 

Perot ya ce ya saya ne da sharadin cewa Luce zai je Ingila ya tabbatar da sahihancinsa ya dawo da shi gida. Luce ba ta da masaniyar yadda ake yin irin wannan abu. "Bi hancinka ka gane shi," Perot ya gaya masa. Luce ya tafi Burtaniya, ya sami kwararre don tabbatar da shi, kuma ya sami takaddun da suka dace. Shi ne ainihin yarjejeniyar.

Haɗin gwiwar Pegasus Park Biotech Tom Luce da Lyda Hill

"Mace ce mai wuyar ce a'a," in ji Luce game da abokinsa da ya daɗe, mai ba da taimako na Dallas Lyda Hill. "Ta yi abubuwa da yawa ga mutane da yawa." Lokacin da ta neme shi ya zama Shugaba na ayyukan fasahar kere-kere na Lyda Hill Philanthropies a 2021, Luce ta amince. "Mun nemi Tom ya jagoranci shirye-shiryenmu na fasahar kere kere saboda mun san cewa zai hada kan mutanen da suka dace don samar da ci gaba a fannin kimiyya, musamman ma tsarin halittar halittu masu saurin girma a Arewacin Texas," in ji Lyda Hill. Matsayin dabarar Luce tare da Lyda Hill Philanthropies yana haɓaka alaƙa don haɓaka masana'antar fasahar kere kere, musamman haɓakawa. Pegasus Park, 23-acre gauraye-amfani ci gaba tare da mai da hankali kan fasahar kere-kere, sa-kai, da ƙirƙira na kamfani. Ya kasance mai haifar da sauye-sauyen Arewacin Texas zuwa ci gaban fasahar kere kere, kuma kwanan nan ya kasance mai suna a matsayin cibiya ga hukumar tarayya ta dala biliyan 2.5 don haɓaka fasahar kere-kere da kimiyyar rayuwa da ɗaukar ƙalubalen kiwon lafiya. akwai ci gaba da yawa tsakanin su biyun," in ji Luce. "Lyda ta kasance mai ba da agaji kuma ɗan jari-hujja, ta mai da hankali kan gina ingantaccen tattalin arziƙin tare da ingantattun ayyuka masu biyan kuɗi ga ƙarin mutane."

Luce ya yi tunanin hakan zai zama ƙarshensa kuma ya ɗauka Perot zai so a mayar da daftarin a cikin jirgin sama kwatankwacin babbar motar Brinks. "A'a, kawai hau jirgin sama," Perot ya gaya masa. "Mafi kyawun tsaro ba tsaro." Luce ya tabbatar yana da wurin zama kusa da kabad inda ya ajiye takardan a cikin jirgin American Airlines da ke komawa Dallas. Da ya koma kwastan na filin jirgin DFW, sai suka tambaye shi ko yana da wani abu da zai bayyana. Luce ta amsa da gaskiya: "Ee, Magna Carta." A shekara ta 2007, gidauniyar Perot ta sayar da takardar akan dala miliyan 21 don tara kuɗi don binciken likita. 

Wani abin kuma a rayuwar Luce ta "Forrest Gump" ya ƙunshi wani lokaci a babbar kotun jihar. Kundin tsarin mulki na Texas ya sha bamban da yadda ya bai wa gwamnan damar nada adalci na wucin gadi ga Kotun Koli a shari'ar kuri'ar da aka kada. Lokacin da Alkalin Alkalai Tom Phillips ya hana kansa shiga shari'a a 1988, alkalan ba za su iya karya kunnen doki hudu zuwa hudu ba. Don haka - Gov. Bill Clements ya kira Luce ya tambaye shi ya zama Babban Mai Shari'a Pro Tempore. Sa’ad da Luce ya yi tambaya ko zai iya ba da ƙara guda ɗaya kawai, Clements ya amsa, “Wallahi, kar ka gaya mini abin da zan iya yi!” 

Luce ya sa rigar kuma ya ji karar, wanda dole ne a sake yin hukunci don amfanin sa. Ya shafi wani yaro da wutar lantarki ta kama shi ta hanyar layin sadarwa. Shari'ar ta ɗauki sa'o'i da yawa ana jayayya da kuma watanni biyu kafin a sami rinjaye da rubuta ra'ayi. A ƙarshe, Luce ya goyi bayan waɗanda ke neman kamfanin watsa labarai. 

Lauyan sana'a wanda ya daɗe yana da alaƙa da sabis na jama'a, Luce da wataƙila ya yi babban alkali a wata rayuwa. "Wannan ya gamsar da ni," in ji shi. 

Shiga Fadin Siyasa

Luce bai taɓa samun babban burin siyasa ba, amma bai kasance mai butulci game da ayyukan cikin gida na gwamnati ba. Ya dade yana da hannu tare da bayar da shawarwari don ci gaban ilimi da ma'aikata a Majalisar Dokokin Texas kuma, a cikin 1984, ya jagoranci Kwamitin Zaɓin Texas kan Ilimin Jama'a. A yayin wannan aikin, ya zagaya jihar inda ya yi nazarin tsarin iliminta na jama'a kuma ya yanke shawarar cewa ba ta yin wani aiki mai kyau na shirya tsara na gaba. 

Binciken jihar da yin haɗin gwiwa ya taimaka masa da kyau har tsawon rayuwarsa; ya kuma zaburar da shi ganin ko zai iya yin tasiri a matsayinsa na dan takara. Lokacin da babu wani dan takara a kowace jam'iyya da ke takarar Gwamna a 1990, ya yanke shawarar shiga fagen fama a matsayin dan Republican, yana gudanar da yakin neman zabe da ya mayar da hankali kan inganta tsarin ilimin jama'a na Texas tare da kudade na gaskiya. Ya zo na uku a zaben firamare, inda ya sha kashi a hannun hamshakin attajirin mai na West Texas Clayton Williams.  

