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:For the Canadian ice hockey player, see ''Pat Falloon''. Patrick Edward Fallon, known as Pat Fallon (born December 19, 1967),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pat Fallon's Biography )〕 is a businessman from Frisco, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 106 based in Denton County in the northern portion of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pat Fallon )〕 Fallon is best known as the co-author of the 2013 Texas law which allows students and employees of independent school districts to say, "Merry Christmas", rather than "Happy Holidays", the preferred terminology of liberal administrators.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kyle Mantyla, Warriors For Christmas: Texas State Rep. Pat Fallon Leads The Battle In The 'War On Christmas', December 13, 2013 )〕 Unopposed for his second legislative term in the Republican primary on March 4, 2014, the strongly conservative Fallon now faces in the November 4 general election a Democrat, Lisa Osterolt, a business analyst from Little Elm, also in Denton County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lisa Osterolt's Biography )〕 ==Background== Internet sites reveal little about Fallon prior to his initial enrollment at the University of Massachusetts, campus not given, other than that both of his parents, names not given, earned their livelihoods as public schoolteachers.〔〔 Intelius.com lists former residences for Fallon in Edgartown and Pittsfield, Massachusetts, but no dates are provided.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Patrick Edward Fallon )〕 He earned his bachelor's degree in Government and International Relations from the Roman Catholic-affiliated University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.〔 At Notre Dame, Fallon played varsity football under Coach Lou Holtz and was part of the 1988 national championship team. He ran a T-shirt business as a Notre Dame student and participated in campus and Republican political activities. He was a cadet in the Reserve Officers Training Corps of the United States Air Force. Subsequently, he served as a second lieutenant for four years, during which he received the Air Force Achievement Medal.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pat Fallon )〕 After college, Fallon relocated in the early 1990s to Denton County. He is the president and chief executive officer of Virtus Apparel, a company which specializes in clothing of military and patriotic design. Based in Prosper, in both Denton and Collin counties, it has a dozen national locations and about one hundred total employees.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Virtus Apparel )〕 Fallon is married to the former Susan Kimberly Garner (born c. 1980), who also has a former address in Edgartown, Massachusetts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Susan G. Fallon )〕 The couple has two sons, Thomas and Mac.〔 He is affiliated with the Holy Cross Catholic Church in The Colony, another suburban city in Denton County. He is a donor to Dallas Baptist University, Frisco Family Services, and the Boys and Girls Club of America.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pat Fallon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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