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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever cherish their |
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memories of Wayne E. Glenn of Houston, who passed away on February |
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10, 2009, at the age of 93; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Fort Worth, Mr. Glenn was born on |
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November 3, 1915; he attended The University of Texas at Arlington |
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and graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1940 with a degree |
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in petroleum engineering; as a student, he met Barbara Ellen |
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Gamble, with whom he shared a loving marriage of 67 years; and |
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WHEREAS, Serving his country in World War II, Mr. Glenn |
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trained troops in East Texas, and his unit won the Best Company |
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Award for the Texas-Oklahoma Region; in 1942, he joined the Army |
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Secret Service to work undercover as an engineer at the Dow Plant in |
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Freeport; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Glenn began his successful career in the oil |
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industry in 1940, when he was hired by Continental Oil Company as a |
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field roustabout; he later joined Conoco, where he was part of a |
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team that transformed the company from a regional independent to a |
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major international oil corporation; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1977, he retired from Conoco as vice chair of the |
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board of directors in charge of worldwide exploration, production, |
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and mineral development; he went on to establish Wayne E. Glenn & |
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Associates, an independent oil and gas company; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Glenn earned a reputation as a leader and an |
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innovator in his field, and in the mid-1960s he convened a |
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conference of oil industry engineers that is known today as the |
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Offshore Technology Conference; moreover, his research team at |
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Conoco designed and patented the first tension-leg, deep-water |
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drilling and production platform, now used throughout the world; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout his career, this notable Texan worked |
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tirelessly on behalf of industry associations, and he served as |
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president of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the American |
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Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers and as |
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director of the American Petroleum Institute, the Mid-Continent Oil |
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and Gas Association, and the Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas |
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Association; and |
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WHEREAS, His professional community honored him with |
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numerous awards, including the 2002 AIME Distinguished Service |
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Award, the 1972 SPE DeGolyer Distinguished Service Medal, and the |
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1973 Chief Roughneck Award from the Independent Petroleum |
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Association of America; he was also the first recipient of the |
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Distinguished Service Award granted by the Petroleum Society of the |
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Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, and the |
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John Rogers Award from the Southwestern Legal Foundation; and |
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WHEREAS, Maintaining a connection with the schools he |
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attended, Mr. Glenn received multiple Distinguished Alumni Awards |
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from The University of Texas at Arlington and the University of |
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Oklahoma; recognizing the value of education, he attended the |
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Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program in 1957, and he |
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was also awarded an honorary Ph.D. from the Montana School of Mines; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Although Wayne Glenn is deeply missed, the memory of |
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his enthusiasm and passion for life, his work ethic, and his |
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devotion to his family remains to comfort and inspire those who knew |
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him well; 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 Wayne E. Glenn and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Barbara Glenn; to his daughter, Ellen G. Golden and her husband, |
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Paul; to his sons, Carvel Wayne Glenn and his partner, Randall, and |
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Lawrence E. Glenn and his wife, Louise; to his grandchildren, Laura |
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and Catherine Golden, Dr. Elizabeth Sweeney and her husband, Jon, |
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and Travis and Peter Glenn; and to his other relatives and friends; |
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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 Wayne |
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Glenn. |
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Woolley |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1150 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on April 16, 2009. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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