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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, A full and accomplished life came to an end on March |
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12, 2007, with the passing of Bruce B. Cloud of San Antonio; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Thomas, Oklahoma, on February 15, 1920, Mr. |
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Cloud graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in civil |
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engineering and served his country during World War II as a member |
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of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, where he was promoted to the |
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rank of lieutenant colonel; and |
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WHEREAS, A 70-year veteran of the construction industry, Mr. |
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Cloud enjoyed a highly successful career, including nearly a decade |
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of employment with his father's business, Dudley R. Cloud & Son |
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Construction; for more than 50 years, he worked for the H. B. Zachry |
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Company, beginning as a field engineer and eventually holding the |
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position of president and vice chair; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Cloud had a long history of sharing his |
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expertise and leadership with his professional community; a |
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longtime member and former president of the American Concrete |
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Paving Association, he served on the boards of the Texas State |
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Technological College Foundation and the Texas Engineering |
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Extension Service; in addition, he was a life member of the |
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Associated General Contractors of Texas, serving the organization |
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on the state level as president and on the national level as a |
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longtime committee chair; he earned the title of National |
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Outstanding Committee Chairman in 1997; and |
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WHEREAS, Equally devoted to his family, Mr. Cloud enjoyed 61 |
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happy years with his beloved wife, the late Virginia Dugan Cloud, |
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and they were blessed with five children; and |
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WHEREAS, Bruce Cloud built a life that was remarkably rich in |
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family and achievements, and he leaves behind a legacy of integrity |
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and generosity that will be forever treasured by those who shared in |
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his love and friendship; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 80th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby pay tribute to the life of Bruce B. Cloud and extend sympathy |
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to the members of his family: to his children, Sheila Marie Cloud |
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Kiselis, Karen Susan Cloud, Bruce Benjamin Cloud, Jr., and his |
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wife, Vicky, Deborah Ann Cloud McKenzie, and Ginna Cloud Treadwell |
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and her husband, Fred; to his grandchildren, Tim Kiselis, Becky |
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Padilla, Guy Padilla, M'Lyssa Cloud, Jacob Cloud, Tammy Mixon, and |
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Katelyn Treadwell; to his great-grandchildren, Tatum, Hannah, |
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Zach, Cory, and Destany; to his sisters, Bobbi Puck and her husband, |
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Armin, and Peggy East and her husband, Rod; to his nephew and niece, |
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David and Patricia; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of |
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Bruce B. Cloud. |