H.R. No. 708
R E S O L U T I O N
1-1 WHEREAS, On May 13, 1915, Richard Louis Randolph first
1-2 entered this world, and the members of this chamber would like to
1-3 congratulate him on the anniversary of this occasion, since it was
1-4 through no fault of his own that this significant event occurred in
1-5 Kingsburg, California; and
1-6 WHEREAS, Although a native Californian, Richard L. Randolph
1-7 retains considerable ties to the Lone Star State that include a
1-8 maternal relative among the defenders of the Alamo and, after the
1-9 War Between the States, the migration of his maternal grandparents
1-10 from a plantation in the Deep South to a cattle ranch in Fannin
1-11 County, where the community of Randolph, Texas, stands today as
1-12 testament to the family's deep roots in the Blackland Prairie; and
1-13 WHEREAS, Fannin County was the site of the marriage of his
1-14 maternal grandparents, Lewis W. Lindley and Adelaide Corzine, in
1-15 1879, and the birthplace of his mother, Lucy Ann Lindley; and
1-16 WHEREAS, Richard L. Randolph began an illustrious 27-year
1-17 military career by joining the Army Air Corps Flying Cadet program
1-18 in 1939, and upon being stationed at Randolph Field and Kelly Field
1-19 in San Antonio, during which period, with an avid love of flying,
1-20 he spent weekends with like-minded officers practicing aerobatics
1-21 and dog-fighting and acquainting himself with most Texas towns
1-22 where a plane could land, he developed a deep appreciation for the
1-23 beauty and character of the state; and
2-1 WHEREAS, Richard L. Randolph's military career continued on
2-2 to include action in the Pacific Theater with the 462nd Bomb Group
2-3 as a B-29 pilot, where he was highly decorated in receiving three
2-4 Distinguished Flying Cross medals, the Award of the Air Medal with
2-5 Seven Oak-Leaf Clusters, and the Bronze Star, and flew well over
2-6 100 missions against the enemy, finishing his tour as deputy
2-7 commander of the group, having attained the rank of lieutenant
2-8 colonel at the earliest age in Army Air Corps history; and
2-9 WHEREAS, After World War II, Richard L. Randolph served in
2-10 Korea, where he received the Legion of Merit, and later earned an
2-11 A.B. in physics, established the Radiological Defense School in
2-12 Sandia Base, New Mexico, served as assistant for atomic energy in
2-13 the Pentagon, earned a master's degree in personnel management,
2-14 served as executive assistant to the chief of staff, U.S. Air
2-15 Force, and as director of air training of NATO forces for the
2-16 supreme commander of Allied Forces in Europe, and retired with the
2-17 rank of colonel at Lowrey Air Force Base in Colorado; and
2-18 WHEREAS, Since his retirement from the Air Force, Richard L.
2-19 Randolph has distinguished himself as an international businessman
2-20 as president of the World Security Fund, as founder and president
2-21 of Microgravity Research Associates, Inc., a high-technology
2-22 company organized to produce crystal materials in space, and as a
2-23 scientist with two patents and a third pending, and has authored
2-24 scientific articles and presented papers at national science and
2-25 space seminars, participated with major aerospace firms in
3-1 developing plans for the U.S. Space Station, and since 1989 has
3-2 served as a member of NASA's Commercial Space Station Planning
3-3 Team; and
3-4 WHEREAS, Richard L. Randolph has been an avid fisherman and
3-5 hunter throughout Texas during his adult life, and he has provided
3-6 significant economic development in Texas as well as providing a
3-7 unilateral wildlife management program through conservationist
3-8 shooting techniques to ensure that an abundance of game is left to
3-9 survive and multiply in its natural habitat; and
3-10 WHEREAS, Richard L. Randolph has served with distinction in
3-11 the defense of our nation, has furthered the interests of commerce
3-12 and science, is a devoted husband and father, and is an outdoorsman
3-13 with a love and respect for nature's bounty, thus embodying the
3-14 highest principles that Texans hold near and dear; now, therefore,
3-15 be it
3-16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 73rd Texas
3-17 Legislature hereby congratulate Richard L. Randolph on his birthday
3-18 and pay tribute and honor him for his lifetime of distinguished
3-19 service and achievement and convey its highest esteem to him and
3-20 his family: to his wife, Miriam, to his son, Ian Michael, a Texas
3-21 resident, and to the other members of his family, and that he be
3-22 declared to be an Honorary Texan; and, be it further
3-23 RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared
3-24 for him and the members of his family.
3-25 RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared
4-1 for him and the members of his family.
4-2 Cain
4-3 H.R. No. 708
4-4 _______________________________
4-5 Speaker of the House
4-6 I certify that H.R. No. 708 was adopted by the House on May
4-7 13, 1993, by a non-record vote.
4-8 _______________________________
4-9 Chief Clerk of the House