ABOUT LOWRY MAYS
Businessman who founded and headed the mass media company Clear Channel Communications Inc.
He earned a degree in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University in 1957.
He helped Clear Channel Communications amass more than $6 billion in 2011 revenue.
He had four children and 16 grandchildren with his longtime wife Peggy Mays.
He was responsible for signing and syndicating some of the biggest names in talk radio, including Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity .
