Bill Text: TX HR656 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of South Texas educator Alberto Byington Sr.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
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 | ||