Ra'ayin farko na Luce game da Williams ya bar ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya mai ɗorewa. “Ya sa hannu ya rungume ni ya ce, ‘Tom, ban ji komai ba sai manyan abubuwa game da kai, kuma na san kai kuma ba na son juna, amma ina so ka san zan sayi wannan. tsere kuma ba abin da za ku iya yi game da shi.' [Williams] ya ba da kuɗin kamfen ɗinsa kuma ya ba ni 15 zuwa ɗaya," in ji Luce. 

Lauyan ya mayar da hankali kan haɓaka kamfaninsa, Hughes da Luce, kuma ya zama jagorar mai ba da shawara kan haɗakar dala biliyan da kuma ƙararrakin ƙararraki. A cikin 1990s, ya sayar da kamfaninsa kuma ya shiga cikin zuba jari. Sai wata dare, yayin da yake aiki a gida, Luce ya sami kansa yana kallon tsohon shugabansa a kan Larry King Live show. Perot ya ba da sanarwar cewa zai tsaya takarar Shugaban kasa - idan zai iya samun isasshen kuzari a kowace jiha. "Na kusa fadowa daga kan injina," in ji Luce. 

Bayan wasan kwaikwayon, Perot ya sake yin kira zuwa Luce. Ya so lauya ya bar abin da yake yi kuma ya gudanar da yakin neman zabensa, kuma Luce, kamar yadda ya saba yi, ya yarda. Perot zai jagoranci George HW Bush da Bill Clinton a lokaci guda a 1992. 

Ga Luce, ƙwarewa ce mai ban sha'awa da ban sha'awa. Ya gano cewa gudanar da dan takara mai kwarjini da farin jini kamar Perot ya sha banban da takararsa ta Gwamna. Luce ya ce: "Akwai irin wannan tashin hankali a gare shi wanda ya kasance kwarewa mai ban mamaki," in ji Luce. "Lokacin da na fara zuwa hedkwatar kamfen, akwai buƙatun kafofin watsa labarai 1,500." 

Daga baya Perot zai fice sannan ya sake shiga takara lokacin da ya cancanci kada kuri'a a dukkan jihohi 50. Ya samu kashi 18.9 cikin 1912 na kuri'un da aka kada a fadin dimbin masu jefa kuri'a kuma shi ne dan takara mafi farin jini na jam'iyya ta uku tun Theodore Roosevelt a XNUMX. 

Yin Tasiri Mai Dorewa

Ƙarfin Luce na haɓaka alaƙa ya ba shi damar yin tasiri a matakin tarayya, kuma. Lokacin da Luce ya yi aiki a Kwamitin Zaɓin Texas kan Ilimin Jama'a, ya ɗauki hayar matashi mai ba da shawara kan harkokin siyasa mai suna Margaret Dudar. Dangantakar za ta yi amfani da shekaru masu zuwa. Ta kasance da sunan karshe na Spellings tun lokacin da ta yi aure a shekara ta 2001, ta yi aiki a yakin neman zaben gwamna George W. Bush a matsayin mai ba da shawara kan harkokin siyasa kuma an zabe ta a matsayin sakatariyar ilimi a 2005. Don gina ma'aikatanta, ta dauki tsohuwar kawarta Luce zuwa aiki. gudanar da manufofin da kasafin kudin sashe a matsayin mataimakin sakataren ilimi. (Dubi labarun gefe a shafi na 43.)  

Tare, su biyun sun taimaka wajen aiwatar da No Child Left Behind, daya daga cikin shirye-shiryen ilimi mafi tasiri a kasar. Luce ya kasance kaka a lokacin da ya fara aikinsa a Washington, wanda ya kira "garin matasa." Wata rana tare da jikokinsa a DC don ziyara, ya shaida wa wani mai gadi a ginin ilimi cewa rana ce ta musamman a gare shi. "Ranar ritayar ku?" Ta tambaya. Ranar farko da ya fara aiki kenan. 

Luce yana alfahari da aikinsa a sashen, yana taimakawa wajen rubuta Dokar Gasa ta Ilimi da kuma yin hidima a Kwamitin Lissafi na Kasa don inganta yadda ake koyar da batun a makarantu. Amma bayan shekaru biyu na shan Metro da zama a cikin Beltway, lokaci ya yi da za a koma Texas.

Lokacin da Luce ya dawo daga Washington, zai iya yin duk abin da yake so. Musamman ma, ba zai iya yin komai ba. Amma hakan baya cikin DNA dinsa. Luce, wanda ya yi aure shekaru 63, yana da jikoki bakwai da Bichon Frisé mai suna Sophie, zai iya yin ritaya cikin sauƙi kuma ya huta. Amma ya ci gaba da yin abin da zai iya don mayar da Texas wuri mafi kyau, kafa tankunan tunani da kuma yin aiki a matsayin mai ƙarfafa masana'antar fasahar kere kere ta Arewacin Texas tare da Lyda Hill Philanthropies. (Dubi labarun gefe a shafi na 44.) Ya ce: “Ina jin ina bukatar in biya jihar. “Na yi albarka da aka haife ni a Dallas; Na ji daɗin sana’a mai ban sha’awa, kuma ina ganin wannan aikin a matsayin wani ɓangare na hakki na.”   

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