IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 519 
Honoring the life and accomplishments of renowned artist Tom Lea on 
the 100th anniversary of his birth. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2007 
Mr. REYES (for himself, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. 
GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Ms. 
LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. LARSEN of Wash-
ington, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. AL GREEN of 
Texas, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, 
Mr. THORNBERRY, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. UDALL 
of Colorado, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. PEARCE, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. 
BOREN, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Ms. 
WATERS, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. DICKS, Mr. HALL of Texas, 
Mr. CALVERT, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. 
ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. HAYES, Mr. 
CLYBURN, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
COSTELLO, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. 
KAPTUR, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, 
Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. BACA, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. 
PASTOR, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. WATT, Mr. 
BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. 
MANZULLO, Ms. GIFFORDS, Mrs. BOYDA of Kansas, Mr. UDALL of New 
Mexico, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. LINDA 
T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. MIL-
LER of Florida, and Mr. JONES of North Carolina) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the life and accomplishments of renowned artist 
Tom Lea on the 100th anniversary of his birth. 
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•HRES 519 IH 
Whereas, 100 years ago on July 11, 1907, Tom Lea was 
born in El Paso, Texas, to former El Paso Mayor Tom 
Lea, Sr., and his wife Zola Utt Lea and spent the major-
ity of his life in El Paso; 
Whereas Tom Lea served as an accredited war artist cor-
respondent for Life magazine during World War II, trav-
eled over 100,000 miles as an eye-witness reporter, land-
ed with the First Marines on Peleliu during 1942, and 
accompanied American forces in the North Atlantic dur-
ing 1941, fighter pilots aboard the USS Hornet in the 
South Pacific during 1942, and American forces in China 
during 1943; 
Whereas many of Tom Lea’s paintings from World War II 
are in the United States Army Center for Military His-
tory in Washington, DC, and are loaned to exhibitions 
worldwide; 
Whereas, when accepting the Republican nomination for 
President of the United States in 2000, George W. Bush 
quoted Tom Lea about living on the ‘‘sunrise side of the 
mountain’’; 
Whereas Tom Lea’s painting Rio Grande today hangs in the 
Oval Office at the White House; 
Whereas Tom Lea’s works are found throughout Washington, 
DC and Texas, including in the Rayburn House Office 
Building, which displays his portrait of Sam Rayburn; 
the Smithsonian American Art Museum; the Dallas Mu-
seum of Art; the El Paso Museum of Art; the University 
of Texas at El Paso; Texas A&M University; and the 
University of Texas at Austin; 
Whereas Tom Lea painted several notable murals, including 
the Texas Centennial mural and, under the Department 
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•HRES 519 IH 
of Treasury’s Section of Fine Arts mural competition 
programs, The Nesters mural for the Benjamin Franklin 
Post Office in Washington, DC; the Pass of the North 
mural for the Federal Courthouse in El Paso, Texas; the 
Stampede mural for the Odessa, Texas Post Office; the 
Comancheros mural for the Seymour, Texas Post Office; 
and the Back Home mural for the Pleasant Hill, Mis-
souri Post Office; 
Whereas Tom Lea was also an accomplished author and illus-
trator whose works included the two-volume annotated 
history The King Ranch (published in 1957), in addition 
to four novels and two non-fiction books, of which, The 
Brave Bulls (published in 1949) and The Wonderful 
Country (published in 1952), were adapted as screen-
plays for motion pictures; 
Whereas Tom Lea during his life was honored with several 
awards, including the Navy Distinguished Public Service 
Award, the United States Marine Corps’ Colonel John W. 
Thomason, Jr. Award, and the National Cowboy and 
Western Heritage Museum’s Great Westerners Award; 
Whereas President and Mrs. George W. Bush are serving as 
Honorary Chairs of the International Advisory Board for 
the 2007 Tom Lea Centennial Celebration, a month-long 
series of events in the Southwest that seeks to ensure 
that the richness and diversity of Tom Lea’s legacy will 
nourish generations to come; and 
Whereas Tom Lea’s war diaries are to be published by Texas 
A&M Press in 2008: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors 
the life and accomplishments of Tom Lea. 
Æ 
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