[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 15344-15345]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING MRS. NANCY PENN PENSON

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                       HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 15, 2012

  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in 
honor of the life of Mrs. Nancy Penn Penson, a longtime lover of the 
arts and an acclaimed tennis player. Mrs. Penson, a Dallas native, 
passed away on Sunday, October 21, 2012 at the age of 88. Mrs. Penson 
is survived by her husband Lieutenant John G. Penson, three daughters, 
Annie Vreeland, Suki Jarzemsky, and Read Gendler, and five 
grandchildren.
  Mrs. Penson was highly respected and well known throughout the Dallas 
community. She

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graduated with a Degree in Classics from Wellesley College in 1945. Her 
love for the arts was ignited at an early age when her mother would 
take her to the symphony. Mrs. Penson held numerous leadership 
positions such as co-founder of the Dallas Tennis Association, 
President of the Junior League, and board member of the Dallas Bach 
Society, the New Dallas Conservatory, and the Southern Methodist 
University Meadows School of Arts.
  In addition to her passion for the arts and her many philanthropic 
efforts, Mrs. Penson was an accomplished tennis player. She was 
nationally ranked #1 in Senior Women's Tennis and was inducted into the 
Texas Tennis Hall of Fame in 2002.
  Mr. Speaker, I am saddened to lose such an integral member of the 
Dallas community. Her selfless contributions to arts and charity groups 
have touched the lives of many. While the Dallas community will 
certainly miss Mrs. Penson, her memory will live on in the hearts and 
minds of those whose lives she has touched over the years.

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