H.R. No. 2063
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Howard
Lee Mangold of San Antonio, who died on April 8, 2009, at the age of
76; and
WHEREAS, Howard Mangold was born in Keyser, West Virginia, on
January 31, 1933, to Howard Taft Mangold and Oma Gladys Mangold;
after graduating from Keyser High School in 1950, he attended
Potomac State College; and
WHEREAS, Interested in aviation from an early age, he earned
his pilot's license at the age of 19 and purchased an Aeronca
Champion airplane; a few years later, he enlisted in the U.S. Air
Force and was accepted into the aviation cadet program in 1955; and
WHEREAS, He married the former Vivian Knopp in 1957, and
after his discharge from the air force the couple lived in West
Virginia, where he worked first for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
and then at Allegheny Ballistics Laboratory; and
WHEREAS, In 1962, Mr. Mangold and his wife moved to San
Antonio, where he attended San Antonio College, majoring in public
speaking, economics, and business administration; during his time
at the college, he won praise for his innovative ideas for reducing
the amount of plastic litter along roadways; he later went to work
in the Mech-Tech department at Kelly Air Force Base, and he earned
awards on two occasions for his money-saving ideas; and
WHEREAS, While continuing his employment at Kelly AFB, Mr.
Mangold opened the first of several motorcycle dealerships in the
San Antonio area, and then following his civil service retirement
in 1999, he served as an assistant for councilman and then mayor Ed
Garza and councilman Julian Castro; he also worked for Mannheim
Auto Auctions and held a patent for an invention called the Bridge
Buddy; and
WHEREAS, An energetic and innovative spirit, Howard Mangold
lived a full and productive life, and memories of happy times spent
in his company will be held forever in the hearts of those who knew
and loved him; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Howard Lee Mangold and
extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife of
52 years, Vivian Mangold; to his daughter, Anita Louise Mangold
Eisthen; to his son, Howard Keith Mangold; and to his other
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 Howard Lee
Mangold.
Castro
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 2063 was unanimously adopted by a
rising vote of the House on May 19, 2009.
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Chief Clerk of the House