Frank Corte, Jr.

Frank Julius Corte, Jr. (born August 10, 1959), is a real estate businessman in San Antonio, Texas, who served as a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Bexar County between 1993 and 2011.

Background

Corte is the son of Frank Corte, Sr. (born c. 1930), and the former Rose Dean (born c. 1933) of San Antonio. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in building construction from Texas A&M University in College Station. He has been a cubmaster for the Boy Scouts of America. Corte is a Sunday school teacher and a deacon at the University Baptist Church in San Antonio.

Corte is employed in the property-management and land-development business.

Political life

In 1982, Corte was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps and served three years on active duty. He joined the Marine Corps Reserve and was activated in the Gulf War of 1991. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Corte was recalled to duty and sent to Egypt. In 2002, he graduated from the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. A colonel in the United States Marine Corps, Corte served in the Iraq War for more than six months. He was awarded the Bronze Star. While he was away twice on military deployments, Corte designated his wife, the former Valerie Ann Ryder (born 1967), the mother of their three children, as his stand-in for his legislative duties, a procedure allowed in Texas. Valerie is one of four daughters of Gene Ed Ryder (born 1932), who was reared in Seymour in Baylor County and a retired civilian employee of the United States Air Force, and his wife, the former Mary Lynn Wilson (born 1940).

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