Bill Text: TX HR1594 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of former State Representative Richard S. Geiger of Dallas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-04-16 - Reported enrolled [HR1594 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR1594-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of former State Representative Richard S. Geiger of Dallas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-04-16 - Reported enrolled [HR1594 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR1594-Introduced.html
84R17350 WG-D | ||
By: Thompson of Harris | H.R. No. 1594 |
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WHEREAS, The Honorable Richard Stuart Geiger of Dallas passed | ||
away on October 16, 2013, at the age of 77, drawing to a close a | ||
remarkable life that included service as a state representative and | ||
as a successful attorney; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Dallas on February 21, 1936, to Gilbert and | ||
Letitia Geiger, Dick Geiger graduated from W. H. Adamson High | ||
School in 1953; he went on to earn a bachelor of law degree from the | ||
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in 1961 and soon | ||
embarked on his legal career, earning admittance to the State Bar of | ||
Texas in 1962; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Geiger entered politics in 1972, when he | ||
conducted a successful campaign for the District 33-G seat in the | ||
Texas House of Representatives, and his outstanding efforts on | ||
behalf of his constituents in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas earned | ||
him reelection two years later; over the course of his two terms in | ||
office, he served as a member of numerous committees, including | ||
those focused on transportation, health and welfare, and elections, | ||
and he was vice chair of the State Affairs Committee and chair of | ||
its Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Rehabilitation; moreover, he | ||
became a delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention of 1974; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1977, Mr. Geiger joined the law office of | ||
Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, LLP, where he earned widespread | ||
acclaim for his expertise in insurance law; he was named managing | ||
partner of the firm in 1995 and went on to play an instrumental role | ||
in the dramatic expansion of the business; following an exemplary | ||
28-year tenure with the office, he retired in 2005; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Geiger further distinguished himself through | ||
his involvement with a number of professional organizations; he | ||
helped establish the Insurance Council of Texas in 1996 and the ICT | ||
Education Foundation in 2007, and he held the post of general | ||
counsel for ICT as well as for the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan | ||
Association for many years; and | ||
WHEREAS, In addition to his other responsibilities, this | ||
eminent Texan benefited his community and his profession by serving | ||
as a member of the board for such organizations as the Texas Legal | ||
Protection Plan, Home Health Services of Texas, the Dallas | ||
Zoological Society, the Turtle Creek Association, and the W. H. | ||
Adamson Scholarship Foundation; and | ||
WHEREAS, Held in high regard by his peers, Mr. Geiger was | ||
listed as one of the Best Lawyers in America three times and was | ||
named as a Leading Lawyer in America by Chambers and Partners for 10 | ||
consecutive years; in addition, he was presented with the Raymond | ||
Mauk Leadership Award from the ICT in 2007, was inducted into the | ||
Adamson High School Hall of Honor in 2012, and received a Lifetime | ||
Achievement Award from the W. H. Adamson Scholarship Foundation in | ||
2013; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Geiger exchanged the vows of matrimony with his | ||
childhood sweetheart, the former Phyllis McGee, in 1954, and the | ||
couple shared a close and rewarding union that spanned nearly six | ||
decades until her passing in August 2012; they raised five | ||
children, Scott, Angela, Margaret, Claire, and Amy, and with the | ||
passing years, their family grew to include 13 grandchildren and a | ||
great-grandson; and | ||
WHEREAS, Devoted to his family, his profession, and his | ||
fellow citizens, Dick Geiger made a meaningful and positive | ||
difference in many lives, and his notable record of achievement | ||
will continue to inspire all those who knew and loved him; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Richard Stuart Geiger | ||
and extend deepest condolences to the members of his family: to his | ||
children, Scott Geiger and his wife, Kathleen, Angela and Margaret | ||
Geiger, Claire Vail and her husband, Kevin, and Amy McCarty and her | ||
husband, Frank; to his sisters, Theresa Ramsey, Emalee McRoberts, | ||
and Susan Lynn Wilbur; to his grandchildren, Andrew and John | ||
Allard, Elisabeth Allard-Davenport, Richard and Audrey Geiger, | ||
Richard, Laurence, and Cecilia Lau, Grace and Charles Walworth, and | ||
Emily, Rachel, and Ian McCarty; to his great-grandson, Mason | ||
Allard; and to his other relatives and many 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 Dick | ||
Geiger. |