Lee Haidusek Chambers
Born December 17, 1960, in Dayton, Texas, to
Charles and Shirley Meacham Haidusek.
Graduated Dayton High School class of 1979
(but finished a year earlier)
Received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering
from Texas A&M University in 1982.
Received a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from Southern
Methodist University (SMU) in 1997.
A member in good standing of the Texas State
Bar, the U.S. Supreme Court bar, and the Liberty
County Bar Association.
Charles and Shirley Meacham Haidusek.
Graduated Dayton High School class of 1979
(but finished a year earlier)
Received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering
from Texas A&M University in 1982.
Received a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from Southern
Methodist University (SMU) in 1997.
A member in good standing of the Texas State
Bar, the U.S. Supreme Court bar, and the Liberty
County Bar Association.
LEE'S PERSONAL STATEMENT:
First of all, you are not seeing things. I really am a blonde Aggie lawyer. If you know any good blonde
jokes, or Aggie jokes, or lawyer jokes, or any combination thereof, please send them to Tommy. He'll
love it.
I grew up in Dayton, although my family moved to the corner of F.M. 1008 and
F.M. 2797 in Kenefick when I started high school (Go Broncos! Yes, that's me
to the left in high school!) I have a younger brother, Andy Haidusek, and more
aunts, uncles and cousins than I can possibly name on one page. Chances
are, if you have lived in Liberty County long enough, you have met, worked
with, or gone to school with someone from my family tree. Tommy and I are
both children of local farmer/ranchers. My grandfather farmed rice in the
Dayton area, and my dad and uncles farmed rice in the Devers area. They
recently started a grass turf farm in Devers that is going well. I have always
admired the incredible level of patience, tenacity and perseverance that
farmers possess. Imagine plowing the fields, planting the seeds, keeping the
crops watered and well tended, only to have a storm come through and flatten
it all right before harvest. It's a tough business, but it teaches you the value of
faith and hard work. We were both very fortunate to grow up in farm families.
It is probably no surprise, I suppose, that I graduated from Texas A&M University. I majored in
engineering, and walked across the stage to receive my Bachelor of Science degree at the age of 21.
After college, I received a job offer from Hewlett-Packard and worked for them in Dallas, Texas. I later
went to work for Digital Equipment Corporation in Austin, Texas. (Digital merged with Compaq, which
then merged with Hewlett-Packard, so in a way I always worked for HP. I strongly recommend and
personally use HP products. They are a great company, and have excellent R&D and quality control!)
While in Austin, I worked as a lobbyist with the Texas Legislature. I was able to write legislation and get
it passed into law. I met and worked with politicians from both parties in Austin and learned a great deal
about politics and government. There is an old saying: the two things a person should never see being
made are laws and sausage. Being half-Czech and a former lobbyist, I've seen both. Although I don't
think I would ever want to repeat the experience, I wouldn't trade it for anything. I'm a wiser person for it.
I married an electrical engineer I met at A&M named Stephen King (not the writer!) and we had one child,
Colin Edward King. It was after Colin was born, however, that things got a bit rough for me. I became
very ill. The joints in my body became feverish and very swollen. After several hospital visits, I was
diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder, lupus. In other words, my body's immune system is
confusing my normal body tissue with bad germs and is trying to kill them. It is a genetic disorder that
has affected other members of my family to varying degrees, including my mom, but it really came after
me with a vengeance. Anyone who has dealt with arthritis knows how painful it can be. I became so ill
that I couldn't work anymore. My marriage ended. It was a tough time.
I thought that if I couldn't work then at least I could go back to school. My doctor finally agreed, and I
enrolled in law school at SMU in Dallas. I loved law school. I just love studying law. It was a difficult
balancing act, however, being a single mom and a law student. I made the law review, then after a year I
shocked everyone by resigning. When asked why, I explained that I could either be on the law review or
my son could play little league, but not both. There just wasn't enough time, and Colin came first.
Sometimes people don't understand the choices I've made, and I have turned down some terrific
opportunities, but I guess life is just that way. I have a wonderful kid to show for it, though, and that is
what matters most.
