| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 857 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Richard |
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| 6 | 6 | | M. Hull of Dallas, who passed away on February 20, 2009, at the age |
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| 7 | 7 | | of 69; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, A Dallas native, Dick Hull was born on February 8, |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1940, in the Oak Cliff neighborhood; he excelled in baseball at |
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| 10 | 10 | | Jesuit College Preparatory School and earned both his undergraduate |
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| 11 | 11 | | and law degrees at Southern Methodist University, where he served |
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| 12 | 12 | | as editor of the Southwestern Bar Journal and lettered in baseball; |
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| 13 | 13 | | and |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Hull's exceptional score on the Texas state bar |
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| 15 | 15 | | exam brought an invitation to join the Wall Street law firm of Dewey |
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| 16 | 16 | | Ballantine in 1964; his tenure there was interrupted with U.S. Army |
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| 17 | 17 | | service in Alaska; returning to his hometown, he joined the law firm |
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| 18 | 18 | | of Wynne, Jaffe and Tinsley and in 1977 cofounded Crutcher, Hull, |
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| 19 | 19 | | Ramsey and Jordan; a longtime corporate and securities attorney, he |
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| 20 | 20 | | counted among his clients the first Texas Rangers baseball players |
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| 21 | 21 | | and Lady Bird Johnson; late in his career, he established Hull and |
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| 22 | 22 | | Associates, where he worked with entrepreneurs as well as |
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| 23 | 23 | | businesses that needed help; moreover, Mr. Hull was known for |
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| 24 | 24 | | encouraging many of the city's top lawyers to perform pro bono work |
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| 25 | 25 | | for the poor; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, For his work as a founder of the Dallas Bar |
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| 27 | 27 | | Association's Volunteer Attorney Program, which has been |
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| 28 | 28 | | designated the top such program in the nation by the American Bar |
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| 29 | 29 | | Association, Mr. Hull was named a 2004 distinguished alumnus by |
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| 30 | 30 | | SMU's Dedman School of Law; he was named Distinguished Alumnus of |
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| 31 | 31 | | the Year in 2006 by Jesuit College Preparatory School for his |
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| 32 | 32 | | extensive volunteerism as chair of the board of trustees, as |
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| 33 | 33 | | president of the president's board of advisors, and as a member of |
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| 34 | 34 | | the Jesuit Foundation; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | WHEREAS, This esteemed attorney leaves behind an |
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| 36 | 36 | | immeasurable legacy of service to his community, and he will be |
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| 37 | 37 | | greatly missed by those individuals who were fortunate enough to |
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| 38 | 38 | | share in the richness of his life; now, therefore, be it |
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| 39 | 39 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 40 | 40 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Richard M. Hull and |
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| 41 | 41 | | extend deepest condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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| 42 | 42 | | wife, Susan Hull; to his children, Rich Hull, Tracey Antrim and her |
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| 43 | 43 | | husband, Eric, and Blakely Hull; to his sister, Anna Lemaster; to |
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| 44 | 44 | | his brother, Eddie Hull; and to his other relatives and friends; |
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| 45 | 45 | | and, be it further |
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| 46 | 46 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 47 | 47 | | prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 48 | 48 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Richard |
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| 49 | 49 | | Hull. |
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| 50 | 50 | | Branch |
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| 51 | 51 | | ______________________________ |
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| 52 | 52 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 53 | 53 | | I certify that H.R. No. 857 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 54 | 54 | | rising vote of the House on March 26, 2009. |
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| 55 | 55 | | ______________________________ |
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| 56 | 56 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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