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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 402
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In Memory |
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Raymond Phillip Peloubet, Jr. |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and pays |
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tribute to the life of Raymond Phillip Peloubet, Jr., who died |
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February 8, 2013, at the age of 87; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on November 18, 1925, Ray Peloubet led an |
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illustrious life; he was an accomplished Navy pilot, a celebrated |
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inventor, an avid sportsman, and a devoted family man; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Peloubet joined the United States Navy in 1945 |
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and served as a pilot; he remained active in the Navy Reserve |
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until he retired, as a lieutenant junior grade, in 1967; he was |
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also a flight instructor at Louisiana State University, where he |
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obtained a bachelor's degree in engineering in 1949; and |
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WHEREAS, This dynamic thinker parlayed his early flight |
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experience into a remarkable business career; he joined General |
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Dynamics in 1954 and became world renowned for his advances in |
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structural dynamics; his groundbreaking work on B-58s, F-111s, |
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and F-16s earned him an induction into the Lockheed Martin |
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Tactical Aircraft Systems Hall of Fame; and |
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WHEREAS, An enthusiastic outdoorsman, Mr. Peloubet spent |
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much of his free time freshwater fishing, and he was a champion wing |
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shooter; earlier in his life, he had been a weight lifter and |
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football player for Louisiana State University, and he remained a |
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lifelong supporter of that school's athletics; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Peloubet was also a dedicated father and |
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husband; he met the love of his life, Florence, on a blind date in |
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1950, and they spent the next 62 years together; he leaves his |
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family with many fond memories and an inspiring legacy of innovation |
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and devotion; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd |
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Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family of Raymond Phillip Peloubet, Jr.; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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his family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas |
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Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in |
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memory of Ray Peloubet. |
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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 5, 2013, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |