[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 67 (Thursday, May 6, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E775]
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                        HONORING MR. TOM LAMONT

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                           HON. HENRY CUELLAR

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 6, 2010

  Mr. CUELLAR. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the accomplishments 
of Mr. Tom Lamont, a recent inductee into the Laredo Business Hall of 
Fame. Mr. Lamont currently owns Lamont Oil & Gas Company, an oil and 
gas exploration company.
  As a native Texan, Mr. Lamont has dedicated his career and services 
to the community with his expertise and knowledge in business, oil and 
gas, and entrepreneurial endeavors. From a childhood grounded in 
education as a top priority and through the teachings of his parents, 
Mr. Lamont learned at an early age that hard work and commitment was a 
way of life. Growing up, he moved from Illinois to Alabama and back to 
Illinois in Chicago where he attended Marion Catholic High School and 
met his high school sweetheart and future wife, Marianne Leslie. 
Throughout high school, Lamont played football, earning a scholarship 
to college. Mr. Lamont graduated from South Dakota School of Mines in 
Rapid City with his BA in Geological Engineering in 1977.
  Mr. Lamont began his career as a fresh college graduate landing a 
field operations position in a division of Baker called Exploration 
Logging. He then accepted another job working for several small 
independent oil companies over the next five years in Houston. The 
years of experience and gained knowledge deemed a promotion in Laredo, 
Texas as area manager for Texas Drilling Company in 1983. For ten 
years, Mr. Lamont worked day and night with responsibilities to ensure 
a stable operation. His work ethic and commitment awarded him a 
promotion to the company's headquarters in Abilene. By this time, 
Laredo was home for Lamont--he opened up his consulting company for oil 
and gas companies and mineral owners. He purchased Howland Surveying 
Company, which surveyed at that time close to 90 percent of oil and gas 
wells in Webb and Zapata counties in South Texas. With the help of his 
wife and ten years of hard work, Lamont brought the company from 4 
employees to 50. By 2006, he sold the company to his employees.
  While Mr. Lamont never strayed from his career in oil and gas 
business as current owner of Lamont Oil & Gas, he also took up recent 
efforts in Laredo, Texas to bring new experiences to the area such as 
promoting a water park and opening up Laredo's only restaurant, bar and 
arcade named Hal's Landing. Mr. Lamont is a successful entrepreneur and 
businessman, hunter, and a family man who has contributed to our 
community greatly.
  I am honored to have had this time to recognize Mr. Tom Lamont, a 
recent inductee into the Laredo Business Hall of Fame. He has 
exemplified characteristics of a strong work ethic and business savvy, 
qualities that earn appreciation.

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