351:
was the first
Hispanic female to be elected to office in the State of Arizona (County Recorder of Santa Cruz County). Bettwy was born and raised in Nogales, Arizona, and spoke fluent Spanish. In the late 1950s, he moved his entire family from Arizona to Mexico City where he practiced law as an associate for the law firm of Goodrich Riquelme y Asociados, A.C. His children (Andrew, Samuel and Maria) were therefore raised in Mexico City and then later in Phoenix, Arizona. Bettwy's son Samuel is a California lawyer-advocate for immigration reform that includes the elimination of visa quotas for Mexicans, and his daughter Maria is an immigration lawyer currently practicing in Phoenix, Arizona.
31:
165:). Bettwy was keenly aware of the value of every acre of the land that he managed, so he was never fooled by the attempts of developers and politicians who would propose trades for land of lesser value. In spite of constant political pressure to sell the trust lands, Bettwy stood firm by his view that the primary beneficiaries of the trust (public schools) were best served by holding on to the land (because it is an appreciating asset) and maximizing its income.
444:, Feb. 24, 1991 ("Delivering an anti-New Deal speech to the delegates gathered for the Arizona Democratic Convention in Tucson in 1936, Mathews persevered through a chorus of hissing and booing. Finally, Andrew Bettwy, former mayor of Nogales, could stand it no longer. He leaped to the stage and knocked Mathews to the ground. Unfazed, the Star's editor-in-chief arose, then finished his address")
564:
350:
Although Laura and her husband
William Fitzwilliam Chenoweth lived in Nogales, Arizona, she insisted on giving birth to Andrew's mother Mary in Mexico to ensure that Mary and her children would be Mexican citizens. Bettwy and his brother William were therefore Mexican citizens by birth. Mary Bettwy
168:
In 1978, Governor
Babbitt fired Bettwy because they disagreed over the best way to implement land management policies. Because of Bettwy's concern for the public trust, Bettwy spoke frankly to newspaper reporters after he was fired which unleashed a vicious campaign of untruths that took aim at
338:
Maria Jesus Laura
Chenoweth Escalante, was born in Mexico, and his grandmother, Laura Escalante Chenoweth (1875–1968), was a native of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Laura's father, Vicente Escalante, was Mayor of Hermosillo, and her brother-in-law (through her sister Amparo Escalante) was
614:
293:
and got his start with the
Phoenix firm of Page & Company, which specialized in public lands. Bettwy did not particularly enjoy the practice of law, but he loved
609:
141:
Because of Bettwy's widely recognized expertise and knowledge of
Arizona's public lands and because of his reputation for integrity and impartiality, Governor
419:
301:
and every inch of its territory, having traveled it many times over with his father. On vacations with his own family, Bettwy could not resist detours along
238:
Against his mother’s insistence that he stay in
Nogales to work on the family ranch after his graduation from Nogales High School in 1938, Bettwy joined the
149:
in 1970 to become the steward of
Arizona's trust lands. Although the position was a political appointment, Bettwy served for the next nine years under four
271:
485:
169:
Bettwy's greatest asset, his reputation for integrity. Despite the power of Bettwy's attackers, the only newspaper that agreed to assist them was the
232:
454:
308:
Bettwy and his wife Janice
Kathryn Kennerly had three children, all of whom became lawyers: Andrew Wilson Bettwy (1944–2011), Samuel Bettwy of
604:
599:
30:
569:
343:
who served in several public offices in Mexico, including the governor of Sonora and vice president of the republic with
President
146:
126:
251:
216:
195:
investigation which disproved all of the untruths and commended him for his exemplary management of Arizona's trust lands.
