Bill Text: TX HR656 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of South Texas educator Alberto Byington Sr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-23 - Reported enrolled [HR656 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR656-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 656 |
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WHEREAS, The death of admired educator Alberto Byington Sr. | ||
on July 21, 2012, at the age of 77, brought a great loss to residents | ||
of South Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Falfurrias on April 6, 1935, Alberto | ||
Byington was the son of Alfredo Byington Sr. and Annabel Cruz | ||
Byington; he graduated from Falfurrias High School and served his | ||
country in the United States Air Force before going on to complete | ||
his bachelor's and master's degrees at Texas A&I University; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Byington's career in education spanned nearly a | ||
half-century; he began teaching in Falfurrias in 1961, and two | ||
years later, he became a principal in Encino; returning to the | ||
Brooks County Independent School District, he served as director of | ||
federal programs and assistant superintendent, and in 1973, he | ||
began a noteworthy 23-year tenure as superintendent; he then served | ||
as interim superintendent in Mathis, San Diego, and Ben Bolt-Palito | ||
Blanco, where a six-month appointment turned into a seven-year | ||
tenure; in addition, he was a Texas Education Agency Monitor for | ||
Driscoll ISD; he was asked to return to Brooks County as | ||
superintendent and served until 2010, when he retired from the | ||
district for a second time; and | ||
WHEREAS, Deeply committed to his calling, Mr. Byington was a | ||
kind mentor to countless people, and he served in numerous | ||
leadership roles; he was chair of the University Interscholastic | ||
League Waiver Review Board and a member of the UIL State Executive | ||
Committee and the Region XIV Music Executive Committee, and his | ||
professional affiliations included the Texas State Teachers | ||
Association and Texas Association of School Administrators; named | ||
Educator of the Month by Texas School Business magazine, he also | ||
received the prestigious Golden Molcajete Award from the Mexican | ||
American School Board Members Association and the Tejano Service | ||
Award, which recognized him as the longest-serving Hispanic | ||
superintendent in the state; and | ||
WHEREAS, This civic-minded Texan served the wider community | ||
as a member of the Brooks County Chamber of Commerce, the Juvenile | ||
Board, and the board of the Kingsville Area Educators Federal | ||
Credit Union; moreover, he was a valued member of Sacred Heart | ||
Catholic Church, where he served as lector; above all, he was a | ||
devoted family man; he shared a fulfilling relationship with his | ||
wife, Virginia Susana Byington, and he was the proud father of | ||
Alberto, Kristina, and Ricardo; and | ||
WHEREAS, Alberto Byington was dedicated to providing the | ||
children of rural South Texas with a strong foundation on which to | ||
build, and his outstanding contributions will remain a source of | ||
inspiration to all who were fortunate enough to know him; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Alberto Byington | ||
Sr. and extend sincere condolences to his loved ones; 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 Alberto | ||
Byington Sr. | ||
Guillen | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 656 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on March 5, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||