Bill Text: TX SR5 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Bill Bonham.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-01-11 - Reported enrolled [SR5 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SR5-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
Bill Bonham | ||
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and | ||
commemorates the life of former state architect and deputy | ||
executive director of the Texas Facilities Commission Bill | ||
Bonham, who died December 24, 2010, at the age of 82; and | ||
WHEREAS, Bill Bonham was born October 19, 1928, to Jarrell | ||
Cecil Bonham and Amelie Cecile Bergelle; he spent his youth in | ||
Houston and in the piney woods of East Texas, where he delighted | ||
in hunting and fishing for bass with his father; and | ||
WHEREAS, He graduated from Allen Academy in Bryan and | ||
received an appointment to West Point; he chose instead to enroll | ||
at The University of Texas and pursue an architectural degree; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, After graduating, he established his own practice | ||
until he joined Pan American World Airways as director of | ||
architecture for Inter-Continental Hotels, a wholly-owned | ||
subsidiary of Pan Am; he later helped to found Texas-based | ||
3D/International and build it into a major firm, serving as its | ||
president and vice chairman; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Bonham subsequently established an | ||
international consulting practice before joining the Texas | ||
Facilities Commission and contributing significantly to the | ||
modernization of the state agency; and | ||
WHEREAS, His great-grandfather was the cousin of James | ||
Butler Bonham, who died defending the Alamo; he had a lifelong | ||
interest in James Bonham and eventually wrote and published the | ||
story of his life; Bill Bonham loved sailing, art, history, | ||
music, good wine and food, and anything to do with France; he made | ||
friends for Texas and the United States throughout the world, and | ||
he leaves behind memories that will be treasured forever by all | ||
who knew him; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd | ||
Legislature, hereby honor the memory of Bill Bonham and extend | ||
sincere condolences to his bereaved family; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
his family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas | ||
Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in | ||
memory of Bill Bonham. | ||
Ellis | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on January 11, 2011, by | ||
a rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |