Bill Text: TX SR262 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Tatcho Mindiola Jr. on the occasion of his retirement.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-02-25 - Reported enrolled [SR262 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SR262-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Tatcho Mindiola Jr. is retiring from the | ||
| University of Houston in May 2015, drawing to a close a | ||
| pioneering career as a scholar, educator, and administrator; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born and raised in Houston, Tatcho Mindiola grew | ||
| up in the Sunset Heights neighborhood, and after graduating from | ||
| John H. Reagan High School in 1957, he continued his studies at | ||
| South Texas Junior College while working full-time for Houston | ||
| Lighting and Power; he subsequently joined the United States Army | ||
| and served in Virginia and Greenland; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After his discharge in 1961, he enrolled at the | ||
| University of Houston under the G.I. Bill and earned a bachelor's | ||
| degree in business administration and a master's degree in | ||
| sociology; during his student years, he also helped establish the | ||
| campus's first Mexican American student organization, worked to | ||
| increase the number of Hispanic faculty members, and built | ||
| coalitions with African American students; he continued his | ||
| student activism while he earned his doctorate in sociology at | ||
| Brown University; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 1974, Dr. Mindiola returned to the University of | ||
| Houston to take a joint appointment as a professor of sociology | ||
| and Mexican American studies, and in 1980 he became director of | ||
| the Center for Mexican American Studies; under his leadership, it | ||
| has become one of the leading centers of its type in the nation, | ||
| offering a minor in Mexican American studies and research and | ||
| graduate fellowships as well as a visiting scholar's program and | ||
| recruitment and retention efforts; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. Mindiola's own scholarly work has focused on | ||
| race as it pertains to Mexican Americans, with particular emphasis | ||
| on the relationship between Mexican and African Americans, the | ||
| experience of Mexican Americans in the public school system, and | ||
| the image of Mexican Americans in film; he is the coauthor of | ||
| Black-Brown Relations and Stereotypes, published in 2002 by The | ||
| University of Texas Press; his research and activism have earned | ||
| him a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Houston, | ||
| the Hispanic Heritage Award from the office of the city's mayor, | ||
| and the Ally Award from the Center for the Healing of Racism; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For four decades, Dr. Tatcho Mindiola has been a | ||
| prominent figure in his academic discipline as well as an | ||
| inspiring teacher and mentor to a new generation of Mexican | ||
| American scholars, and he may indeed reflect with pride on his | ||
| many notable achievements; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th | ||
| Legislature, hereby congratulate Dr. Tatcho Mindiola Jr. on his | ||
| retirement from the University of Houston and extend to him | ||
| sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
| prepared for Dr. Mindiola as an expression of high regard from | ||
| the Texas Senate. | ||
| Garcia | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on February 25, 2015. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
