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1	1	H.R. No. 881
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of
6	6	accomplished community leader and civil rights pioneer Quentin R.
7	7	Mease of Houston, who died on February 24, 2009, at the age of 100;
8	8	and
9	9	WHEREAS, Quentin Ronald Mease was born on October 25, 1908,
10	10	in Buxton, Iowa, the son of a coal miner and a seamstress; he moved
11	11	to Des Moines with his family in 1920, graduating from West High
12	12	School in 1924 and from Des Moines University in 1928; and
13	13	WHEREAS, Following in the footsteps of his father, who was a
14	14	labor leader, Mr. Mease took an active part in his community even as
15	15	a young man; he was executive director of the local YMCA at the age
16	16	of 19, as well as a member of the NAACP, the Negro Chamber of
17	17	Commerce, and the Interracial Commission; and
18	18	WHEREAS, During World War II, Mr. Mease served his nation
19	19	with the U.S. Army Air Corps in the Pacific, where he rose to the
20	20	rank of captain; a decorated veteran, he went on to earn a master's
21	21	degree in social work administration from George Williams College
22	22	in Chicago; and
23	23	WHEREAS, Moving to Houston in 1948 to take a job as the
24	24	executive director of the Bagby Street YMCA, Mr. Mease was soon
25	25	recognized as one of the most dynamic young African American
26	26	leaders in the city, helping to establish the South Central YMCA in
27	27	the Third Ward; and
28	28	WHEREAS, Mr. Mease played a vital role in the peaceful
29	29	desegregation of Houston, permitting student civil rights
30	30	activists to use the YMCA as a base of operations; he was also
31	31	instrumental in the creation of the Houston Area Urban League, the
32	32	Eliza Johnson Home, and the Houston Council on Human Relations; and
33	33	WHEREAS, Appointed to the first governing board of the Harris
34	34	County Hospital District in 1965, he became chair in 1971 and served
35	35	for 19 years; during that time, the district opened 11 community
36	36	health clinics, built two hospitals, and improved the pay of
37	37	medical workers; the Quentin Mease Community Hospital was named in
38	38	recognition of his enormous contribution to health care in Houston;
39	39	and
40	40	WHEREAS, A principled man of great vision and integrity,
41	41	Quentin Mease dedicated his life to the ideal of social justice and
42	42	to the betterment of his community, and his legacy will continue to
43	43	be an inspiration to all who knew and admired him; now, therefore,
44	44	be it
45	45	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
46	46	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Quentin R. Mease and
47	47	extend sincere condolences to his daughter, Barbara Ranson, and to
48	48	his other relatives and friends; and, be it further
49	49	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
50	50	prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
51	51	Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Quentin R.
52	52	Mease.
53	53	Edwards
54	54	______________________________
55	55	Speaker of the House
56	56	I certify that H.R. No. 881 was unanimously adopted by a
57	57	rising vote of the House on March 26, 2009.
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59	59	Chief Clerk of the House