Hugh Roy Cullen gave a luncheon at his Houston mansion on Dec. 7, 1949 for Gen. Dwight Eisenhower. Taking the war hero aside, the Texas oilman echoed the sentiments of most Americans by urging Ike to run for president in 1952.Self-taught prospector with a knack for squeezing black gold out of abandoned fields. Political maverick who fought the New Deal and broke with the Democratic Party...