H.R. No. 2527
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Allan W.
Dees of Midland, who died on May 12, 2009, at the age of 66; and
WHEREAS, "Skip" Dees was born in Dallas on June 23, 1942, to
Allen D. Dees and Sadie Sampsell Dees; he grew up in Kaufman, where
he graduated from high school in 1960, and went on to earn a
bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Texas A&M
University in 1965; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Dees enjoyed a long and distinguished career in
the petroleum industry, working for Texaco from 1965 until his
retirement in 2002; as a petroleum engineer and an engineering
manager, he was posted to a number of locations in Texas, and he
also worked in Trinidad in the West Indies; and
WHEREAS, In 1981, he organized Texaco's Regulatory
Compliance Department for the Houston division and three years
later became the regulatory compliance manager in Midland; in 1994,
he was appointed the company's regulatory affairs manager, a
position that entailed responsibility for Texas regulatory and
legislative matters; and
WHEREAS, Active in his profession, Mr. Dees served as chair
of the Texas Oil and Gas Association Production Environmental
Committee and as a member of its Regulatory Practices Committee; in
1995, he was the first recipient of the TxOGA Exemplary Service
Award; and
WHEREAS, Despite his many professional responsibilities,
this caring gentleman found time to be active with the Boy Scouts as
a den leader and scoutmaster; he was also an elder, deacon, and
committee member in the Presbyterian Church, and he taught Sunday
school in Midland for many years; and
WHEREAS, In addition, Mr. Dees was a 32nd degree Scottish
Rite Mason and held several important offices with the York Rite
organizations; moreover, he was active in the Knights Templar
educational and medical foundations, and he was the recipient of
the Knights Templar Cross of Honor, the Knight Commander of the
Temple, and the Golden Keystone Award; and
WHEREAS, Skip Dees lived a full and generous life as a leading
member of his profession and as an engaged member of his community,
and he will forever be remembered with great admiration and
affection by all 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 Allan W. Dees and
extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his wife
of 42 years, Billie June Kellar Dees; to his children, Randy Dees,
Katherine Short, and Douglas Dees; to his father, Allen D. Dees; to
his sisters, Marilyn Denisco and Linda Roy; to his six
grandchildren; 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 Allan W.
Dees.
Craddick
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 2527 was unanimously adopted by a
rising vote of the House on May 31, 2009.
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Chief Clerk of the House