H.R. No. 1771
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Beal family of Midland has been honored with a
2009 Hearst Energy Award for lifetime achievement by the Midland
Reporter-Telegram and its parent company, the Hearst Corporation;
and
WHEREAS, In 1949, petroleum engineer Carlton Beal, Sr.,
drilled his first oil well in West Texas; the son of a California
geologist and oilman, Mr. Beal was a Stanford graduate and had
earned his master's degree in petroleum engineering at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology before going on to serve in
the Petroleum Administration for War and teach at the University of
Southern California during World War II; he moved his family to
Midland in 1953, and the next year formed Beal, Trobaugh and
Associates with a former student; and
WHEREAS, BTA became one of the most successful independent
oil companies in the Permian Basin, and Beal family members took on
leadership roles in the community; in 1959, Mr. Beal and his wife,
Keleen, created the Beal Foundation that has generously supported
educational, religious, and charitable causes; Mrs. Beal served as
chair of the foundation, and the family and the foundation were
honored by the establishment of Beal Plaza at Midland College in
1978; 20 years later, the foundation received the fifth annual
Permian Basin National Philanthropy Day Outstanding Foundation
Award; and
WHEREAS, The couple and their foundation made numerous
significant donations to Midland College, and this tradition has
been followed by their son, Spencer, who joined the Midland College
Foundation Board in 1984 and served as its president from 1992 to
1996; for his contributions to the school and the community, he was
recognized in 2005 with the Outstanding Volunteer Award on the 12th
annual Permian Basin National Philanthropy Day; and
WHEREAS, Today, numerous members of the Beal family uphold
the legacy of civic commitment established by Mr. Beal, who died in
1994, and Mrs. Beal, who passed away in 2006; the company, now known
as BTA Oil Producers, continues to be a family enterprise, and the
partners include Mr. and Mrs. Beal's four sons, Carlton "Carty"
Beal, Jr., Barry Beal, Sr., and Spencer and Kelly Beal, as well as
two of Barry Beal's sons, Stuart Beal and Barry "BJ" Beal, Jr., and
Barry Beal's son-in-law, Bob Davenport; BJ Beal also serves as
general manager; and
WHEREAS, Other members of this prominent and civic-minded
family are Linda Kay Nanny Beal, wife of Carty Beal, and their
children, Carl Beal III, Cristina Beal Johnstone, and Lauren Beal
Sherry, Nancy Carruth Beal, wife of Barry Beal, and their other
children, Elizabeth Beal Davenport and Stephen Beal, Karlene Beal
Garber and her husband, Richard, and their children, Michele
Garber, Chris Hinojosa, Laurie Garber Fulton, and Scott Beal, Karen
Roberts Beal, wife of Spencer Beal, and their children, Spencer
Beal, Jr., Kimberly Beal, and Rebecca Beal McClure, and Chrys
Detmering Beal, wife of Kelly Beal, and their children, Robin Beal
Bumstead, Leigh Beal Sheppard, and KC Beal; and
WHEREAS, For more than half a century, BTA Oil Producers has
played a vital role in the prosperity of Midland and the Permian
Basin and members of the Beal family have worked with admirable
diligence to make a positive difference in their community; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate the Beal family on receiving the
2009 Hearst Energy Award for lifetime achievement and extend to the
family members best wishes for continued success in their
worthwhile endeavors; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the Beal family as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Craddick
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1771 was adopted by the House on May
11, 2009, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House