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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life came to a close with the |
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passing of Dean Vincent Grossnickle on May 3, 2007, at the age of |
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91; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Kansas on August 22, 1915, Mr. Grossnickle |
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attended Mission High School, where he excelled in academics and on |
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the school's football team, earning the nickname of "Mission Flash" |
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for his skills as a quarterback; he furthered his education at The |
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University of Texas at Austin while working at the campus library to |
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pay his tuition and graduated with highest honors in accounting; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Grossnickle began his professional career with |
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the Internal Revenue Service in San Antonio; it was there that he |
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met the love of his life, Mary Louise McAnneny, whom he married in |
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1941; the couple would eventually be blessed with two children as |
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well as five grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Answering his country's call to serve, |
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Mr. Grossnickle enlisted in the U.S. Navy and attended Officers |
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Training School at Harvard University; his tour of duty during |
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World War II took him to the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, and he |
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earned the rank of captain; and |
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WHEREAS, After the war, Mr. Grossnickle returned to civilian |
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life and settled in Dallas, where he worked as a C.P.A. for Arthur |
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Anderson and earned a degree from the Southern Methodist University |
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School of Law; his legal career began in the tax department of |
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Dresser Industries, a position that afforded him opportunities for |
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world travel, and he later served as a partner with Peat, Marwick, |
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and Mitchell law firm, from which he retired; he later returned to |
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work as an attorney for the firm of Raggio & Raggio; and |
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WHEREAS, A lifelong member of Lovers Lane United Methodist |
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Church, Mr. Grossnickle spent his later years in Paris and in |
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Dallas, and he and his wife enjoyed boating, fishing, and golf; and |
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WHEREAS, Dean Grossnickle will long be remembered for his wit |
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and charm, as well as for his honesty and generosity, and he leaves |
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behind a legacy that will be forever treasured by those who held him |
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dear; 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 Dean Vincent Grossnickle and |
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extend sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife of 65 |
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years, Mary Lou Grossnickle; to his children, Carol Lee |
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Collinsworth and Dr. Richard Grossnickle and his wife, Lisa; to his |
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grandchildren, Allison Lee and Jason Dean Collinsworth and Emily |
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Ann, Dixon Beck, and Lucas Dean Grossnickle; and to his other |
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relatives and friends; and, be 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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Dean Vincent Grossnickle. |