Texas businessman Joe Batson is involved in diverse charitable activities that reflect nearly half a century of involvement in oil and gas development, ranching, media production, and politics. One of his longstanding affiliations is with the Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation, which he helped found in the 1960s. The foundation established the Pioneer Amphitheater in Palo Duro Canyon as the annual venue for TEXAS, the Official Play of the State of Texas. Batson’s volunteer involvement also...