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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A 50th wedding anniversary marks a lifetime of |
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mutual devotion and shared experiences, and Herb and Catherine |
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Legate of Houston celebrated this joyous milestone in their |
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marriage on February 16, 2013; and |
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WHEREAS, Howard Henry Legate, Jr., and Catherine Cook |
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Hammerich were joined in matrimony in 1963 at a ceremony held in |
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Houston at the home of the bride's mother, and they have been |
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blessed with a loving family of two children, Bryan Dudley Legate |
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and Laura Lorraine Legate Jageman, and two grandchildren, Rachel |
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Lorraine Jageman and Nancy Catherine Jageman; and |
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WHEREAS, Catherine Legate grew up in Dallas and Houston, |
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received a BA in history and English from Baylor University in 1957 |
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and an MA in English as a Peabody Fellow from Vanderbilt University |
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in 1959, taught for one year in a Houston elementary school, served |
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in her family's business, Meinhard Galleries of Houston, as art |
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conservator, gallery director, and co-owner for 20 years, and |
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volunteered for 15 years with the Blue Bird Circle charity in |
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Houston; and |
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WHEREAS, Herb Legate was born on a West Texas ranch, was |
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raised in San Antonio and Waco, graduated from Baylor University |
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with degrees in geology and journalism, spent a year as a geologist |
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with Great Basins Petroleum Company in Denver, served in the |
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U.S. Air Force as a B-47 bomber pilot and retired as a captain; |
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Mr. Legate was subsequently associated for many years with the |
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R. B. Wilbur Company, a Texas manufacturers' representative firm |
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selling industrial hardware; he purchased and then sold that firm |
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and then invested in Houston real estate through his Westminster |
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investment firm, and was co-owner of Meinhard Galleries with |
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Mrs. Legate; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Legate have traveled widely in the |
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United States and Europe for business and pleasure, have been |
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members of the Houston Racquet Club, and have been active members of |
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Bethel Independent Presbyterian Church of Houston for more than |
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four decades; Mrs. Legate taught Sunday school at the church for 30 |
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years, and Mr. Legate reorganized and operated the church library |
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of 6,000 volumes and sang in the choir, performing great classical |
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anthems of the church; and |
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WHEREAS, This husband and wife have enjoyed five decades of |
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abiding love and affection for each other and are among an |
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exceptional group of men and women who can claim such a lasting |
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commitment; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Herb and Catherine Legate on their |
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golden wedding anniversary and extend to them sincere best wishes |
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for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Legate as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |