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1	1	H.R. No. 2527
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Allan W.
6	6	Dees of Midland, who died on May 12, 2009, at the age of 66; and
7	7	WHEREAS, "Skip" Dees was born in Dallas on June 23, 1942, to
8	8	Allen D. Dees and Sadie Sampsell Dees; he grew up in Kaufman, where
9	9	he graduated from high school in 1960, and went on to earn a
10	10	bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Texas A&M
11	11	University in 1965; and
12	12	WHEREAS, Mr. Dees enjoyed a long and distinguished career in
13	13	the petroleum industry, working for Texaco from 1965 until his
14	14	retirement in 2002; as a petroleum engineer and an engineering
15	15	manager, he was posted to a number of locations in Texas, and he
16	16	also worked in Trinidad in the West Indies; and
17	17	WHEREAS, In 1981, he organized Texaco's Regulatory
18	18	Compliance Department for the Houston division and three years
19	19	later became the regulatory compliance manager in Midland; in 1994,
20	20	he was appointed the company's regulatory affairs manager, a
21	21	position that entailed responsibility for Texas regulatory and
22	22	legislative matters; and
23	23	WHEREAS, Active in his profession, Mr. Dees served as chair
24	24	of the Texas Oil and Gas Association Production Environmental
25	25	Committee and as a member of its Regulatory Practices Committee; in
26	26	1995, he was the first recipient of the TxOGA Exemplary Service
27	27	Award; and
28	28	WHEREAS, Despite his many professional responsibilities,
29	29	this caring gentleman found time to be active with the Boy Scouts as
30	30	a den leader and scoutmaster; he was also an elder, deacon, and
31	31	committee member in the Presbyterian Church, and he taught Sunday
32	32	school in Midland for many years; and
33	33	WHEREAS, In addition, Mr. Dees was a 32nd degree Scottish
34	34	Rite Mason and held several important offices with the York Rite
35	35	organizations; moreover, he was active in the Knights Templar
36	36	educational and medical foundations, and he was the recipient of
37	37	the Knights Templar Cross of Honor, the Knight Commander of the
38	38	Temple, and the Golden Keystone Award; and
39	39	WHEREAS, Skip Dees lived a full and generous life as a leading
40	40	member of his profession and as an engaged member of his community,
41	41	and he will forever be remembered with great admiration and
42	42	affection by all those who knew and loved him; now, therefore, be it
43	43	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
44	44	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Allan W. Dees and
45	45	extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his wife
46	46	of 42 years, Billie June Kellar Dees; to his children, Randy Dees,
47	47	Katherine Short, and Douglas Dees; to his father, Allen D. Dees; to
48	48	his sisters, Marilyn Denisco and Linda Roy; to his six
49	49	grandchildren; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be it
50	50	further
51	51	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
52	52	prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
53	53	Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Allan W.
54	54	Dees.
55	55	Craddick
56	56	______________________________
57	57	Speaker of the House
58	58	I certify that H.R. No. 2527 was unanimously adopted by a
59	59	rising vote of the House on May 31, 2009.
60	60	______________________________
61	61	Chief Clerk of the House