John McCombs
John McCombs
John McCombs is a talented artist who works from his studio in Delph, England. He is a member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts and has won several prestigious art prizes.
His work is inspired by the Pennine area centred around Delph and features the village’s social and working life. He also paints landscapes.
Early Life and Education
John McCombs was a professional architect who designed government buildings in New York City and Princeton, NJ. He also built churches and other public buildings, including the New York State Capitol building in Albany.
He became a philanthropist and made significant donations to a number of charitable organizations, including UT Austin and Houston’s MD Anderson Cancer Center. He also helped to establish the Texas Business Hall of Fame.
McCombs is an excellent example of someone who was successful at something that he loved. He started out selling cars, but quickly became a multimillionaire through his various business ventures. His diverse investments include automobile dealerships, communications, professional sports, oil, ranching, and real estate.
Professional Career
As a professional artist John McCombs teaches painting at St Martin’s School of Art in London. He has exhibited his paintings internationally and has been awarded many accolades.
He now lives in Delph and is a member of Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Royal Society of British Artists.
In his spare time he works as a professional angler, competing on the FLW Tour. He is a veteran of the Tour and a top-20 finisher in the AOY race.
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Achievements and Honors
McCombs had quite a list of honors and achievements over his long career. The accolades included receiving the Air Force’s Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service to his country.
He was also known for his savvy leadership roles in the local community. He was a former president of the Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber’s Business Excellence awards committee.
He was also a proud owner of the Champion newspaper, the oldest business in San Bernardino County that still resides on D Street. He was a regular attendee at the city’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony.
Personal Life
McCombs was a prolific painter and landscape artist who has exhibited his work at numerous public galleries. His painting is in the collections of Salford Art Gallery and Manchester City Art Gallery.
He studied at St Martin’s School of Art in London between 1962 and 1967. His teachers included Leon Kossoff and Frederick Gore.
John McCombs designed many prestigious buildings in New York City, including Alexander Hall at Princeton Theological Seminary (1797-8) and the American Bible Society Building on Nassau Street (1822-23). He also built the Hamilton Grange, Alexander Hamilton’s country estate in Harlem.
McCombs’s personal life was full of philanthropy and charitable endeavors. He founded the McCombs Foundation, which supports education and humanitarian causes, and he served as an assistant coach for the Texas A&M women’s golf team from 2011 to 2015. His latest album, Tip of the Sphere, was his first Top Ten placement on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart.
Net Worth
Despite his billionaire status, he’s still a natural-born salesman. McCombs was a Ford dealer in Corpus Christi until 1958, when he and a partner started Hemphill-McCombs Automotive Group in San Antonio.
He’s made his fortune through car dealerships, and has a big stake in the country’s largest radio broadcaster, Clear Channel Communications. He’s also a sports investor, owning the San Antonio Spurs and Denver Nuggets, as well as the Minnesota Vikings NFL team.
He’s a philanthropist, too. In 2005, he donated $30 million to the University of Texas’s MD Anderson Cancer Center. He’s also helped rename the business school there.