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Dallas Emmer Legan II |
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Dallas Emmer Legan died January 29, 2017 after a lengthy battle with
cancer. Dallas was born July 15, 1952 in Houston, Harris County, Texas to William Howard Legan (aka Homer Howard Legan) and Lenora Cozette Hurt Legan. Dallas spent his formative years in Houston, Corpus Christi, and Victoria, Texas. He made his profession of faith in the Baptist church as an adolescent. He graduated from Victoria High School in 1970. He continued his education by attending Texas A&M University, and received his undergraduate degree and masters degree in electrical engineering from the University of Houston, Victoria Campus. While in California, he continued his university education in computer science. Dallas was employed with Gary Aircraft in Victoria, Texas, and Mays Aluminum Company in El Campo, Texas, and a nuclear power facility in the vicinity of Pocatello, Idaho, and Rockwell International in Downey, California. While at Rockwell, Dallas worked on the development of the space shuttle. For the remainder of his career, Dallas did contract computer programming for numerous firms. Dallas was an active member in the Karl Hess Club, UNIX Users of
Southern California, and Southern California OS/2 Users Group (SCOUG).
He was a voracious science fiction reader, an accomplished chess
player, enjoyed sailing, bicycling, and music |
