SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 42





In Memory



of



Vaughan Benjamin Meyer





	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the citizens

of San Antonio in mourning the loss of noted philanthropist and 

businessman Vaughan Benjamin Meyer, who died recently at the age 

of 84; and



	WHEREAS, Born in Eagle Pass on December 13, 1920, to 

Genevieve Curtis Vaughan Meyer and Otto Charles Meyer,

Vaughan Benjamin Meyer attended school in Eagle Pass and spent 

summers on the family ranch in Mexico; and



	WHEREAS, He graduated from Rice University with a degree 

in mechanical engineering in 1941 and began graduate studies at 

California Institute of Technology; he joined the Navy during 

World War II and became a specialist in military weaponry; and



	WHEREAS, In 1946, Vaughan moved to San Antonio and began a 

successful career in the lumber industry, branching out later 

into land development and home building; he sold his last 

business in 2000 after having developed some 1,000 properties 

in Eagle Pass; and



	WHEREAS, Throughout his lifetime, Vaughan Meyer was active 

in numerous charitable causes, foundations, and educational 

institutions; he was a founding member of the board of governors 

of the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research and joined 

other family members in endowing three chairs at the Baylor 

College of Medicine; he also provided initial funding for a 

professorship in professional ethics at Saint Mary's University;

and



	WHEREAS, He was a member of the governing board of the 

Argyle Club for 45 years and served as its president for five 

terms; he was a director of the Witte Museum, the San Antonio 

Museum of Art, and the Sunshine Cottage School for Deaf Children, 

and he served several terms as chairman of development and 

president of the board of directors of Saint Mary's Hall and 

co-authored a history of the institution; and



	WHEREAS, A highly esteemed resident of San Antonio, 

Vaughan Meyer was well known in the community for his generosity 

and service to others; he loved his dogs, and he enjoyed swimming,

reading, traveling, and the pursuit of genealogy; and



	WHEREAS, Vaughan Meyer was a devoted husband, father, and 

grandfather, and he leaves behind memories that will be treasured 

forever by his family and many friends; now, therefore, be it



	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,

79th Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby extend sincere 

condolences to the bereaved family of Vaughan Benjamin Meyer:  his

wife, Anne de Rossette Orrison Meyer; his daughters and son-in-law,

Beverly Vaughan Meyer and Catherine Howard Meyer Lange and her 

husband, Rich; and his grandson, Casey Abbott Lange; and, be it 

further



	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared 

for his family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the

Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it

do so in memory of Vaughan Benjamin Meyer.

                                                                       Wentworth









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    President of the Senate

 

    I hereby certify that the 

above Resolution was adopted by 

the Senate on August 4, 2005, by a 

rising vote.







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    Secretary of the Senate







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     Member, Texas Senate