Bill Text: TX HR28 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of "Dean" Teh-An Cheng of Houston.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-18 - Reported enrolled [HR28 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR28-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 28 |
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WHEREAS, A rich and purposeful life drew to a close with the | ||
passing of "Dean" Teh-An Cheng of Houston on September 16, 2020, at | ||
the age of 93; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Hunan, China, on February 20, 1927, Dean | ||
Cheng was the son of Songnian Cheng and Lanqing Jiang, and he grew | ||
up with three siblings; after completing his education at National | ||
Central Technical School, he joined the military and worked as a | ||
technical assistant with the Shanghai National Defense Medical | ||
College; he climbed the ranks from warrant officer to captain | ||
before leaving the military in 1960; he was subsequently employed | ||
in several engineering positions throughout Taiwan and Vietnam, and | ||
in 1971, he moved to Guam to manage a hydropower engineering | ||
company; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Cheng ultimately settled in Houston with his | ||
family, and he became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1981; he worked | ||
with Ret-Ser Engineering Agency in Saudi Arabia, and he went on to | ||
help build the Gulf University and air force base in Bahrain; from | ||
1991 to 1998, he served as chief engineer at Hung Ching Development & | ||
Construction Co., Ltd., and he was in charge of the A.S.E. Center | ||
Construction Project in Taiwan; he remained at the company as a | ||
consultant for its Shanghai branch from 2004 until his retirement | ||
in 2008; and | ||
WHEREAS, Devoted to his family, Mr. Cheng shared a rewarding | ||
marriage with his wife, Sophie, until her passing in 2004; he took | ||
great pride in his three children, Alice, Andrew, and Danny, and his | ||
four grandchildren, Eric, Katherine, Zoe, and Parker; and | ||
WHEREAS, While the death of Dean Cheng brings immeasurable | ||
sorrow to his family and friends, he leaves behind a legacy that | ||
will long be treasured by all those who held him dear; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of "Dean" Teh-An Cheng | ||
and extend sincere sympathy to his loved ones; 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 Dean Cheng. | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 28 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
vote of the House on March 10, 2021. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||