Bill Text: TX SR33 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Donato P. Rodriguez, Jr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-01-19 - Reported enrolled [SR33 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SR33-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
Donato P. Rodriguez, Jr. | ||
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and | ||
commemorates the life of Donato P. Rodriguez, Jr., who died | ||
December 28, 2010, at the age of 77; and | ||
WHEREAS, Donato P. Rodriguez, Jr., was born February 13, | ||
1933, in Del Rio; he attended The University of Texas, the | ||
University of Houston, and Sul Ross State University before | ||
earning a master's degree from Antioch College; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Rodriguez enjoyed a long and productive | ||
career in the field of education; he began his professional life | ||
as a classroom teacher before accepting a position as director of | ||
the Community Action Program of Val Verde County, an antipoverty | ||
initiative of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society; he then | ||
spent some years with Southwest Educational Development | ||
Laboratory in Austin, evaluating and addressing the educational | ||
needs of low-income children throughout the United States; and | ||
WHEREAS, He later was recruited by the Texas Education | ||
Agency to help ensure that Texas' public schools were compliant | ||
with the federal court order requiring desegregation and with the | ||
laws regarding racial and sexual discrimination; when he retired | ||
in 1993, he was state director of the Texas Education Agency's | ||
Equal Education Opportunity Division; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Rodriguez took great pleasure in traveling | ||
the world with his wife, Teresita; he was known for his | ||
storytelling abilities and his great skill as a cook; and | ||
WHEREAS, A man of courage, honor, and integrity, he gave | ||
generously to others, and his commitment to ensuring the civil | ||
rights of the less fortunate in our society left an enduring mark | ||
on our state; and | ||
WHEREAS, He was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather, | ||
and he leaves behind memories that will be treasured forever by | ||
his family and many friends; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd | ||
Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved | ||
family of Donato P. Rodriguez, Jr.: his wife of 57 years, | ||
Teresita; his son, Donato Rodriguez III, and his wife, Dana; his | ||
daughter, Linda E. Donovan, and her husband, Jim; his sister, | ||
Alma E. Garcia; and his four grandchildren; 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 Donato P. Rodriguez, Jr. | ||
Watson | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on January 19, 2011, by | ||
a rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |