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1	1	H.C.R. No. 117
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4	4	HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
5	5	WHEREAS, The State of Texas and the field of oceanography
6	6	lost a renowned educator with the passing of Robert Osborne Reid of
7	7	College Station on January 23, 2009, at the age of 87; and
8	8	WHEREAS, Born in Connecticut on August 24, 1921, Professor
9	9	Reid moved with his family to Los Angeles in 1935; during the early
10	10	years of the war, he participated in an army training program in
11	11	meteorology at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and on
12	12	completing the course in 1943, he was commissioned a second
13	13	lieutenant in the Army Air Corps; posted to England as a weather
14	14	officer, he worked on a team whose mission was to predict weather
15	15	and tides for the Normandy Invasion; after the end of the war in
16	16	Europe, he served in the Pacific Theater; and
17	17	WHEREAS, Following his discharge from the military, Bob Reid
18	18	finished his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering at the
19	19	University of Southern California and then, in 1946, he joined the
20	20	first class admitted to a pioneering graduate oceanography program
21	21	at Scripps; subsequently, he and his fellow alumni would play a
22	22	significant role in developing other early oceanography programs
23	23	around the world, based on the Scripps interdisciplinary approach;
24	24	and
25	25	WHEREAS, In 1951, Professor Reid was recruited to become a
26	26	founding faculty member of the new graduate Department of
27	27	Oceanography and Meteorology at Texas A&M University; over the
28	28	ensuing years, he served as department chair, conducted important
29	29	research in coastal oceanography and engineering, and helped to
30	30	establish an ocean engineering program in the Department of Civil
31	31	Engineering; in addition, he chaired or co-chaired the advisory
32	32	committees of about 70 doctoral students and nearly 40 master's
33	33	students; and
34	34	WHEREAS, Professor Reid also lent his expertise to a host of
35	35	extracurricular committees, organizations, and professional
36	36	journals; among the many accolades conferred on this esteemed
37	37	scientist and educator were awards for distinguished teaching and
38	38	research, an honorary doctorate from Old Dominion University, and a
39	39	medal from the University of Liege, Belgium; in 1983, his former
40	40	students organized a symposium in his honor, and in 1987, Texas A&M
41	41	named him distinguished professor emeritus; Professor Reid was a
42	42	Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and American
43	43	Meteorological Society and a member of the National Academy of
44	44	Engineering and National Academy of Sciences; and
45	45	WHEREAS, Bob Reid exchanged wedding vows with the former
46	46	Marjorie Ferry in 1947, and the couple became the parents of three
47	47	sons and three daughters; and
48	48	WHEREAS, A kind and gentle man who considered himself a Texan
49	49	by choice, Professor Reid made significant contributions to the
50	50	advancement of 20th-century oceanography and brought great honor to
51	51	Texas A&M University and to the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be
52	52	it
53	53	RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas
54	54	hereby pay tribute to the life of Professor Robert Osborne Reid and
55	55	extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife
56	56	of 62 years, Marjorie Ferry Reid; to his sons and daughter-in-law,
57	57	Thomas Reid, Russell Reid, and Robert and Tina Reid; to his
58	58	daughters, Nancy Reid and Carol McCormick; to his son-in-law,
59	59	William V. Anderson; to his grandchildren, Kimberlee Spurlin,
60	60	Wesley, Katherine, and Nicholas Paul Reid, Sarah Naomi McCormick,
61	61	and Brandon, Nolan Daniel, and Ellie Lynn Anderson; to his
62	62	great-grandchildren, Garrett Heitman, Aaden and Kason Anderson,
63	63	and Kaely Brown; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be it
64	64	further
65	65	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
66	66	prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
67	67	Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of
68	68	Professor Robert Osborne Reid.
69	69	Brown of Brazos
70	70	______________________________ ______________________________
71	71	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
72	72	I certify that H.C.R. No. 117 was unanimously adopted by a
73	73	rising vote of the House on March 26, 2009.
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75	75	Chief Clerk of the House
76	76	I certify that H.C.R. No. 117 was unanimously adopted by a
77	77	rising vote of the Senate on April 29, 2009.
78	78	______________________________
79	79	Secretary of the Senate
80	80	APPROVED: __________________
81	81	Date
82	82	__________________
83	83	Governor