As hard as it was, being ill and raising a child by myself, I've had so many great experiences. I saw
Baryshnikov dance, drove on the left side of the road across the English countryside, climbed a wall of
the Grand Canyon, jumped from a plane on my 40th birthday, appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court,
skiied down mountainsides, walked through vineyards, and on and on. Once I stood on the mall in
Washington D.C. while fireworks were exploding overhead, so close you could almost touch them. (It
was for George W. Bush's first inauguration.) I cannot adequately describe how fantastic it was to see
fireworks fill the sky around the Washington monument (but I cried.)
My hands are my creative outlet. All my life, I've loved drawing, writing, painting, etc. My illness
damaged all the joints in my body, and my toes have required multiple surgeries, but my fingers have
been relatively untouched. How amazing is that? If you ever doubt God's interest or intervention in our
lives, think of it--He spared my hands! It is very hard to be unhappy about all the pain and suffering
these last twenty years when I've been so fortunate in every other aspect of my life. I've truly been
blessed.
After almost thirty years, my path brought me full circle--back home. My son left to attend college at
Texas Tech, and I wanted to be closer to my parents, who are now living in Devers. I ran into Tommy
one day in 2006 (we had known each other since our high school/college days) and the rest, as they
say, is history. Now I get to finish my life where it all started--right here in Liberty County.
So that's my story (so far anyway!) And to all my childhood friends here, if I haven't called you or run
into you yet, I know I will soon, and I look forward to catching up with everyone. You can catch me on
Facebook from time to time. Don't hesitate to call me, either! I'd love to hear from you! God Bless You
All!
-- Lee Haidusek Chambers
First of all, you are not seeing things. I really am a blonde Aggie lawyer. If you know any good blonde
jokes, or Aggie jokes, or lawyer jokes, or any combination thereof, please send them to Tommy. He'll
love it.
I grew up in Dayton, although my family moved to the corner of F.M. 1008 and
F.M. 2797 in Kenefick when I started high school (Go Broncos! Yes, that's me
to the left in high school!) I have a younger brother, Andy Haidusek, and more
aunts, uncles and cousins than I can possibly name on one page. Chances
are, if you have lived in Liberty County long enough, you have met, worked
with, or gone to school with someone from my family tree. Tommy and I are
both children of local farmer/ranchers. My grandfather farmed rice in the
Dayton area, and my dad and uncles farmed rice in the Devers area. They
recently started a grass turf farm in Devers that is going well. I have always
admired the incredible level of patience, tenacity and perseverance that
farmers possess. Imagine plowing the fields, planting the seeds, keeping the
crops watered and well tended, only to have a storm come through and flatten
it all right before harvest. It's a tough business, but it teaches you the value of
faith and hard work. We were both very fortunate to grow up in farm families.
It is probably no surprise, I suppose, that I graduated from Texas A&M University. I majored in
engineering, and walked across the stage to receive my Bachelor of Science degree at the age of 21.
After college, I received a job offer from Hewlett-Packard and worked for them in Dallas, Texas. I later
went to work for Digital Equipment Corporation in Austin, Texas. (Digital merged with Compaq, which
then merged with Hewlett-Packard, so in a way I always worked for HP. I strongly recommend and
personally use HP products. They are a great company, and have excellent R&D and quality control!)
While in Austin, I worked as a lobbyist with the Texas Legislature. I was able to write legislation and get
it passed into law. I met and worked with politicians from both parties in Austin and learned a great deal
about politics and government. There is an old saying: the two things a person should never see being
made are laws and sausage. Being half-Czech and a former lobbyist, I've seen both. Although I don't
think I would ever want to repeat the experience, I wouldn't trade it for anything. I'm a wiser person for it.
I married an electrical engineer I met at A&M named Stephen King (not the writer!) and we had one child,
Colin Edward King. It was after Colin was born, however, that things got a bit rough for me. I became
very ill. The joints in my body became feverish and very swollen. After several hospital visits, I was
diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder, lupus. In other words, my body's immune system is
confusing my normal body tissue with bad germs and is trying to kill them. It is a genetic disorder that
has affected other members of my family to varying degrees, including my mom, but it really came after
me with a vengeance. Anyone who has dealt with arthritis knows how painful it can be. I became so ill
that I couldn't work anymore. My marriage ended. It was a tough time.
