Arthur "Buddy" Temple III was a businessman from Lufkin, Texas, who served as a Democrat in the Texas House of Representatives and on the Texas Railroad Commission.
11 Facts About Buddy Temple
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Buddy Temple failed in a bid for his party's gubernatorial nomination in 1982.
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Buddy Temple was reared in Lufkin, the seat of Angelina County in East Texas.
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In 1960, Buddy Temple graduated from the Lawrenceville School, a private boarding school in Lawrenceville near Princeton, New Jersey.
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Buddy Temple worked in various businesses, including his family-owned Temple Industries from 1964 to 1966, when he ran Exeter Investment Company as Vice-President, President, and chairman from 1968 to 1982, and, again, from 1986 to 2002.
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Representative Buddy Temple co-sponsored the 1973 State Code of Ethics, with financial disclosure for elected and appointed officials, an issue highlighted by the Sharpstown banking scandal of 1971.
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Buddy Temple was elected to the Railroad Commission in 1980 and was named chairman from 1985 to 1986.
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Buddy Temple is a member of the board of directors of Buddy Temple-Inland, Inc.
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Buddy Temple is a past chairman of the advisory board of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute.
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Ellen Buddy Temple, a former educator and free-lance writer, was a regent of the University of Texas System under the administration of former Governor Ann Richards.
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Buddy Temple's business was the Ellen C Temple Publishing, Inc.