Bill Text: TX SR472 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of John William "Bill" Hartman.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-25 - Reported enrolled [SR472 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR472-Enrolled.html
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| In Memory | ||
| of | ||
| John William Hartman | ||
| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and | ||
| commemorates the life of John William "Bill" Hartman, who died | ||
| May 3, 2021, at the age of 79; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Bill Hartman was born on July 19, 1941, in | ||
| Houston; he grew up in Baytown, and he graduated from Robert E. | ||
| Lee High School in 1959; he went on to earn a degree in business | ||
| administration from Baylor University; and | ||
| WHEREAS, He began his long and distinguished career in | ||
| journalism as a teenager by working for his father at the Baytown | ||
| Sun; after his college graduation, he served as the editor and | ||
| publisher of the Bayshore Sun in La Porte before returning to the | ||
| Baytown Sun, where he worked as general manager until 1971; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After serving for a time as editor and publisher | ||
| of the Beaumont Enterprise & Journal, he founded Hartman | ||
| Newspapers, Incorporated, in 1974; the company grew, and today, | ||
| the business operates nine community newspapers across Texas, | ||
| including the Fort Bend Herald; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Bill strongly believed that the press should play | ||
| a role as a government watchdog, and his company encouraged | ||
| publishers to hold public officials responsible for their | ||
| actions; his insistence on plain language and on a strict | ||
| separation between news reporting and editorial content embodied | ||
| the highest ideals of journalism; and | ||
| WHEREAS, He was a tireless promoter of Fort Bend County, | ||
| and he held leadership positions in a wide range of professional | ||
| and civic organizations, including the Texas Daily Newspaper | ||
| Association, the Greater Fort Bend Economic Development Council, | ||
| and the Rosenberg-Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce; he was an | ||
| avid outdoorsman who raised Arabian horses and was a frequent | ||
| top-10 finisher in United States National Arabian and | ||
| Half-Arabian competitions; and | ||
| WHEREAS, He was devoted to his three children and six | ||
| grandchildren, and he gave generously to others; he was a man of | ||
| many talents and interests, and his enthusiasm for living each | ||
| day to the fullest was an inspiration to all who were privileged | ||
| to share in his life; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th | ||
| Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved | ||
| family of John William Hartman; 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 Bill Hartman. | ||
| Kolkhorst | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on May 25, 2021, by a | ||
| rising vote. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
