Bill Text: TX SR710 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Richard F. Ulrich.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-08 - Reported enrolled [SR710 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR710-Enrolled.html
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| In Memory | ||
| of | ||
| Richard F. Ulrich | ||
| WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful accomplishments | ||
| drew to a close with the passing of Dr. Richard F. Ulrich of Tyler | ||
| on April 4, 2019, at the age of 83; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 13, 1935, Dick | ||
| Ulrich was the son of Francis Xavier and Elsie Fuzer Ulrich; | ||
| after his father died when he was 10 years old, he worked multiple | ||
| jobs throughout high school and college to help pay for his | ||
| education; he graduated from Fairview High School in 1953 and | ||
| went on to earn a degree in chemistry from Xavier University in | ||
| Cincinnati; after beginning dental school at Northwestern | ||
| University in Chicago, he obtained his medical degree at Ohio | ||
| State University in 1964; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. Ulrich continued his training as an intern and | ||
| resident at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, where he met his future | ||
| wife, Nancy, who was a nurse at the hospital; he was drafted to | ||
| serve in the Vietnam War in March 1966, and the couple exchanged | ||
| wedding vows in May before he was deployed to Okinawa; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After serving as a captain and preventive medical | ||
| officer in Southeast Asia for the duration of his tour, | ||
| Dr. Ulrich returned stateside in 1968 and completed his medical | ||
| residency in St. Louis; he received additional neurology | ||
| training, earning his board certification in 1972, and then moved | ||
| with his family to begin a private practice in Lafayette, | ||
| Louisiana; in 1974, the Ulrichs relocated to Tyler, where | ||
| Dr. Ulrich practiced for 40 years, before retiring in 2014; he | ||
| also contributed to his profession as a member of the Smith | ||
| County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Society, the Texas | ||
| Neurological Society, the American Academy of Neurology, and the | ||
| American Association of Disability Evaluating Physicians; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. Ulrich had a passion for cars and loved | ||
| working on them in his leisure time; in 1985, he founded the East | ||
| Texas Auto and Cycle Show, which raised proceeds at first for | ||
| muscular dystrophy research and later for the East Texas Crisis | ||
| Center; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over the course of 52 years of marriage, he and | ||
| his wife became the proud parents of two sons, Robert and | ||
| Gregory, and a daughter, Elizabeth, and they were delighted to | ||
| welcome into their family eight grandchildren, Hudson, Hayden, | ||
| Paxton, Emma, Kate, Jay, Andrew, and Violet; and | ||
| WHEREAS, While the passing of Dr. Dick Ulrich brings great | ||
| sadness to his family and friends, he leaves behind a legacy that | ||
| will long be treasured by all those who were privileged to know | ||
| him; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
| Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of Dr. Richard | ||
| F. Ulrich and extend sincere sympathy to his loved ones; and, be | ||
| it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
| prepared for his family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns | ||
| this day, it do so in memory of Dick Ulrich. | ||
| Hughes | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on May 8, 2019, by a | ||
| rising vote. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
