81R12854 MDM-D
By: Branch H.R. No. 857
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Richard
M. Hull of Dallas, who passed away on February 20, 2009, at the age
of 69; and
WHEREAS, A Dallas native, Dick Hull was born on February 8,
1940, in the Oak Cliff neighborhood; he excelled in baseball at
Jesuit College Preparatory School and earned both his undergraduate
and law degrees at Southern Methodist University, where he served
as editor of the Southwestern Bar Journal and lettered in baseball;
and
WHEREAS, Mr. Hull's exceptional score on the Texas state bar
exam brought an invitation to join the Wall Street law firm of Dewey
Ballantine in 1964; his tenure there was interrupted with U.S. Army
service in Alaska; returning to his hometown, he joined the law firm
of Wynne, Jaffe and Tinsley and in 1977 cofounded Crutcher, Hull,
Ramsey and Jordan; a longtime corporate and securities attorney, he
counted among his clients the first Texas Rangers baseball players
and Lady Bird Johnson; late in his career, he established Hull and
Associates, where he worked with entrepreneurs as well as
businesses that needed help; moreover, Mr. Hull was known for
encouraging many of the city's top lawyers to perform pro bono work
for the poor; and
WHEREAS, For his work as a founder of the Dallas Bar
Association's Volunteer Attorney Program, which has been
designated the top such program in the nation by the American Bar
Association, Mr. Hull was named a 2004 distinguished alumnus by
SMU's Dedman School of Law; he was named Distinguished Alumnus of
the Year in 2006 by Jesuit College Preparatory School for his
extensive volunteerism as chair of the board of trustees, as
president of the president's board of advisors, and as a member of
the Jesuit Foundation; and
WHEREAS, This esteemed attorney leaves behind an
immeasurable legacy of service to his community, and he will be
greatly missed by those individuals who were fortunate enough to
share in the richness of his life; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Richard M. Hull and
extend deepest condolences to the members of his family: to his
wife, Susan Hull; to his children, Rich Hull, Tracey Antrim and her
husband, Eric, and Blakely Hull; to his sister, Anna Lemaster; to
his brother, Eddie Hull; and to his other relatives and friends;
and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Richard
Hull.