Bill Text: TX HCR160 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of former state representative Dr. Bob Glaze.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Signed by the Governor [HCR160 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HCR160-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of former state representative Dr. Bob Glaze.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Signed by the Governor [HCR160 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HCR160-Introduced.html
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By: Hughes | H.C.R. No. 160 |
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WHEREAS, The Honorable Dr. Bob Glaze of Gilmer, who served | ||
six consecutive terms in the Texas House of Representatives, passed | ||
away on June 25, 2010, at the age of 82; and | ||
WHEREAS, First elected to the legislature in 1990, Dr. Glaze | ||
focused on strengthening health care, advancing the cause of public | ||
education, and addressing the needs of the disadvantaged during his | ||
tenure in office; he sponsored the bill that created the Children's | ||
Health Insurance Program in 1999, and in that same session he helped | ||
to establish, and then served on, the Blue Ribbon Task Force on the | ||
Uninsured; a senior member of the appropriations and public health | ||
committees, he chaired several subcommittees of the latter and also | ||
served as vice chair of the redistricting committee; new members of | ||
the house, regardless of their party affiliation, benefited greatly | ||
from his generous counsel; and | ||
WHEREAS, "Dr. Bob," as he was widely known, was born in Tyler | ||
on November 20, 1927; he graduated from Tyler High School and Tyler | ||
Junior College, earned a bachelor's degree in agriculture from Sam | ||
Houston State University, and received his doctor of chiropractic | ||
degree from Texas Chiropractic College; in addition, he pursued | ||
graduate studies at chiropractic colleges in California, New York, | ||
and Maryland, and he served for a year in the merchant marine; and | ||
WHEREAS, Bob Glaze married the former Wilma Jean Franks in | ||
Tyler in 1948, and six years later the couple moved to Gilmer; over | ||
the ensuing decades, Dr. Glaze played a vital role in the civic life | ||
of his community, serving as president of the Gilmer Independent | ||
School District Board of Trustees, Upshur County and Gilmer Area | ||
Chambers of Commerce, East Texas Yamboree Association, and Gilmer | ||
Rotary Club, as well as board member of the East Texas Food Bank, | ||
director of the First National Bank of Gilmer, and member of the | ||
development board of The University of Texas Health Science Center | ||
at Tyler; he also served as a director of the Texas Health | ||
Foundation and the Texas Chest Foundation, and he was a valued | ||
congregant of the First Baptist Church of Gilmer; and | ||
WHEREAS, The recipient of numerous accolades, Dr. Glaze was | ||
named Outstanding Public Health Legislator by the Texas Public | ||
Health Association in both 1992 and 1999; moreover, he was chosen as | ||
Citizen of the Year by the Upshur County Chamber of Commerce and as | ||
Chiropractor of the Year by the Texas Chiropractic Association, | ||
which he once led as president; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Bob Glaze exemplified the highest standards of | ||
public service, and his colleagues in the house of representatives | ||
will forever remember his integrity, his deep compassion for the | ||
most vulnerable members of society, and his unwavering devotion to | ||
his constituents and to the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby pay tribute to the life of the Honorable Dr. Bob Glaze and | ||
extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife | ||
of 62 years, Jean Glaze; to his son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Andy | ||
Glaze and Sandra Glaze; to his daughters and sons-in-law, Jeannie | ||
Smith and Ken Smith and Jill McDaniel and Dr. Randy McDaniel; to his | ||
brother, Ben D. Glaze; to his sisters, Sue Everett, Una Marie Green, | ||
and Freida Melvin; to his 7 grandchildren and 10 | ||
great-grandchildren; and to the other relatives and friends of this | ||
distinguished Texan; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of | ||
Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of | ||
Dr. Bob Glaze. |