Gus Sessions Wortham

Gus Sessions Wortham (February 18, 1891 – September 1, 1976), was a businessman and civic leader in Houston, Texas.

Biography He was born on February 18, 1891, in Mexia, Texas, to John Lee Wortham and Fannie Sessions. He moved with his father to Houston and opened John L. Wortham and Son, an insurance agency. Eleven years later he founded the American General Insurance Company with Jesse H. Jones, James A. Elkins, and John W. Link. American General was acquired by American International Group on August 29, 2001.

Wortham's daughter Diana Wortham is a philanthropist who contributed to Pack Place in Asheville, North Carolina, where the Diana Wortham Theatre is named for her.

He died on September 1, 1976.

The family home, the Wortham House, was donated by the Wortham Foundation on behalf of Lyndall Wortham to the University of Houston as a residence for the university's system chancellor who, by contract, must reside in the Wortham House during their tenure.