379:
594:
302:
275:
204:
150:
130:
246:. In his senior year (1943–44), he met his wife-to-be, Janice Kathryn Kennerly (1925–2000) (Janice's brother is
402:
279:
203:
Andrew Leo Bettwy was the son of Mary Bettwy née Maria Jesus Laura Chenoweth Escalante (County Recorder of
274:, and during the final three days of the war in Europe in May 1945, was officially "traded" to the German
247:
215:, and State Senator). Bettwy was born and raised on Pete Kitchen's Ranch in Nogales, attended college and
309:
243:
220:
208:
176:
142:
110:
98:
589:
584:
544:
228:
461:
332:
298:
283:
239:
171:
154:
479:
254:
where he served as an armored car commander in a reconnaissance squadron during the push from
494:("individual born abroad . . . from a Mexican mother who was born within national territory")
344:
313:
224:
212:
82:
43:
565:
Opinion Letters from Arizona Attorneys General to Andrew L. Bettwy, State Land Commissioner
184:
340:
250:, well-known Arizona politician and community leader). His studies were interrupted by
192:
578:
259:
162:
267:
263:
158:
270:. 1LT Bettwy participated in the liberation of the German concentration camp at
278:
as liaison officer to effect orderly surrenders. He was then dispatched to the
179:, had flattened its former publisher William Mathews during his anti-Roosevelt
422:. The Prescott Courier. Associated Press Phoenix. December 1, 1978. p. 33
105:
290:
403:
http://www.newspaperarchive.com/SiteMap/FreePdfPreview.aspx?img=113379054
180:
294:
532:
A Proposed Legislative Scheme to Solve the Mexican Immigration Problem
255:
527:
504:
380:"Andrew Bettwy Obituary (2004) - Phoenix, AZ - The Arizona Republic"
227:. He had one brother, William Frederick Bettwy (1918–2005) of
125:(May 31, 1920 – January 12, 2004), a Republican, served as
242:
and then received a four-year military scholarship to the
183:
speech at the 1936 Arizona State Democratic Convention in
187:. In response to the attacks that were published in the
492:
The Political Constitution of the Mexican United States
505:"Goodrich, Riquelme y Asociados | Law Firm of Lawyers"
440:
Star's longtime chief was feisty, arrogant, powerful,
289:
Bettwy then completed college and law school on the
305:and backroads, often unmaintained and treacherous.
104:
88:
69:
64:
41:
21:
570:2006 Report of the Arizona State Land Department
175:which had not forgotten that Bettwy's father,
8:
615:United States Army personnel of World War II
369:, vol. III, at 60 (Paul W. Pollack ed. 1981)
29:
18:
231:, the first commercial pilot to land at
359:
327:Bettwy was a Mexican citizen by birth (
16:Arizona government official (1920–2004)
484:: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
477:
286:in August 1945, when he was en route.
199:Family, education and military service
610:James E. Rogers College of Law alumni
409:, Casa Grande Dispatch, Nov. 18, 1978
7:
534:, 2 San Diego Int'l L.J. 93 (2001)
407:Land Commissioner to be Named Soon
367:American Biographical Encyclopedia
14:
528:https://ssrn.com/abstract=2545205
319:Bettwy died on December 1, 2004.
137:Career as State Land Commissioner
312:, and Maria Wolfinger Bettwy of
127:Arizona State Land Commissioner
509:Goodrich, Riquelme y Asociados
191:, Bettwy himself asked for an
1:
280:Pacific Theater of Operations
129:from 1970 to 1978 under four
605:University of Arizona alumni
600:People from Nogales, Arizona
420:"Bettwy Fired as Land Chief"
276:38th SS Division Nibelungen
631:
205:Santa Cruz County, Arizona
233:Washington Dulles Airport
116:
60:
49:
37:
28:
147:State Land Commissioner
248:Robert Wilson Kennerly
310:San Diego, California
244:University of Arizona
221:University of Arizona
209:Andrew Jackson Bettwy
177:Andrew Jackson Bettwy
143:Jack Richard Williams
111:University of Arizona
99:San Diego, California
229:Pine Bluff, Arkansas
207:, for 21 years) and
595:Arizona Republicans
347:from 1904 to 1911.
