Bill Text: TX HR345 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Albert W. McKnight of San Antonio.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-04 - Reported enrolled [HR345 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR345-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 345 |
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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 | ||