ROY WILLIAM MOUER III

1934-2017

Roy William Mouer III, 82, passed away on September 24, 2017, in Houston, Texas.

Roy was born on October 30, 1934, in Fort Worth, Texas, to Roy W. Mouer, Jr. and Lillian Bell. He began working at a young age (12 or 13 years old) at Neal’s Meat Market in Houston, where he learned to be a butcher and drove a delivery truck. He continued working as a butcher for HEB in Austin while in college.

Roy graduated in 1952 from Jefferson Davis Senior High School (now named Northside High School), where he was a member of the Debate Team, the National Honor Society, the Press Club, and Quill & Scroll, and Editor of the school newspaper, the Davis Dispatch. Roy was recognized by the school as a distinguished alumnus in 2011.

After graduating from high school, Roy entered The University of Texas at Austin, where he completed his first year of college. After his father passed away, Roy left school temporarily to serve in the U.S. Army from 1953-56, before returning to Austin to complete his studies. Roy met his dearly loved wife, Alice Marie Nolte, in a Shakespeare class. They married while they were students, and both completed their education at U.T. Roy received his Bachelor of Arts from the Plan II Honors Program in 1959, and his Doctor of Jurisprudence from The University of Texas School of Law in 1961.

After graduating from law school, Roy began his professional career in Austin, where he and Marie would live for more than 40 years and raise a family. They had two sons, both practicing attorneys: Paul Vincent (Vince) Mouer (wife: Claudia) and John Andrew (Andy) Mouer (wife: Allison), and five grandchildren – Matthew Jackson, Kelsey Marie, Maxwell Chase, Morgan Kate and Addison Riley – all of whom were close to and adored their “Big Dad.”

Roy was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. He worked in the Enforcement Division of the Texas State Securities Board from 1961 to 1967, as Securities Investigator, Securities Analyst and Director of Enforcement. He was an Assistant Attorney General of Texas from 19681969, serving in the Municipal Bonds and Charitable Trusts Division. In 1969, he returned to the Texas State Securities Board where he was Deputy Commissioner until 1972, and then was appointed Texas Securities Commissioner where he served through 1976.

While Texas Securities Commissioner, Roy was elected by his fellow state securities regulators to be president of the Midwest Securities Commissioners Association (1974) and President of the North American Securities Administrators Association (1975). He was a member of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association 1981-2012, and a member of the State Bar of Texas Business Law Section and its Committee on Securities Law 1975-2012. He served as Chairman of the State Bar Committee on Securities Law 1996-97, and served as an adjunct professor at the University of Texas School of Law in 1998, teaching Securities Regulation.

In 1977, Roy left public service to become a partner in the Austin law firm of Salmanson, Smith & Mouer, and in 1981, he became a principal in the Dallas law firm of Johnson & Swanson, opening its Austin office. In 1995, he became a principal in the Austin law firm of Kuperman, Orr, Mouer & Albers, P.C. In 2003, back in Houston, Roy became a sole practitioner, and from 2005 primarily served as an expert witness in securities matters. He retired from the practice of law in 2012, after being diagnosed with cancer.

Roy was an exemplary and accomplished attorney, an expert in his corporate and securities practice area and widely recognized and respected by his colleagues and clients. His primary interests outside of the law included fishing and playing golf, and he had a lifelong love of Italian opera. He was a loyal and lifelong Democrat.

Roy was a true gentleman, who endured his cancer treatments with courage and grace, and always remained the intelligent, generous, humble and courteous person his friends and family knew and loved. His advice and guidance was invaluable.

Roy was pre-deceased by his parents, Roy and Lilian, and one of his three younger sisters, Sandra Beth Beere. He is survived by his loving wife Marie, his sons Vince and Andy and their respective spouses and children, and his other two sisters Gaye Lyn Mouer and Carolyn Ann Stevens. He cared deeply for his brothers-in-law, Paul Nolte, Charlie Beere, Selby Stevens and George Colvin, all of whom survive him. He is also survived by many nephews and nieces and cousins.

A private ceremony is being held for family, and Roy’s remains will be interred at the Houston National (Veterans) Cemetery. Donations to honor Roy may be made to either the MD Anderson Cancer Center or Northside High School (or its alumni association, in which he had been active).