I thought that if I couldn't work then at least I could go back to school. My doctor finally agreed, and I
enrolled in law school at SMU in Dallas. I loved law school. I just love studying law. It was a difficult
balancing act, however, being a single mom and a law student. I made the law review, then after a year I
shocked everyone by resigning. When asked why, I explained that I could either be on the law review or
my son could play little league, but not both. There just wasn't enough time, and Colin came first.
Sometimes people don't understand the choices I've made, and I have turned down some terrific
opportunities, but I guess life is just that way. I have a wonderful kid to show for it, though, and that is
what matters most.
As hard as it was, being ill and raising a child by myself, I've had so many great experiences. I saw
Baryshnikov dance, drove on the left side of the road across the English countryside, climbed a wall of
the Grand Canyon, jumped from a plane on my 40th birthday, appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court,
skiied down mountainsides, walked through vineyards, and on and on. Once I stood on the mall in
Washington D.C. while fireworks were exploding overhead, so close you could almost touch them. (It
was for George W. Bush's first inauguration.) I cannot adequately describe how fantastic it was to see
fireworks fill the sky around the Washington monument (but I cried.)
My hands are my creative outlet. All my life, I've loved drawing, writing, painting, etc. My illness
damaged all the joints in my body, and my toes have required multiple surgeries, but my fingers have
been relatively untouched. How amazing is that? If you ever doubt God's interest or intervention in our
lives, think of it--He spared my hands! It is very hard to be unhappy about all the pain and suffering
these last twenty years when I've been so fortunate in every other aspect of my life. I've truly been
blessed.
After almost thirty years, my path brought me full circle--back home. My son left to attend college at
Texas Tech, and I wanted to be closer to my parents, who are now living in Devers. I ran into Tommy
one day in 2006 (we had known each other since our high school/college days) and the rest, as they
say, is history. Now I get to finish my life where it all started--right here in Liberty County.
So that's my story (so far anyway!) And to all my childhood friends here, if I haven't called you or run
into you yet, I know I will soon, and I look forward to catching up with everyone. You can catch me on
Facebook from time to time. Don't hesitate to call me, either! I'd love to hear from you! God Bless You
All!
-- Lee Haidusek Chambers
This is a collage of my pictures of Colin. The top center picture is of Colin at his second birthday party. The
top left is Colin on the playground at age 3. The top right is a picture of Colin and me after a Westlake pep
rally in 2004 (I'm wearing his jersey); Bottom center to right: Colin playing Little League baseball in Liberty,
Texas, in 1998; Colin pretending to shoot a cannon at Blenheim Palace in England in 1997; and Colin in
Tombstone, Arizona, in 1994. The bottom left is Colin's graduation picture from Westlake in 2005. (Can you
tell how proud I am of him?)
top left is Colin on the playground at age 3. The top right is a picture of Colin and me after a Westlake pep
rally in 2004 (I'm wearing his jersey); Bottom center to right: Colin playing Little League baseball in Liberty,
Texas, in 1998; Colin pretending to shoot a cannon at Blenheim Palace in England in 1997; and Colin in
Tombstone, Arizona, in 1994. The bottom left is Colin's graduation picture from Westlake in 2005. (Can you
tell how proud I am of him?)
| This website is a political advertisement paid for by the Thomas A. Chambers Campaign Fund, Lee Haidusek Chambers, Treasurer. All content is controlled by Lee Haidusek Chambers. |
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My parents, Charles and Shirley Haidusek,
celebrated their 50th Wedding
Anniversary on December 18, 2009.
celebrated their 50th Wedding
Anniversary on December 18, 2009.
| My nephew Andrew Haidusek, Andrew Chambers, Colin King, Dad, Me, Tommy, my nieces Adrienne and Julianne Haidusek, Mom, Harrabeth Haidusek, and Andy Haidusek. |
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My grandparents:
Red and Wilda Meacham
Red and Wilda Meacham
My Sixth Grade Class in Dayton, Texas