[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 23, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E378]
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         HONORING THE BIRTHDAY OF WILLIAM D. MOUNGER OF JACKSON

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                            HON. TRENT KELLY

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 23, 2016

  Mr. KELLY of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, on March 31, 1926, William 
``Billy'' Mounger was born in Jackson, Mississippi. Mr. Mounger 
graduated from Central High School in Jackson and attended the U.S. 
Military Academy at West Point. He intended on playing football at West 
Point, as one of the 27 players around the country recruited by the 
school, but failed to make the team. Instead of giving up and going 
back home, he graduated in 1948 with a degree in General Engineering 
and served five years in the U.S. Air Force. While in the Air Force, he 
attained the rank of First Lieutenant and served as an Aircraft 
Commander of the B-50 Medium Bomber as well as Atomic Bomb Commander.
  Mr. Mounger continued his education at the University of Oklahoma, 
receiving a bachelor's degree and master's degree in Petroleum 
Engineering. He has had a long and successful career in oil production. 
In addition to his business success, many people know Mr. Mounger for 
his work in establishing and developing the Republican Party in the 
South and especially Mississippi. His leadership roles are extensive, 
but to name a few: he has served on the Mississippi State Republican 
Executive Committee for decades, as the Mississippi Republican Finance 
Chairman, and on the Republican National Finance Committee. It is a 
direct result of Mr. Mounger's work and dedication to the party that 
Mississippi is now a Republican stronghold.
  Most importantly, Mr. Mounger is a proud husband, father, and 
grandfather. He is also a man of faith, as a member of the First 
Presbyterian Church in Jackson. On his 90th birthday, I thank him for 
his contributions to Mississippi and the Republican Party.

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