Bill Text: TX SR587 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the dedication of the Dr. D. Arlington Talbot Building at Texas A&M University–Commerce.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-04-05 - Reported enrolled [SR587 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR587-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, On April 18, 2017, the Hall of Languages at Texas | ||
| A&M University--Commerce is being rededicated in memory of Dr. D. | ||
| Arlington Talbot, the school's first African American faculty | ||
| member; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born in British Guiana in 1916, David Arlington | ||
| Roberts Talbot came to the United States in 1935 to attend Morris | ||
| Brown College in Atlanta, and during his time in Atlanta, he was | ||
| sometimes called on to babysit the young Martin Luther King Jr.; | ||
| during World War II, he served in the United States Army under | ||
| General George Patton and earned the Bronze Star; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After receiving a master's degree from Columbia | ||
| University in 1951, Mr. Talbot taught at Shorter College and | ||
| Arkansas AM&N College; in 1966, he earned a Ph.D. from the | ||
| University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, and two years later he | ||
| joined the faculty of East Texas State University, now Texas A&M | ||
| University--Commerce, becoming the school's first black | ||
| instructor; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. Talbot served as a professor of counseling and | ||
| guidance and a student counselor; during his years at the | ||
| university, he established the multicultural Teacher Training | ||
| Institute as well as the landmark Inter-Cultural Residence Hall | ||
| Living Experience, where students of different races and | ||
| backgrounds lived and studied together; he was named professor | ||
| emeritus when he retired in 1986; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Until his death in 2003, Dr. Talbot was active in | ||
| the civic life of Commerce, and the city acknowledged his | ||
| contributionsbycelebratingDr.D.ArlingtonTalbotDayin | ||
| 1997; in addition, the university has paid tribute to this | ||
| respected educator by creating an endowed fellowship in his name, | ||
| and now by refurbishing and rededicating its Hall of Languages in | ||
| his honor; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. D. Arlington Talbot made a positive difference | ||
| in the lives of countless students through his work as a teacher | ||
| and counselor, and it is truly fitting that his legacy is being | ||
| memorialized by the institution to which he devoted the last 18 | ||
| years of his accomplished career; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th | ||
| Legislature, hereby commemorate the dedication of the Dr. D. | ||
| Arlington Talbot Building on the campus of Texas A&M | ||
| University--Commerce and extend to Dr. Talbot's family and the | ||
| members of the university community sincere best wishes for a | ||
| meaningful and memorable event. | ||
| Hall, Hughes | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on April 5, 2017. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
