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'''Arthur "Buddy" Temple, III''' (born February 26, 1942), is a [[business]]man from Lufkin, [[Texas]], who served as a [[Democrat]] in the Texas House of Representatives and on the regulatory Texas Railroad Commission. He failed in a bid for his party's gubernatorial]] nomination in 1982.

'''Arthur "Buddy" Temple, III''' (born February 26, 1942), is a [[business]]man from Lufkin, [[Texas]], who served as a [[Democrat]] in the Texas House of Representatives and on the regulatory Texas Railroad Commission. He failed in a bid for his party's gubernatorial nomination in 1982.

Temple was born to the wealthy lumberman Arthur Temple, Jr. (1920-2006),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepineywoods.com/TempleObitMay06.htm|title=Arthur Temple died at 86 after heart attack|publisher=thepineywoods.com|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref> and the former Mary MacQuiston (born 1919)<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehistorycenteronline.com/documents/findingguides/2007_053_buddy_temple_legislative.pdf|title=Summary Information: Arthur "Buddy Temple"|publisher=thehistorycenteronline.com|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref> in Texarkana, [[Arkansas]]. He was reared in Lufkin, the seat of Angelina County in East Texas. In 1960, Temple graduated from the Lawrenceville School, a boarding school in Lawrenceville near [[Princeton]], [[New Jersey]].<ref name=bio/> He then briefly attended the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]] from 1960 to 1961, when he joined the [[United States Army]] and served until 1963. He worked in various businesses, including his family-owned Temple Industries from 1964 to 1966, when he ran the Exeter Investment Company as vice-president, president, and chairman from 1968 to 1982, and, again, from 1986 to 2002.<ref name=bio/>

Temple was born to the wealthy lumberman Arthur Temple, Jr. (1920-2006),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepineywoods.com/TempleObitMay06.htm|title=Arthur Temple died at 86 after heart attack|publisher=thepineywoods.com|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref> and the former Mary MacQuiston (born 1919)<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehistorycenteronline.com/documents/findingguides/2007_053_buddy_temple_legislative.pdf|title=Summary Information: Arthur "Buddy Temple"|publisher=thehistorycenteronline.com|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref> in Texarkana, [[Arkansas]]. He was reared in Lufkin, the seat of Angelina County in East Texas. In 1960, Temple graduated from the Lawrenceville School, a boarding school in Lawrenceville near [[Princeton]], [[New Jersey]].<ref name=bio/> He then briefly attended the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]] from 1960 to 1961, when he joined the [[United States Army]] and served until 1963. He worked in various businesses, including his family-owned Temple Industries from 1964 to 1966, when he ran the Exeter Investment Company as vice-president, president, and chairman from 1968 to 1982, and, again, from 1986 to 2002.<ref name=bio/>

He was elected to the Railroad Commission in 1980 and was named chairman of the regulatory panel over petroleum and natural gas from 1985 to 1986.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://ckwri.tamuk.edu/who-we-are/advisors/advisory-board-members/|title=Advisory Board|publisher=ckwri.tamuk.edu|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref> Temple and Texas Land Commissioner Bob Armstrong lost the gubernatorial nomination in 1982 to [[Mark White]],<ref name=history/> then the Texas attorney general, who subsequently unseated [[Republican]] Governor [[Bill Clements]].

He was elected to the Railroad Commission in 1980 and was named chairman of the regulatory panel over petroleum and natural gas from 1985 to 1986.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://ckwri.tamuk.edu/who-we-are/advisors/advisory-board-members/|title=Advisory Board|publisher=ckwri.tamuk.edu|accessdate=May 16, 2012}}</ref> Temple and Texas Land Commissioner Bob Armstrong lost the gubernatorial nomination in 1982 to [[Mark White]],<ref name=history/> then the Texas attorney general, who subsequently unseated [[Republican]] Governor [[Bill Clements]].

   

   

Temple is a member of the board of directors of Temple-Inland, Inc., the chairman of the board of First Bank & Trust, East Texas, and chairman of the board of the T.L.L. Temple Foundation. He is a past chairman of the advisory board of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute.<ref name=bio/>

Temple is a member of the board of directors of Temple-Inland, Inc., the chairman of the board of First Bank & Trust, East Texas, and chairman of the board of the T. L. L. Temple Foundation. He is a past chairman of the advisory board of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute.<ref name=bio/>

   

   

In 1962, Temple married the former April Clover, and the couple had one child, Whitney Sage Temple (born 1966). In 1970, he wed the former Ellen Clarke Hurst, and they have two children: Susan Helen Temple (born 1971), and Hannah Lea Temple (born 1972). Mrs. Temple has a son, John Hurst (born 1967), from a previous marriage.<ref name=bio/> Ellen Temple, a former high school teacher and free-lance writer, served from 1991 to 1997 as a regent of the University of Texas System under appointment of Governor [[Ann Richards]]. At the time she was the owner and president of Ellen C. Temple Publishing, Inc., of Lufkin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utsystem.edu/bor/former_regents/regents/Temple/biosketch.htm|title=Profile: Ellen Clarke Temple|publisher=utsystem.edu|accessdate=May 20, 2012}}</ref>

In 1962, Temple married the former April Clover, and the couple had one child, Whitney Sage Temple (born 1966). In 1970, he wed the former Ellen Clarke Hurst, and they have two children: Susan Helen Temple (born 1971), and Hannah Lea Temple (born 1972). Mrs. Temple has a son, John Hurst (born 1967), from a previous marriage.<ref name=bio/> Ellen Temple, a former high school teacher and free-lance writer, served from 1991 to 1997 as a regent of the University of Texas System under appointment of Governor [[Ann Richards]]. At the time she was the owner and president of Ellen C. Temple Publishing, Inc., of Lufkin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utsystem.edu/bor/former_regents/regents/Temple/biosketch.htm|title=Profile: Ellen Clarke Temple|publisher=utsystem.edu|accessdate=May 20, 2012}}</ref>

   

   

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