Bill Text: TX SR108 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Harvey Raymond Herbst.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-21 - Reported enrolled [SR108 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR108-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
Harvey Raymond Herbst | ||
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the | ||
citizens of Austin in mourning the loss of Harvey Raymond Herbst, | ||
who died May 17, 2013, at the age of 90; and | ||
WHEREAS, Harvey Herbst was born on November 21, 1922, in | ||
Dallas; he graduated from Sunset High School and the University | ||
of Denver and went on to join the United States Army and serve | ||
under General Patton during World War II; he fought in the Battle | ||
of the Rhine and assisted in the liberation of the Ohrdruf | ||
concentration camp; and | ||
WHEREAS, After the war, he earned a master's degree from | ||
Syracuse University, and later, a doctorate from The University | ||
of Texas; he married the love of his life, Dean Finley, who | ||
preceded him in death after a rewarding and fulfilling 56-year | ||
marriage; and | ||
WHEREAS, Harvey had a highly successful lifetime career in | ||
media, which he started when he served as a radio announcer while | ||
still a teenager; he worked as a radio producer, teacher, and | ||
writer in Chicago and New York, and he was a standout professor | ||
for more than 20 years at The University of Texas at Austin, where | ||
he helped to develop radio and television and the School of | ||
Communication and retired as director of the Communication | ||
Center and general manager of KLRU-TV and KUT-FM; and | ||
WHEREAS, In retirement, he and his wife traveled the world | ||
together, and he remained active as a volunteer with literacy | ||
programs and a number of charitable groups; he also directed the | ||
Getting Better All The Time Singers, a seniors' group, which was | ||
the perfect venue for his well-appreciated wit and musical | ||
prowess and is now in its 26th season; and | ||
WHEREAS, Devoted to his family, he enjoyed spending as much | ||
time as he could with his son and daughter and his four | ||
grandchildren and his great-granddaughter; he was a devout | ||
Christian and an active member of Westminster Presbyterian | ||
Church; and | ||
WHEREAS, Harvey Herbst was a brilliant intellectual who | ||
was known for his engaging personality, his incredible zest for | ||
life, and his seemingly boundless talent; he was also a generous, | ||
kindhearted person who was beloved by many, and he will long be | ||
remembered with affection and appreciation by all who were | ||
privileged to share in his life; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby extend sincere | ||
condolences to the bereaved family of Harvey Raymond Herbst; and, | ||
be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
his family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas | ||
Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in | ||
memory of Harvey Herbst. | ||
Watson | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on June 21, 2013, by a | ||
rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |