History scholar Felix D. Almaráz Jr. relished research and new discoveries on the complex heritage of San Antonio and South Texas.
Professor Felix Almaraz, who has appeared in several historical re-enactments, taught for 50 years, most of that time at UTSA, and has been described as a “publishing dynamo.”on the history of San Antonio and South Texas borderlands — was known for his deep voice and gentle manner.
“Dr. Felix Almaraz — a professor and a trail blazer in local history has passed away. May he soar with the angels and rest in peace,” Bexar Heritage Outreach Manager Mari Tamez posted on Facebook Thursday morning.Almaráz, a longtime professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he taught from 1973 to 2011, focused his research on the Texas borderlands and the influences of Spanish culture on the Lone Star State.
He often participated in historical re-enactments, playing the role of a missionary or a Spanish royal officer. For San Antonio’s 300th anniversary in 2018, Almaráz portrayed Father Antonio de San Buenaventura y Olivarez in commemoration of the founding of the first mission site, Mission San Antonio de Valero, on May 1, 1718.
Almaráz helped with a local nine-year community campaign to have the San Antonio Missions, including the Alamo, inscribed as the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in Texas in 2015, said Sharon Skrobarcek, a friend and history scholar who serves on the county historical commission.
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