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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The death of Edd Kellum Hendee on February 13, 2010, |
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at the age of 33, brought a great loss to his family and friends in |
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Houston and beyond; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Dallas on February 19, 1976, to Edd and Nina |
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Hendee, Edd Hendee grew up in Houston, where his father is a |
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well-known radio talk show host and the owner of the Taste of Texas |
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restaurant; the younger Mr. Hendee attended the Second Baptist |
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School in Houston and the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey; he |
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suffered a severe leg injury as a young man and was initially denied |
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acceptance to the United States Naval Academy, but through his |
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tireless efforts, he made a full recovery and went on to graduate |
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from the academy in 1999; and |
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WHEREAS, Continuing his education, he earned a master's |
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degree in English from George Mason University in Virginia and then |
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served five years in the U.S. Navy; a lieutenant on the USS Denver |
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during Operation Enduring Freedom, he led boarding teams onto |
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foreign vessels in search of Al Qaeda; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Hendee subsequently received an MBA from Harvard |
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University and joined the Starwood Capital Group in Greenwich, |
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Connecticut, in 2006; he quickly rose to the position of vice |
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president of acquisitions, presiding over what was thought to be |
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the largest initial public offering of its day and one of the |
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largest real estate investment trusts in U.S. history; and |
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WHEREAS, In all of his endeavors, Mr. Hendee enjoyed the love |
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and support of his wife, Claudine Moore Hendee, and their three |
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children, Campbell, Hudson, and Reagan; and |
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WHEREAS, A man of great spiritual strength, intellect, and |
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humor, Edd Hendee excelled in each new challenge he took on, whether |
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engaging in a complex business transaction or an Iron Man |
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triathlon; though his life was rich in accomplishments, he |
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considered his family to be his greatest achievement, and his |
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legacy lives on in the loved ones he leaves behind; now, therefore, |
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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 Edd Kellum Hendee |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Claudine Moore Hendee; to his children, Campbell, Hudson, and |
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Reagan Hendee; to his parents, Edd Campbell Hendee and Nina Johnson |
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Hendee; to his sisters, Lisa Hendee Blackard and Kristin Hendee |
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Blackford; to his in-laws, Norma Jean Moore, Gary Lee Moore, Gena |
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Moore Rush, Gabriella Lee Moore, Chris Kirkland Blackard, Corbin |
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Blackford, and David Rush; 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 Edd Kellum |
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Hendee. |