Bill Text: TX HR760 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Edward Galvan of Corpus Christi.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-24 - Reported enrolled [HR760 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR760-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 760 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The citizens of Corpus Christi lost a beloved | ||
| educator and an admired jazz musician with the death of Edward | ||
| Galvan of Corpus Christi on February 15, 2011, at the age of 83; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Eddie Galvan was born on August 19, 1927, to Rafael | ||
| and Virginia Galvan; his father gave him violin lessons, but he | ||
| wanted to be a horn player and snuck a saxophone home from school to | ||
| teach himself to play; and | ||
| WHEREAS, While still a young man, he and his brother Bobby | ||
| opened the Galvan Music Company and the Galvan Ballroom in Corpus | ||
| Christi, where together with their brothers Sammy and Ralph they | ||
| performed during the height of the swing era as the Galvan Brothers, | ||
| often accompanying such music legends as Duke Ellington, Stan | ||
| Kenton, Tommy Dorsey, and Gene Krupa; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After graduating from Corpus Christi High School in | ||
| 1945, Mr. Galvan earned an associate's degree at Del Mar College; he | ||
| went on to earn a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in music | ||
| from Texas College of Arts and Industries in 1952 and 1953, | ||
| respectively; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Galvan began his career in education as a | ||
| teacher in Premont in 1953, and three years later, he joined the | ||
| Corpus Christi Independent School District; from 1973 until he | ||
| retired from the district in 1985, he was the district's | ||
| coordinator of music and director of human resources; and | ||
| WHEREAS, An inspiring teacher who was known to his devoted | ||
| students as "Mr. G.," Mr. Galvan led the Battlin' Bucs band of Roy | ||
| Miller High School to many University Interscholastic League | ||
| victories; under his baton, the Bucs also won outstanding band | ||
| honors at Six Flags Over Texas and the Houston Baptist Music | ||
| Festivals; they received the Victor's Trophy at the 1968 Cotton | ||
| Bowl, and the following year, Mr. Galvan was invited to be guest | ||
| conductor at the Cotton Bowl Pageant; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After retiring from Corpus Christi ISD in 1985, Mr. | ||
| Galvan continued to teach as an associate professor of music at | ||
| Corpus Christi State University until 1991, when he was appointed | ||
| dean of music at Vidal M. Trevino School of Communications and Fine | ||
| Arts in Laredo, a position he held for eight years; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The dynamic Mr. Galvan also found time to serve as | ||
| vice president of the Band Division of the Texas Music Educators | ||
| Association and as president of the Texas Bandmasters Association; | ||
| from 1973 through 1994, he was a Port of Corpus Christi | ||
| commissioner; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For more than four decades, Mr. Galvan performed as | ||
| the front man of the Eddie Galvan Orchestra, delighting audiences | ||
| throughout South Texas; he cofounded the Texas Jazz Festival, where | ||
| he was a headliner for many years, and in 2004, he and his brother | ||
| Bobby were inducted into the South Texas Music Walk of Fame; the | ||
| band hall at Roy Miller High School was renamed in his honor, and in | ||
| 2008, he was inducted into the South Texas Region XIV Band Directors | ||
| Hall of Fame; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A gifted jazz musician and a dedicated teacher, | ||
| Eddie Galvan leaves behind a legacy that will long resonate in the | ||
| lives of his many friends and admirers throughout the state; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Edward Galvan and | ||
| extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his | ||
| wife, Nancy Galvan; to his children, Mary Grace Carroll and her | ||
| husband, Vernon, and Edward Overton Galvan, and their mother, | ||
| Catherine Marion Menger; to his grandchildren, Kathryn Bridget and | ||
| Patrick Edward; to his stepchildren, Jeffery Mark Brewer, his wife, | ||
| Joanna, and their son, Joseph, John Gordon Brewer, his wife, | ||
| Marcie, and their children, Kevin, Justin, Darby, Evan, and | ||
| Georgia, and Tava Marie Foret, her husband, David, and their sons, | ||
| Clinton, Trystan, and David; to his sisters, Patty Prezas and Mamie | ||
| Oliveira; to his brothers, Ralph Galvan, Jr., and his wife, Jeanne, | ||
| and Bobby Galvan and his wife, Alicia; and to his other relatives | ||
| and 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 Eddie | ||
| Galvan. | ||
| Hunter | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 760 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on March 17, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
