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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The city of Houston lost an admired business leader |
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with the passing of Lee Price Moncrief on July 27, 2008, at the age |
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of 57; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Rosemary Drennan and George Price |
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Moncrief, Lee Moncrief was born on July 12, 1951, in Colorado City, |
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Texas; he spent much of his childhood in the southern part of the |
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state, but his father's work as a petroleum engineer also took the |
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family to Tyler and to McComb, Mississippi, during Lee's youth; he |
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graduated from McAllen High School in 1969 and then studied at Texas |
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A&M University before earning a degree in business from The |
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University of Texas at Austin in 1974; and |
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WHEREAS, Moving to Houston in the mid-1970s, he embarked on a |
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successful career in the energy industry that spanned 33 years; |
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specializing in the areas of finance, investment banking, and asset |
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management, he ultimately helped found Moncrief Willingham Energy |
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Advisors in 1999; in addition, he served as the investment manager |
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of HedgeEnergy and was a member of the Independent Petroleum |
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Association of America for 20 years; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Moncrief was joined in matrimony to Nancy |
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Eversole in 1976, beginning their 32 years together; Mr. Moncrief |
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was deeply devoted to his family, which came to include four sons, |
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Lee, Logan, Matthew, and Andrew, and he took great delight in the |
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many activities they shared together; and |
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WHEREAS, Possessing an enduring love of the ocean, Mr. |
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Moncrief was an avid sailor who held a 100-ton captain's license and |
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piloted his boat, Regency, to a variety of destinations, including |
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ports of call in New England, Florida, and the Caribbean; his |
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interest in nautical endeavors was recognized with his commission |
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as an admiral in the Texas Navy; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Moncrief further indulged his enjoyment of the |
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outdoors through his hobbies of fishing, rafting, camping, hiking, |
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and golf; he also relished the opportunities he had to travel |
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throughout the United States and to visit foreign countries; and |
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WHEREAS, This respected and influential Texan was active in a |
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variety of organizations; a strong supporter of the Boy Scouts of |
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America, he served as scoutmaster and committee chair of Troop 55 |
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and as a member of the board of directors of the Sam Houston Area |
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Council; his involvement with The University of Texas included |
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membership in the Hermes Society of the McCombs School of Business, |
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the Longfellow Society, the UT Golf Club, Texas Exes, and the |
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executive committee of the Chancellor's Council; moreover, he |
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belonged to the Roaring Fork Club, the Lakewood Yacht Club, and the |
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Houston City Club; and |
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WHEREAS, Although his time on this earth ended far too soon, |
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Lee Moncrief lived a caring and purposeful life that balanced |
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professional success with an abiding commitment to his loved ones, |
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and his achievements will long be treasured by those who had the |
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good fortune to know him; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Lee Price Moncrief and |
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extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Nancy; to his sons, Lee Price Moncrief, Jr., and his wife, Brooke, |
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Logan Anderson Moncrief, Matthew Henry Hunter Moncrief, and Andrew |
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Sharp Moncrief; to his sister, Marcia Moncrief Goodless, and her |
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husband, Michael; to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Henry W. Eversole; to |
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his brother-in-law, Henry W. Eversole, Jr., and his wife, Merry |
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Jane; to his sister-in-law, Lona Eversole Forester; to his uncle, |
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Joseph Moncrief, and his wife, Bette; and to his other relatives and |
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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 Lee Price |
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Moncrief. |