Rodney Curtis KOENIG

Background

Koenig, Rodney Curtis was born on November 21, 1940 in Black Jack, Texas, United States. Son of John Henry and Elva Marguerite (Oeding) Koenig.

Education

University of Texas (Bachelor of Arts, 1962). Auburn University; University of Texas (Juris Doctor, 1969). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi.

Career

Partner Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP, Houston, since 1969. Assistant professor Auburn University, 1965-1967. Lecturer in field; With United States Navy, 1962-1967, captain Judge Advocate General Corps United States Naval Reserve, 1967-1989.

Achievements

• Bar: Texas 1969, United States District Court (southern district) Texas 1970, United States Court Appeals (5th circuit) 1970, United States Tax Court 1980, United States Court Military Appeals 1986.

Membership

President Houston Navy League, 1979-1981. Member Battleship Texas Commission. Board directors Houston division American Heart Association, Fayette Heritage Museum, St. Mark's Medical Center Foundation.

Director Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course, 1988, Crawford & Hattie Jackson Foundation. Trustee James Dick Foundation Performing Arts, Luck and Loessin Collection Trust, Harold Williams Foundation, Alice Taylor Gray Foundation, Lutheran Foundation of the Southwest, treasurer, executive committee. Active Texas Lutheran University Corporation.

Co-chair Planned Giving Advisory Council, University Texas, 2005-2008, trustee, Games Dick Foundation Performing Arts. Fellow American College Trust and Estate Counsel, College State Bar Texas (charter). Member American Bar Association, International Academy Estate and Trust Law (academician, executive committee), Texas Judge Advisory Reserve Officers Association, German Texan Heritage Society (president 1997-2000), Texas German Society (founding director), Reserve Officers Association, Sons of Republic of Texas, Wednesday Tax Forum (past chairman), German Gulf Coast Association (president 1989-1993), Bach Society (board directors, vice president 2005^), English Speaking Union (board director, vice president), Houston Early Music (president 2000-2004), Houston Karneval Verein (prince 1994-1995), United States Ship San Jacinto Committee (treasurer), Houstonian Club, Frisch Auf Valley Country Club, Order of Coif, United States Naval Order, U.T. Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Alumni Association (president 2000-2002), Houston Saengerbund (president since 2006), Phi Delta Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa.

Connections

Married Mary Mishler, May 1, 1993. Children: Erik Jason, Jon Todd.

Father:

John Henry Koenig

Mother:

Elva Marguerite (Oeding) Koenig

Spouse:

Mary Mishler

child:

Erik Jason Koenig

child:

Jon Todd Koenig