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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Joseph Burt Dial of San Antonio on December 18, 2024, at |
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the age of 88; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of William Angelo Dial and Ina Grace |
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Spaulding, Joe Dial was born in Kilgore on April 27, 1936; he |
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graduated from the Texas Military Institute and went on to attend |
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The University of Texas at Austin; in 1957, he married his high |
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school sweetheart, the former Gertrude Emily Koontz, and they |
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raised four children on their 3X Ranch in Montgomery County; a |
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prominent livestock breeder, Mr. Dial built 3X into a globally |
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recognized brand, working with foreign governments and the |
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Inter-American Development Bank to advance exports of registered |
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Brahman cattle; he also served on the board of the American Brahman |
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Breeders Association; honoring his father's legacy, he cofounded |
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the Former Texas Rangers Foundation in 1971 and served as |
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president, director, and chair; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Dial served in a number of government leadership |
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roles, including inaugural chair of the Environmental Protection |
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Agency's Gulf of Mexico Citizens Advisory Committee; he was |
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appointed to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission by President |
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George H. W. Bush, and while working in the nation's capital and |
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representing the commission abroad, he completed his bachelor's |
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degree in business management at the University of Maryland; in |
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1993, he wed Marilyn Scott Smith; they lived in Cambridge, |
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Massachusetts, during his tenure as a teaching fellow at the |
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Institute of Politics at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy |
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School of Government; subsequently, he pursued a new career as an |
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international consultant, guiding development of governmental |
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regulatory agencies and private-sector futures exchanges; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2004, Mr. Dial moved to Saint Jo; he continued to |
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be active in civic life, and he was a lifelong member of the |
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Episcopal Church; he loved to entertain his grandchildren at Katy |
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Lake and spend family vacations in Colorado; he moved to San Antonio |
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in 2021 to spend even more time with his loved ones; and |
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WHEREAS, Joe Dial is deeply missed by those he left behind, |
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but his kindness, integrity, and strong faith will remain a lasting |
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source of inspiration to all who knew him; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 89th Texas Legislature |
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hereby pay tribute to the memory of Joseph Burt Dial and extend |
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sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his children, |
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Joseph Dial, Catherine Dial Easley, Emily Dial Heard and her |
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husband, Richard, and Peggy Dial and her husband, Stephen Shearer; |
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to his stepson, Walter Smith; to his grandchildren, Samantha Heard |
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DeYoung, Richard Joseph Heard, William Zachary Easley, Emma |
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Isabella Easley, and Emily Katelyn Heard; to his |
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great-granddaughter, Heather Liv Heard; and to his many other |
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relatives 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 Senate adjourns this |
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day, it do so in memory of Joe Dial. |