Bill Text: TX SR575 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Esther Gonzalez-Arroyo Buckley.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-04-02 - Reported enrolled [SR575 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR575-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
Esther Gonzalez-Arroyo Buckley | ||
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the | ||
citizens of Laredo as they mourn the passing of beloved leader | ||
and education advocate Esther Gonzalez-Arroyo Buckley, who died | ||
February 11, 2013, at the age of 64; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Buckley was a champion of education for all | ||
who took learning seriously from a very young age; at the age of | ||
15, she was graduated as salutatorian from Martin High School in | ||
Laredo; her last act, urging Texas lawmakers to restore funding | ||
to the state's school system, occurred earlier on the day she | ||
died; and | ||
WHEREAS, This mother, grandmother, wife, and mentor came | ||
from generations of educators, and she followed in that proud | ||
tradition; she began as a teacher at Christen Middle School in | ||
1970 and worked for the Laredo Independent School District until | ||
her death; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Buckley believed politics and education were | ||
intertwined; a Republican party organizer, she spoke at national | ||
conventions and local district meetings; former Texas Governor | ||
Bill Clements valued her insights and appointed her to the | ||
Governor's Commission on Women and the Texas Hispanic Advisory | ||
Practices and Ethics Commission; and | ||
WHEREAS, This tireless advocate also commanded national | ||
respect; in 1983, President Ronald Reagan assigned her to the | ||
United States Commission on Civil Rights, where she served for | ||
nine years, and in 1984, she was named one of six outstanding | ||
Hispanic educators by the United States Department of Education | ||
and was recognized in a ceremony at the White House; locally, she | ||
was active in the Association of Texas Professional Educators and | ||
served as a charter member of the Webb County Commission on | ||
Higher Education; and | ||
WHEREAS, A doting mother to her seven children, Trina E. | ||
Bratton, James J. Buckley, Catherine E. Buckley, Christopher E. | ||
Buckley, Rebecca A. Buckley, George A. Buckley, and Jennifer | ||
Buckley Torres, and a proud grandmother to her nine | ||
grandchildren, Samuel J. Bratton, Sean E. Bratton, Rene A. Peña, | ||
Enrique Buckley, Luke Buckley, Emma Buckley, Maximilliano D. | ||
Torres, Elizabeth A. Torres, and Joseph E. Buckley, Mrs. Buckley | ||
left a lasting legacy in Laredo; it was to her hometown that she | ||
returned after being graduated cum laude from The University of | ||
Texas at Austin; she went on to obtain a master's degree from | ||
Texas A&M International University, and she also was pursuing a | ||
doctoral degree at Texas A&M University in College Station; her | ||
achievements will long be remembered, and those who knew her will | ||
forever cherish her warmth, wisdom, and wise counsel; and | ||
WHEREAS, She spent the last day of her life at the Texas | ||
Capitol advocating for the schoolchildren of Texas; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd | ||
Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved | ||
family of Esther Gonzalez-Arroyo Buckley; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
them as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas Senate, | ||
and that when the Senate adjourns on this day, it do so in memory | ||
of Esther Buckley. | ||
Zaffirini | ||
________________________________ | ||
President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on April 2, 2013, by a | ||
rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |