Fred Agnich
| Frederick Joseph "Fred" Agnich | |
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| Texas State Representative for District 114 (Dallas County) | |
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In office January 12, 1971 – January 10, 1989 |
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| Preceded by | At-large districts |
| Succeeded by | Tony Goolsby |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 19, 1913 Eveleth, St. Louis County Minnesota, USA |
| Died | October 28, 2004 (aged 91) Dallas, Texas |
| Resting place | Calvary Hill Cemetery in Dallas |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Ruth Welton Agnich (married 1939-1975, her death) |
| Children |
William Frederick Agnich |
| Residence |
(1) Dallas, Texas |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota |
| Occupation | Geophysicist; Businessman |
| Religion | Presbyterian Church |
(1) Ruth Welton Agnich (married 1939-1975, her death)
William Frederick Agnich
Richard John Agnich
James Randall Agnich
Five step-children
(1) Dallas, Texas
(2) Athens, Texas
Frederick Joseph Agnich, known as Fred Agnich (July 19, 1913 – October 28, 2004), was a Minnesota-born geophysicist who served from 1971 to 1987 as a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives. From 1972 to 1976, he was the Texas Republican National Committeeman.
Agnich was born in Eveleth in St. Louis County in northeastern Minneosta. He attended the University of Minnesota at Saint Paul, from which he received a Bachelor of Arts in geology in 1937. He immediately moved thereafter to Texas to work as a geophysicist for Geophysical Services, Inc., seeking to locate petroleum within the United States and abroad in such locations as Venezuela, Sumatra, and the not-yet-established Pakistan. Geophysical Services became Texas Instruments, headquartered in Dallas. In 1951, Agnich became the executive vice president of the company; president in 1956. He retired from the board at the age of forty-eight in 1961.
In 1939, Agnich married Ruth Welton, also a native of Eveleth, Minnesota. The couple had three sons, William Frederick Agnich (born c. 1942) of Richardson, Texas, Richard John Agnich (born 1943) and wife, Tory, of Dallas, and James Randall Agnich (born 1950) and wife, Betsy, of Houston, Texas. Ruth Agnich died in November 1975. Two years later, Agnich married Brooksie Jeanne Penland Willie (born 1932), the mother of three daughters and two sons.
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