Bill Text: TX HR893 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Wales Hendrix Madden Jr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-05 - Reported enrolled [HR893 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR893-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 893 |
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WHEREAS, The State of Texas lost an esteemed attorney, | ||
businessman, and civic leader with the passing of Wales Hendrix | ||
Madden Jr. on December 24, 2018, at the age of 91; and | ||
WHEREAS, The son of Wales and Kathryn Madden, Wales Madden | ||
Jr. was born on September 1, 1927, in Amarillo; after serving his | ||
country during World War II as a member of the U.S. Navy, he earned | ||
his bachelor's and law degrees from The University of Texas at | ||
Austin and embarked on a successful legal career; he started out as | ||
an attorney for the Shamrock Oil and Gas Corporation and went on to | ||
become a partner at Selectman and Madden; in 1985, he established | ||
his own practice; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Madden gave of his time and talents to such | ||
worthy organizations as the Mesa Petroleum Board, the Texas Water | ||
Development Board, the President's Export Council, and the | ||
Citizens' Committee on Property Tax Relief; also active in | ||
politics, he developed personal relationships with numerous state | ||
and national elected officials, and he supported the presidential | ||
campaigns of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush; and | ||
WHEREAS, The youngest member ever appointed to The University | ||
of Texas Board of Regents, Mr. Madden also led the UT Centennial | ||
Commission and the Ex-Students' Association; moreover, he held | ||
leadership roles with Amarillo College, Trinity University, and | ||
West Texas A&M University and served on the Governor's Committee on | ||
Public School Education and the State's Select Committee on Higher | ||
Education; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Madden received many accolades over the years, | ||
including the Outstanding Fifty-Year Lawyer Award from the Texas | ||
Bar Foundation, the Mirabeau B. Lamar Award for Outstanding | ||
Leadership in Higher Education, and the UT System's highest honor, | ||
the Santa Rita Award; and | ||
WHEREAS, On November 8, 1952, he married Abbie Cowden, and | ||
the couple shared a richly rewarding marriage that spanned nearly | ||
six decades; Mr. Madden took great pride in his children, Wales and | ||
Straughn, and with the passing years, he was further blessed with | ||
four grandchildren, Wales, Hamilton, Mac, and Callie, three | ||
step-grandchildren, Shawnee, Brandi, and Cody, and numerous | ||
great-grandchildren; passionate about the great outdoors, he | ||
scaled every mountain over 14,000 feet in Colorado and regularly | ||
hiked in Palo Duro Canyon; and | ||
WHEREAS, Wales Madden led a rich and purposeful life, and he | ||
leaves behind a record of engagement that will continue to inspire | ||
all those who knew and loved him; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Wales Hendrix | ||
Madden Jr. and extend sincere condolences to his relatives and | ||
friends; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of | ||
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Wales | ||
Madden. | ||
Price | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 893 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on April 5, 2019. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||