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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Words cannot diminish the pain of a young life ended |
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too soon, and it is with great sadness that we join the family and |
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friends of Philip Abraham Mahl in mourning his passing on February |
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24, 2007, at the age of 26; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on December 5, 1980, in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, |
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Mexico, Philip Mahl moved to Del Rio with his family in 1983; he |
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attended the Little Schoolhouse, North Heights Elementary School, |
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and was a member of the Del Rio High School Class of 1999; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Mahl, a multicultural Texan fluent in Spanish, |
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English, and French, lived in Costa Rica for a year as a participant |
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in Rotary International's Youth Exchange Program; returning home in |
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the summer of 2000, he served as a legislative page with the Texas |
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House of Representatives; and |
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WHEREAS, Philip Mahl established an impressive career in the |
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culinary arts that began in Austin, with his affiliation with Siena |
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Ristorante Toscano; in 2001, he traveled to Lyon, France, to attend |
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L'Institut Paul Bocuse, Hôtellerie et Arts Culinaires, graduating |
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in 2003 with a degree in culinary arts and restaurant management; |
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that same year, he was part of the Bocuse d'Or, an international |
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culinary competition in which he assisted the USA team; this |
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talented, high-energy individual earned respect for his work in |
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historic, prestigious kitchens both at home and abroad, including |
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restaurants located in Paris and Vienne, France; Boston, |
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Massachusetts; McLean, Virginia; and New York City and East |
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Hampton, New York; and |
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WHEREAS, Although deeply saddened by his death, his loved |
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ones may take some comfort in the many happy times spent in his |
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company and treasure their memories of this accomplished young man; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Philip Abraham Mahl |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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mother, Ramona Mahl; to his father, Jeffrey Steven Mahl; to his |
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sisters, Tula Quetzal Mahl and Ethiopia Seyfu Sisay; to his |
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maternal grandmother, Ma del Socorro Mancha Molinar; to his |
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paternal grandfather, Charles Zingman; and to his other relatives |
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and many 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 adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Philip |
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Abraham Mahl. |