Bill Text: TX HR1069 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Louise Hopkins Underwood of Lubbock.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-04-12 - Reported enrolled [HR1069 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR1069-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1069 | ||
|
|
||
| WHEREAS, Residents of Lubbock lost an admired philanthropist | ||
| and patron of the arts with the death of Louise Hopkins Underwood on | ||
| March 7, 2017, at the age of 97; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born in Houston on May 2, 1919, the former Louise | ||
| Hopkins was the daughter of Amy and Edwin Hopkins; her family moved | ||
| to Bronxville, New York, when she was a month old and returned to | ||
| Dallas in 1931; while a student at The University of Texas at | ||
| Austin, she met her future husband, Harris Underwood; they married | ||
| in October 1941, and during his service in World War II, | ||
| Mrs. Underwood moved to Lubbock; the couple became the proud | ||
| parents of six children, Jane, Gwynne, Harris, Amy, David, and | ||
| Mary, and she ensured that as they were growing up, they were | ||
| exposed to theater, music, and art; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Underwood began volunteering in the community | ||
| while her children were young, becoming a founding member of the | ||
| boards of the Sherick Memorial Home and the ACTeens theater program | ||
| for troubled youth; in addition, she and her husband funded the | ||
| Bio-Cybernetics Lab at the Children's Clinic at the Texas Tech | ||
| University medical school, and they were instrumental in the | ||
| creation of the pediatric orthopaedic chair at the TTU Health | ||
| Sciences Center Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and | ||
| Rehabilitation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Opening their home to benefit the Lubbock Symphony | ||
| Orchestra, Texas Tech, and many other worthy organizations and | ||
| institutions, the Underwoods hosted multiple musicales and | ||
| fund-raisers; they became strong supporters of TTU College of | ||
| Architecture initiatives, and in the mid-1990s, Mrs. Underwood | ||
| became deeply involved in every aspect of the redevelopment of a | ||
| blighted industrial area as the Lubbock Regional Arts Center; her | ||
| tireless efforts furthered its growth as a cultural jewel, | ||
| educational facility, community center, and stimulus for the local | ||
| economy, and she played a key role in the establishment of live-work | ||
| spaces for artists in the Charles Adams Studio Project; in | ||
| addition, she was a founding member of the Texas Alliance for | ||
| Education and the Arts and of the Lubbock Cultural Arts Commission, | ||
| and for more than a half century, she served as a volunteer and | ||
| trustee for the Museum of Texas Tech University; she also gave | ||
| generously of her time and talents in behalf of the TTU College of | ||
| Visual and Performing Arts, Ballet Lubbock, three local theater | ||
| groups, and other organizations; along the way, she made a positive | ||
| impact on the careers of many individual artists; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 2004, an anonymous benefactor donated a | ||
| significant sum to the arts center with the stipulation that it be | ||
| renamed the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts; | ||
| Mrs. Underwood was the recipient of numerous other accolades as | ||
| well, among them the Dynamic Force award from the Lubbock Arts | ||
| Alliance, the Champion of the Arts award from the Texas Alliance for | ||
| Education and the Arts, and the Mahon Award for Extraordinary | ||
| Public Service from the Lubbock Chapter of the Association for | ||
| Women in Communications; in 2008, she was inducted into the Texas | ||
| Women's Hall of Fame; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Louise Hopkins Underwood enriched the lives of | ||
| innumerable people through her tremendous efforts to increase | ||
| access to the arts and to support the development of a vibrant arts | ||
| community, and those who were privileged to share in her love and | ||
| friendship will forever remember the grace, enthusiasm, and joyous | ||
| spirit that she brought to every endeavor she undertook; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Louise Hopkins | ||
| Underwood and extend deepest condolences to all who mourn her | ||
| passing; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of | ||
| Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Louise | ||
| Hopkins Underwood. | ||
| Frullo | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1069 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on April 6, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
