Bill Text: TX HR705 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Paying tribute to the life of Dr. Alberto Gonzalo Garcia, a Mexican American Trailblazer of Austin and Travis County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-23 - Reported enrolled [HR705 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR705-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 705 |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Alberto Gonzalo Garcia was posthumously | ||
recognized by the Austin History Center in conjunction with its | ||
exhibit Mexican American Firsts: Trailblazers of Austin and Travis | ||
County; and | ||
WHEREAS, Honoring the important contributions made by | ||
Mexican Americans to Central Texas, the Austin History Center and | ||
its association joined with the Austin Public Library to organize | ||
the show, which ran from August 21, 2010, through January 16, 2011; | ||
Mexican American Firsts: Trailblazers of Austin and Travis County | ||
celebrated the pioneering achievements of 32 remarkable men and | ||
women and provided the public with an opportunity to learn more | ||
about their lives; and | ||
WHEREAS, One such individual, Dr. Alberto Gonzalo Garcia, was | ||
honored for his achievements in public health; a graduate of the | ||
American Medical Missionary College in Battle Creek, Michigan, he | ||
earned a second medical degree from Tulane University School of | ||
Medicine in New Orleans and went on to become the first Mexican | ||
American physician to establish a practice in Austin; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Garcia joined the staff of Brackenridge | ||
Hospital, and he worked to ensure that Mexican Americans received | ||
medical services; active in a number of community organizations, he | ||
helped to establish a workers' group, Obreros Mexicanos, and the | ||
local chapter of the Comision Honorifica Mexicana, which | ||
represented Mexican nationals in the United States; he encouraged | ||
others to acquire citizenship and exercise the right to vote, and | ||
along with his wife, he published the town's first Spanish-language | ||
newspaper, La Vanguardia; and | ||
WHEREAS, Before his passing in 1962, Dr. Garcia also | ||
benefited his fellow residents by supporting the Austin Public | ||
Library and advocating for better educational opportunities for | ||
Mexican Americans; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through his outstanding accomplishments, Dr. | ||
Alberto Garcia made a positive difference in his community, and his | ||
legacy is a source of pride and inspiration to many people; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Dr. Alberto Gonzalo | ||
Garcia, a Mexican American Trailblazer of Austin and Travis County. | ||
Rodriguez | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 705 was adopted by the House on March | ||
17, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||