[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12383]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             RECOGNIZING THE LIFE OF STEPHEN THOMAS ZAMORA

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                           HON. HENRY CUELLAR

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 28, 2017

  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the life of 
Stephen Thomas Zamora, who proudly served the people of Houston, Texas, 
as a professor at the University of Houston Law Center for nearly 
thirty-six years.
  Stephen Zamora was born on June 26, 1944, in Los Angeles, California. 
Steve graduated from Servite High School in 1962, and earned a B.A. 
from Stanford University four years later. It was there where he met 
and married his wife, Lois. Together, they worked for the Peace Corps 
for two years. Afterwards, Steve graduated first in his class with a 
law degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1972.
  After law school, in 1973, Stephen served as a Postgraduate Fellow at 
the University Consortium for World Order Studies in Geneva, 
Switzerland. He would then practice international law at the World Bank 
in Washington D.C. from 1974 to 1978 before settling in Houston, Texas.
  Mr. Zamora joined the University of Houston Law Center's faculty and 
served as the first dean of Hispanic origin from 1995 to 2000. He also 
dedicated his independent research at the Center for U.S. and Mexican 
Law to Mexican law and relations. For his work, he was awarded the 
highest distinction by the Mexican government to a foreign national, 
the Order of the Aztec Eagle, in 2006. He continued to devote his time 
to his professional interests until 2015.
  Mr. Zamora lived a long and service filled life. He was an 
accomplished educator, a role model to his students, and loving father 
and husband to his wife, Lois Zamora; his daughter, Camille Zamora, and 
her husband Thomas; grandsons Landon and Nate; and siblings Carol, 
Anita, John, Mary, Paula, and Tony; and his many nephews, nieces, 
aunts, cousins, and friends.
  Mr. Speaker, I am honored to have the opportunity to recognize and 
honor Stephen Zamora for his many years of service.

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