Bill Text: TX HR186 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of J. G. Savins.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-12 - Reported enrolled [HR186 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR186-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 186 |
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WHEREAS, The life of a respected innovator in the petroleum | ||
industry drew to a close with the passing of J. G. Savins on January | ||
11, 2019, at the age of 93; and | ||
WHEREAS, The son of an army serviceman, George Savins was | ||
born on August 15, 1925, at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to Sergeant George | ||
Francis Savins and Herlinda Savins; as a teenager, he was forced to | ||
evacuate from Oahu, Hawaii, as World War II reached the island and | ||
the Battle of Midway loomed, and he went on to join the fight | ||
himself following his graduation from Martin High School in Laredo | ||
in 1943; he served as a member of the 658th Field Artillery | ||
Battalion in Germany and England, and after returning home, he | ||
earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Texas A&M | ||
University; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Savins went to work as a junior chemist at | ||
Magnolia Petroleum Company's Field Research Laboratory in | ||
Duncanville in 1949, and a year later, he married his college | ||
sweetheart, Jeannette Hastings; the couple shared nearly 55 years | ||
of marriage until her passing, and they were blessed with 7 sons, | ||
George, Michael, James, Matthew, Richard, Tim, and Eric, along with | ||
19 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, During the Korean War, Mr. Savins joined the local | ||
U.S. Army Reserve unit of the Chemical Corps along with other Field | ||
Research Laboratory chemists and engineers, and he was commissioned | ||
a second lieutenant; over the course of his career at home, he made | ||
numerous contributions to the development and improvement of | ||
drilling technologies, particularly with regard to the enhancement | ||
of drilling fluids used in oil exploration; his diverse research | ||
interests led to his receiving 12 international and 31 U.S. patents | ||
and producing 36 publications, and he also organized and co-chaired | ||
symposia, conferences, and sessions on a variety of petroleum | ||
engineering topics; and | ||
WHEREAS, After retiring from Mobil Research and Development | ||
in 1985, Mr. Savins worked as a research associate for The | ||
University of Texas Balcones Research Center, and he later served | ||
as a technical consultant to the R&E Group at NL Baroid in Houston; | ||
in 2010, he was inducted by the American Association of Drilling | ||
Engineers into its Drilling Fluids Hall of Fame; and | ||
WHEREAS, George Savins was a man of uncommon intellect and | ||
ingenuity, and he leaves behind a record of achievement that his | ||
loved ones can remember with pride; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of J. G. Savins and | ||
extend sincere sympathy to his family 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 J. G. | ||
Savins. | ||
Wray | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 186 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on March 6, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||