Background
Mercer, Edwin Wayne was born on July 19, 1940 in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States. Son of Ernest LaFayette and Geneva (Frye) Mercer.
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Edwin Wayne Wayne Mercer
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Texas Tech University (Bachelor of Business Administration). South Texas College of Law (Juris Doctor).
Career
Private practice law, Houston, 1971-1973; general counsel, corporation secretary, Alcon laboratories, Inc., Fort Worth, 1973-1981; partner, Gandy Michener Swindle Whitaker Pratt & Mercer, Fort Worth, 1981-1984; vice president, general counsel, corporation secretary, Pengo Industries, Inc., Fort Worth, 1984-1990; also board directors, Pengo Industries, Inc., Fort Worth.
Achievements
Politics
Church should be involved into political life by organizing delegations to party conferences.
Views
God should be loved with hearts as well as with minds. To the best of their ability everyone needs to think things through in the light of reason. This means becoming aware of different points of view, and using his or her critical thinking to make sense of God's world.
Membership
Board of directors Society for Prevention Blindness, since 1979. Member American Bar Association, State Bar Texas, Houston Bar Association, Fort Worth-Tarrant CountyBar Association, College State Bar Texas, South Texas College Law Alumni Association, Texas Tech U. Ex-Association, Fort Worth Club, Delta Theta Phi, Phi Delta Theta.
