Bill Text: TX HCR33 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Authorizing the burial of Susana I. Aleman in the State Cemetery.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Signed by the Governor [HCR33 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HCR33-Enrolled.html
H.C.R. No. 33 |
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WHEREAS, State law stipulates in Section 2165.256, | ||
Government Code, that a person specified in a concurrent resolution | ||
adopted by the legislature is eligible for burial in the State | ||
Cemetery if the State Cemetery Committee finds that the person has | ||
made a significant contribution to Texas history and, based on that | ||
finding, approves the person's burial; and | ||
WHEREAS, Susana I. Aleman, who served as assistant dean for | ||
student affairs at The University of Texas at Austin School of Law | ||
for more than two decades, is a pioneering figure whose | ||
professional achievements helped further the worthy ideal of equal | ||
opportunity for all Texans, and her request for burial in the State | ||
Cemetery merits approval by the committee; and | ||
WHEREAS, A leader in the fields of education and law, Dean | ||
Aleman became the first woman and first Hispanic to hold the post of | ||
assistant dean for student affairs at the UT Austin School of Law | ||
when she accepted the position in 1984; during her 21-year tenure, | ||
she ably counseled thousands of law students on both academic and | ||
personal matters, and her success in that role helped inspire other | ||
minorities and women to seek a place in the ranks of senior | ||
administration in both the public and private sectors; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dean Aleman joined the staff of the law school | ||
shortly after receiving her doctor of jurisprudence degree from UT | ||
Austin; she also holds a bachelor's degree in secondary education | ||
and a master's degree in curriculum and instruction from UT Austin | ||
as well as a master's degree in school administration from the | ||
former Texas A&I University-Kingsville; in addition, she was the | ||
valedictorian of the Class of 1972 at Falfurrias High School; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dean Aleman's record of service to her state further | ||
includes her work as a high school government teacher, student | ||
mentor, and youth development director and as the University | ||
Interscholastic League academic director in Brooks County; | ||
moreover, she has contributed her time and expertise to such | ||
organizations as the Hispanic Women's Network of Texas, the | ||
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the Texas Commission on Judicial | ||
Efficiency; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 2006, the Travis County Women Lawyers' | ||
Association honored Dean Aleman as a Pathfinder, an award that | ||
recognizes local women with law degrees who are role models and | ||
trailblazers in the community; her numerous honors also include | ||
recognition as an Outstanding Leader in 2000-2001 by the Hispanic | ||
Faculty/Staff Association of UT Austin; and | ||
WHEREAS, In light of her noteworthy contributions to the Lone | ||
Star State, it is fitting that Susana I. Aleman be allowed to | ||
designate the State Cemetery as her final resting place; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby authorize the burial of Susana I. Aleman in the State | ||
Cemetery, provided that her application for assignment of burial | ||
space is approved by the State Cemetery Committee as required by | ||
law. | ||
Raymond | ||
Guillen | ||
Pitts | ||
Martinez Fischer | ||
Lozano | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.C.R. No. 33 was adopted by the House on March | ||
30, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.C.R. No. 33 was adopted by the Senate on May | ||
17, 2011, by a viva-voce vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |