Bill Text: TX HR338 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of The University of Texas professor emeritus Robert D. Auerbach.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-27 - Reported enrolled [HR338 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR338-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 338 |
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WHEREAS, A distinguished career in public service and | ||
academia drew to a close with the death of Robert D. Auerbach of | ||
Bethesda, Maryland, on January 20, 2017, at the age of 88; and | ||
WHEREAS, Robert Auerbach was born in Chicago on December 2, | ||
1928; he earned a degree in economics at Roosevelt College and went | ||
on to complete a master's degree and Ph.D. in economics at the | ||
University of Chicago, under the tutelage of the famed economist | ||
Milton Friedman; and | ||
WHEREAS, Early in his academic career, Dr. Auerbach worked | ||
for several colleges and universities in Illinois, Kansas, and | ||
Virginia before joining the faculty of American University, where | ||
he rose to full professor; while living in Washington, D.C., he also | ||
served as an economist for the Federal Reserve System, the House of | ||
Representatives Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, | ||
and the Department of the Treasury; and | ||
WHEREAS, Professor Auerbach taught at the University of | ||
California-Riverside from 1983 until 1993, when he returned to | ||
Washington to serve for six years as an economist for the House | ||
Committee on Banking and Financial Services; he was the author of | ||
four well-regarded books and dozens of scholarly articles, and for | ||
the final 18 years of his career, he served as a professor of public | ||
affairs at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The | ||
University of Texas at Austin, where he earned the deep respect and | ||
lasting affection of his colleagues and his students; he retired | ||
from UT in May 2016 and was subsequently named a professor emeritus; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, In his leisure, Dr. Auerbach enjoyed taking long | ||
walks with his wife, Linda, with whom he shared 45 years, and he | ||
also loved spending time with his two children, Donald and Kathryn; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Bob Auerbach was a devoted family man, a | ||
well-respected scholar, and a consummate gentleman, and he leaves | ||
behind a record of achievement his loved ones can remember with | ||
pride; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Robert D. Auerbach | ||
and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of his family: to his | ||
wife, Linda Auerbach; to his son, Donald Auerbach, and his wife, | ||
Courtney Hagen; to his daughter, Kathryn Crandlemire, and her | ||
husband, Erik; to his granddaughter, Charlotte Crandlemire; and to | ||
his other relatives and friends; 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 adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Bob | ||
Auerbach. | ||
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______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 338 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on February 23, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||