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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 447
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In Memory |
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Mundy Ingalls Peale, Jr. |
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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 |
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friends of Mundy Ingalls Peale, Jr., of Lake Kiowa, who passed |
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away on July 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 |
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in the United States Air Force as a pilot and radar intercept |
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officer; 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 |
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career with the Ford Motor Company in 1961 as a cost analyst, and |
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during his tenure with the company he held several supervisory |
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positions and worked in locations around the globe; in 1979, he |
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became the vice president and controller for the Rockwell |
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International Electronics Operations and Avionics and Missiles |
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Group, and he later was vice president of corporate finance for |
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the company's central region; after serving as the chief |
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financial officer for Marlow Industries from 1993 to 1996, he |
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helped create the company United Space Alliance, which partnered |
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with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in |
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carrying out manned space operations; he held the title of chief |
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financial officer at the time of his retirement in 1998; and |
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WHEREAS, Though he made his home in a variety of locations |
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as a result of his career, Mr. Peale was always involved in |
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community affairs; a member of Rotary International and a |
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supporter of the Boy Scouts of America, he also played an active |
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role in the churches he attended, helping with financial matters, |
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teaching Sunday school, and assisting building committees; in |
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his leisure time, he loved to golf, play tennis, and travel, and |
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he took great satisfaction in devoting himself to his family; and |
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WHEREAS, Honorable, humble, and widely admired, Mundy |
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Peale 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 Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd |
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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 |
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III, Lalon Crawford Peale, and Danielle Peale Rook; to his |
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grandchildren, Mundy Peale IV, Jon Peale, Hannah Rook, Hunter |
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Rook, Hayden Rook, Holden Rook, and Julia Peale; to his sisters, |
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Sandra Farwell Eike and Betsey Peale Hardman; and to his other |
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relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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his family, and that when the Texas Senate adjourns this day, it |
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do so in memory of Mundy Ingalls Peale, Jr. |
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Estes |
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________________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on March 17, 2011, by a |
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rising vote. |
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________________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |