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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and |
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meaningful accomplishments remain to comfort the family and friends |
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of Mundy Ingalls Peale, Jr., of Lake Kiowa, who passed away on July |
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8, 2009, at the age of 74; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Evansville, Illinois, on August 23, 1934, |
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Mundy Peale was a 1956 graduate of Princeton University, where he |
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majored in economics and received the prestigious Triade Trophy, |
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the highest honor in Ivy League wrestling; he went on to earn a |
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degree from the Harvard Business School in 1961 and also served in |
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the United States Air Force as a pilot and radar intercept officer; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Peale married the former Pat Crawford in 1957, |
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and the couple enjoyed a rewarding union that continued for 51 |
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years; they were blessed with three children, Mundy, Lalon, and |
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Danielle, and with the passing years their family grew to include |
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seven grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, This respected business executive began his career |
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with the Ford Motor Company in 1961 as a cost analyst, and during |
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his tenure with the company he held several supervisory positions |
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and worked in locations around the globe; in 1979, he became the |
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vice president and controller for the Rockwell International |
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Electronics Operations and Avionics & Missiles Group, and he later |
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was vice president of corporate finance for the company's central |
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region; after serving as the chief financial officer for Marlow |
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Industries from 1993 to 1996, he helped create the company United |
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Space Alliance, which partnered with NASA in carrying out manned |
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space operations; he held the title of chief financial officer at |
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the time of his retirement in 1998; and |
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WHEREAS, Though he made his home in a variety of locations as |
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a result of his career, Mr. Peale was always involved in community |
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affairs; a member of Rotary International and a supporter of the Boy |
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Scouts of America, he also played an active role in the churches he |
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attended, helping with financial matters, teaching Sunday school, |
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and assisting building committees; in his leisure time, he loved to |
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golf, play tennis, and travel, and he took great satisfaction in |
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devoting himself to his family; and |
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WHEREAS, Honorable, humble, and widely admired, Mundy Peale |
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lived a caring and purposeful life, and he will forever be |
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remembered with great affection by those who were privileged to |
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share in his love and friendship; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Mundy Ingalls |
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Peale, Jr., and extend sincere condolences to the members of his |
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family: to his wife, Pat; to his children, Mundy Ingalls Peale III, |
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Lalon Crawford Peale, and Danielle Peale Rook; to his |
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grandchildren, Mundy Peale IV, Jon Peale, Hannah Rook, Hunter Rook, |
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Hayden Rook, Holden Rook, and Julia Peale; to his sisters, Sandra |
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Farwell Eike and Betsey Peale Hardman; and to his other relatives |
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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 adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Mundy |
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Ingalls Peale, Jr. |