79S30749 JNC-D

By:  McReynolds                                                   H.R. No. 268



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyous moments and 
meaningful accomplishments may comfort the family and friends of 
Arthur Temple, Jr., who passed away on April 12, 2006; and
	WHEREAS, Born April 8, 1920, in Texarkana, Arkansas, 
Mr. Temple attended The University of Texas at Austin and served 
his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Temple is considered to be one of the most 
influential East Texans of the century; beginning his remarkable 
business career as a bookkeeper with his grandfather's sawmill, 
Southern Pine Lumber Company, he was made executive vice president 
and general manager in 1948, and soon implemented changes that 
would shape not only the business, but also the future of his 
community; and
	WHEREAS, After the passing of his father in 1951, Mr. Temple 
became president of the company; during his 22 years of leadership, 
he helped to modernize the timber industry in East Texas, selling 
particleboard and fiberboard from sawmill waste and milling and 
selling plywood; and
	WHEREAS, In 1973, the business, then known as Temple 
Industries, merged with Time, Inc.; serving as group vice president 
and member of the board, Mr. Temple was instrumental in a major 
restructuring that resulted in the reconsolidation of forest 
products, paper, packaging, and financial services into 
Temple-Inland, a new company that eventually made it to Wall 
Street; he went on to hold the position of chairman from 1984 to 
1991, and chairman emeritus for the following few years; and
	WHEREAS, This celebrated and innovative businessman will 
also be remembered as a generous philanthropist who did much for the 
sick, the working class, and the underserved; and
	WHEREAS, A cofounder of the Hospice of the Pines, Mr. Temple 
served on the boards of the Salvation Army and the Humane Society; 
he insisted on higher wages and better housing conditions for his 
employees, and as organizer and chairman of the board of the T. L. 
L. Temple Foundation, he oversaw a host of beneficial projects, 
including the building of libraries, schools, and other community 
facilities, and provided support for the Texas Book Festival and 
the Blanton Museum of Art; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Temple was similarly dedicated to the 
preservation of the precious resources of our state; his tremendous 
success in business was built on progressive timber conservation 
and management practices, and the stature of this Texas giant was 
akin to the soaring pines of the Big Thicket National Preserve, an 
ecological treasure he fought to create; and
	WHEREAS, Higher education was another of his many passions; a 
proud supporter of Stephen F. Austin's College of Forestry, which 
bears his name, he hired many of its graduates and had said on 
several occasions that he considered it to be the best of its kind 
in the nation; in addition to his work with SFA, Mr. Temple served 
on the Texas State Board of Education, was a regent at Lamar 
University, and a trustee for Duke University; and
	WHEREAS, Few individuals have had such a profound and lasting 
impact on their communities as Arthur Temple, Jr., and although he 
will be greatly missed by many, his contributions and benevolent 
deeds will long live in the hearts of those who knew this 
compassionate, visionary man; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of 
Arthur Temple, Jr., and extend deepest sympathy to the members of 
his family: to his wife, Ann Shands Temple; to his son, Arthur 
"Buddy" Temple III, and his wife, Ellen; to his daughter, 
Charlotte; to his stepsons, David Wimp and Jay Shands and his wife, 
Susie; to his stepdaughter, Becky Getter, and her husband, Kerry; 
to his grandchildren, William "Spence" Spencer, Christopher 
Spencer, Arthur Spencer, Katherine Zelanzny, Whitney Temple Grace, 
John C. Hurst, Jr., Hannah Temple, and Susie Temple Duquette; to his 
step-grandchildren, Rob Shands, Annie Brown, Richie Getter, Hill 
Shands, and Matt Shands; to his great-grandchildren, Lilly and 
Walter Duquette, Maggie Grace, Mary Ellen Sanders, Sam and Sarah 
Spencer, Charlotte and Anna Spencer, and Tyler and Thomas Spencer; 
to his sister, Ann Allen; to his brother-in-law, Bill Mayo; and to 
his other relatives and many friends; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of 
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Arthur 
Temple, Jr.