442:Arizona Daily Star
329:doble nacionalidad
172:Arizona Daily Star
155:Raul Hector Castro
42:Land Commissioner
545:"Maria Wolfinger"
284:Japan surrendered
252:the war in Europe
223:, and settled in
131:Arizona governors
123:Andrew Leo Bettwy
120:
119:
23:Andrew Leo Bettwy
622:
553:
552:
541:
535:
525:
519:
518:
516:
515:
501:
495:
489:
483:
475:
473:
472:
466:
460:. Archived from
459:
451:
445:
438:
432:
431:
429:
427:
416:
410:
400:
394:
393:
391:
390:
376:
370:
364:
323:Mexican ancestry
314:Phoenix, Arizona
225:Phoenix, Arizona
213:Nogales, Arizona
153:(Jack Williams,
95:
92:December 1, 2004
83:Nogales, Arizona
79:
77:
65:Personal details
54:
44:State of Arizona
33:
19:
630:
629:
625:
624:
623:
621:
620:
619:
575:
574:
561:
556:
543:
542:
538:
526:
522:
513:
511:
503:
502:
498:
476:
470:
468:
464:
457:
455:"Archived copy"
453:
452:
448:
439:
435:
425:
423:
418:
417:
413:
401:
397:
388:
386:
378:
377:
373:
365:
361:
357:
331:). His mother,
325:
201:
185:Tucson, Arizona
139:
97:
93:
81:
75:
73:
55:
50:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
628:
626:
618:
617:
612:
607:
602:
597:
592:
587:
577:
576:
573:
572:
567:
560:
559:External links
557:
555:
554:
536:
520:
496:
446:
433:
411:
395:
371:
358:
356:
353:
324:
321:
262:, earning two
200:
197:
193:Arizona Senate
145:appointed him
138:
135:
118:
117:
114:
113:
108:
102:
101:
96:(aged 84)
90:
86:
85:
71:
67:
66:
62:
61:
58:
57:
47:
46:
39:
38:
35:
34:
26:
25:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
627:
616:
613:
611:
608:
606:
603:
601:
598:
596:
593:
591:
588:
586:
583:
582:
580:
571:
568:
566:
563:
562:
558:
550:
546:
540:
537:
533:
529:
524:
521:
510:
506:
500:
497:
493:
487:
481:
467:on 2015-02-18
463:
456:
450:
447:
443:
437:
434:
421:
415:
412:
408:
404:
399:
396:
385:
381:
375:
372:
368:
363:
360:
354:
352:
348:
346:
345:Porfirio Díaz
342:
337:
334:
330:
322:
320:
317:
315:
311:
306:
304:
300:
297:and knew its
296:
292:
287:
285:
281:
277:
273:
269:
265:
261:
260:Berchtesgaden
257:
253:
249:
245:
241:
236:
234:
230:
226:
222:
218:
214:
210:
206:
198:
196:
194:
190:
186:
182:
178:
174:
173:
166:
164:
163:Bruce Babbitt
160:
156:
152:
148:
144:
136:
134:
132:
128:
124:
115:
112:
109:
107:
103:
100:
91:
87:
84:
72:
68:
63:
59:
53:
48:
45:
40:
36:
32:
27:
20:
549:www.avvo.com
548:
539:
531:
523:
512:. Retrieved
508:
499:
491:
469:. Retrieved
462:the original
449:
441:
436:
424:. Retrieved
414:
406:
398:
387:. Retrieved
383:
374:
366:
362:
349:
341:Ramón Corral
335:
328:
326:
318:
307:
303:old highways
288:
268:Purple Heart
264:battle stars
237:
202:
188:
170:
167:
159:Wesley Bolin
140:
122:
121:
94:(2004-12-01)
80:May 31, 1920
51:
590:2004 deaths
585:1920 births
333:Mary Bettwy
579:Categories
514:2024-04-10
471:2011-08-09
389:2024-05-13
384:Legacy.com
355:References
217:law school
211:(Mayor of
106:Alma mater
76:1920-05-31
291:G.I. Bill
272:Landsberg
240:U.S. Army
151:governors
56:1970–1978
52:In office
480:cite web
426:June 10,
181:New Deal
299:history
295:Arizona
219:at the
282:, but
266:and a
256:Calais
465:(PDF)
458:(PDF)
486:link
428:2024
189:Star
161:and
89:Died
70:Born
336:née
258:to
581::
547:.
530:|
507:.
490:|
482:}}
478:{{
405:|
382:.
316:.
235:.
157:,
133:.
551:.
517:.
488:)
474:.
430:.
392:.
78:)
74:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
