Bill Text: TX HR70 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Michael W. McKinney of Austin.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-01-14 - Reported enrolled [HR70 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR70-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Michael W. McKinney of Austin.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-01-14 - Reported enrolled [HR70 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR70-Introduced.html
83R1710 JWI-D | ||
By: Geren | H.R. No. 70 |
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WHEREAS, With the passing of Michael W. McKinney of Austin on | ||
February 15, 2012, Texas lost a prominent figure in state politics | ||
and an admired community leader; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in San Angelo in 1946, Mike McKinney was | ||
president of the San Angelo Central High School student body his | ||
senior year; he attended Angelo State University and graduated from | ||
The University of Texas at Austin after earning his bachelor's | ||
degree in government; he then began a 40-year career that would | ||
never take him far from the pink dome and state politics; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. McKinney first worked for Preston Smith in the | ||
office of lieutenant governor and continued to serve as his special | ||
assistant after he was elected governor; following Governor Smith's | ||
two terms in office, Mr. McKinney moved to the Texas Water Quality | ||
Board as an assistant to the executive director; in 1977, he joined | ||
the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, where he served as an | ||
assistant administrator and helped modernize the agency; and | ||
WHEREAS, A highly effective liaison, Mr. McKinney joined the | ||
Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas in 1984 as vice president of | ||
industry affairs, and he was promoted to chief executive officer in | ||
1989; throughout his career, Mr. McKinney's effectiveness as a | ||
legislative lobbyist was well known and highly respected; Capitol | ||
Inside listed him as the number one "single client lobbyist" in | ||
2004, and The Quorum Report ranked him at the top of the list of | ||
"Most Knowledgeable, Greatest Candor" in the governmental affairs | ||
arena; he won many honors for his work, including the F.X. Matt | ||
Award for Significant Accomplishment from the Brewers Association | ||
of America in 2002 and the National Beer Wholesalers Association's | ||
President's Award for Legislative Excellence in 1998; the NBWA | ||
posthumously honored him with its Life Service Award in October | ||
2012; and | ||
WHEREAS, Along with the recognition that he received for his | ||
professional achievements, Mr. McKinney was esteemed for his many | ||
civic endeavors; he served as president of the Bob Bullock Texas | ||
State History Museum Foundation and vice chair of the Friends of | ||
the Texas State Cemetery; he was a former member of the boards of | ||
the Friends of the Governor's Mansion and Keep Texas Beautiful; and | ||
since the mid-1980s, he had volunteered in the planning and support | ||
for governor and lieutenant governor inaugural activities and | ||
governor for a day celebrations; additionally, he was a 32nd degree | ||
Mason and a Knight Commander of the Court of Honour and was a member | ||
of the board of directors of the Scottish Rite Learning Center of | ||
Austin; he was also a longtime board member and president of The | ||
Austin Club; and | ||
WHEREAS, Deeply devoted to his family, Mr. McKinney shared | ||
nearly four decades with his beloved wife, the former LaNan Hooker, | ||
and together they were blessed with two children, W. Blake McKinney | ||
and Lauren Brooke McKinney, and three grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, Though it is impossible to gauge the full effect of a | ||
man's life, some individuals leave their unmistakable mark on the | ||
world as they move through it, and Mike McKinney's contributions to | ||
his state will long resonate in the lives of all who knew him; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Michael W. McKinney | ||
and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his | ||
wife, LaNan; to his children, Dr. W. Blake McKinney and his wife, | ||
Erika, and Lauren Brooke McKinney; to his grandchildren, Chad | ||
William McKinney, Braden Michael McKinney, and Skylar Sands | ||
McKinney; and to his other relatives and many 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 Michael | ||
W. McKinney. |