[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 138 (Saturday, October 28, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2011]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO DAN MOODY, JR.

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                            HON. BILL ARCHER

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Saturday, October 28, 2000

  Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, I pay tribute to Dan Moody, Junior of 
Austin, Texas who died on Friday, the 27th of October. His death was an 
enormous loss, not just to me as his close friend, but also to all of 
humanity.
  Dan Moody was a man of the highest intellect and integrity of any 
person I've known in my life. He graduated from the University of Texas 
Law School with the highest grade point average of anyone in the 
history of the school in 1951. Yet he never had the characteristics of 
a bookworm, rather he was always a down to earth, fun loving, rounded 
human being. He was almost always right, yet never overbearing or 
arrogant in his position. He walked through life with respect for every 
human being.
  He was the son of Texas' youngest Governor, Dan Moody, a man who had 
the courage to fight and defeat the Ku Klux Klan in a court of law. He 
clearly passed on his courage and integrity to his son, Dan Moody, Jr. 
To all of his friends, his loyalty was exceeded only by his care and 
compassion. His word was sanctified bond and he was always prepared to 
give of himself to others wherever there was a need. I extolled him in 
life as I do now in death. His country and I will miss him greatly and 
I'm sure that all of my colleagues join me in extending our sympathies 
to his marvelous wife, Ann, his daughter Martha, and his son Charles.

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