Bill Text: TX HR345 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Resolution 345 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: In memory of Albert W. McKnight of San Antonio.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-03-04 - Reported enrolled [HR345 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HR345-Enrolled.html



	H.R. No. 345



	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The death of attorney and civic leader Albert W.
	McKnight of San Antonio on October 14, 2009, at the age of 68,
	profoundly saddened his family, friends, and colleagues; and
	WHEREAS, Born in Belmont on February 19, 1941, Mr. McKnight
	graduated from Ball High School in Seguin and attended St. Philip's
	College; after serving his country in the United States Army, he
	completed his bachelor's degree in history at St. Mary's
	University; he briefly taught at Roosevelt High School before
	becoming the first African American administrator in San Antonio's
	municipal government, and he later served as a director of planning
	in the federal Model Cities Program in both San Antonio and New
	Orleans; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. McKnight went on to graduate from the Thurgood
	Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University and to practice
	with Clarence Williams and Johnny Gabriel; a solo practitioner for
	several years as well, he also served as a San Antonio municipal
	judge in the early 1980s and as justice of the peace for Precinct 4
	from 1996 through 2006; more recently, he was a partner in the firm
	of McKnight & Bravenec; and
	WHEREAS, During the course of his legal career, Mr. McKnight
	served as a mentor to many young attorneys and frequently performed
	pro bono work for people in need; he demonstrated a deep commitment
	to the Eastside community and served in leadership roles for a
	number of local organizations, including the United Way of San
	Antonio, the alumni board of St. Mary's University, the San Antonio
	chapter of the NAACP, the Alamo YMCA, the Comanche District of the
	Boy Scouts of America, Catholic Family and Children Services, and
	Mission Trails Rotary, which he helped found; and
	WHEREAS, Albert McKnight worked diligently in behalf of his
	fellow citizens and was a stalwart champion of the causes in which
	he believed; he will forever be fondly remembered by all those who
	were privileged to share in the richness of his life; now,
	therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Albert W. McKnight
	and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his
	son, Christopher McKnight; to his daughter, Rebecca McKnight; to
	his former wife, Yulanee McKnight; 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 Albert
	McKnight.


	McClendon

	______________________________
	Speaker of the House

	I certify that H.R. No. 345 was unanimously adopted by a
	rising vote of the House on February 24, 2011.

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	Chief Clerk of the House