Bill Text: TX HR63 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Judy Ackerman of El Paso.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-09 - Reported enrolled [HR63 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR63-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 63 | ||
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| WHEREAS, A life dedicated to social and environmental justice | ||
| and to the service of her nation drew to a close with the death of | ||
| Judith P. Ackerman of El Paso on November 6, 2022, at the age of 69; | ||
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| WHEREAS, Judy Ackerman joined the 28th Infantry of the | ||
| Pennsylvania Army National Guard in 1980, embarking upon a | ||
| distinguished 27-year career in the U.S. Army; she was one of the | ||
| first women to teach a course for primary noncommissioned officers | ||
| in the NCO education system, and she was a lesson developer at the | ||
| U.S. Army's Sergeants Major Academy and the first sergeant for the | ||
| Equipment Maintenance Center of 21st Theater Support Command in | ||
| Kaiserslautern, Germany; throughout her military service, she was a | ||
| champion for diversity and equal opportunity, and she retired from | ||
| the army in 2007 at the rank of sergeant major; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 1995, Sergeant Ackerman transferred to Fort | ||
| Bliss, and she fell in love with the El Paso region; she was a leader | ||
| in the effort to declare the Castner Range of the Franklin Mountains | ||
| as a national monument, and in 2012 she handcuffed herself to a | ||
| bulldozer to protect the Rio Bosque wetlands from construction; she | ||
| also played a leading role in the development of the Knapp Land | ||
| Nature Preserve; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A member of the League of Women Voters and a | ||
| deputized voter registrar, Ms. Ackerman signed up thousands of | ||
| voters in El Paso County; she also helped to found the Viejitas for | ||
| Choice network to preserve reproductive rights; she was an active | ||
| member of many other organizations, including the Sierra Club, the | ||
| Friends of the Rio Bosque, the El Paso Chapter of the Native Plant | ||
| Society of New Mexico, the Trans-Pecos Chapter Texas Master | ||
| Naturalists, and the Frontera Land Alliance; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Judy Ackerman lived a rich and purposeful life | ||
| dedicated to conserving the natural splendor of El Paso and to | ||
| fighting for social justice, and her passion and commitment will | ||
| forever inspire all those who knew and loved her; now, therefore, be | ||
| it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Judy Ackerman and | ||
| extend sincere condolences to her husband, Jamie Ackerman, to the | ||
| other members of her family, and to her countless friends; 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 Judy | ||
| Ackerman. | ||
| Moody | ||
| González of El Paso | ||
| Ortega | ||
| Ordaz | ||
| Morales of Maverick | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 63 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
| vote of the House on March 8, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
