Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

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1	1	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 250
2	2	In Memory
3	3	of
4	4	Wilhelmina Daisy Cullen Robertson Smith
5	5	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the
6	6	citizens of Houston in mourning the loss of longtime University
7	7	of Houston advocate Wilhelmina Daisy Cullen Robertson Smith, who
8	8	died January 26, 2009, at the age of 86; and
9	9	WHEREAS, She was born Wilhelmina Daisy Cullen to Hugh Roy
10	10	Cullen and Lillie Cranz Cullen, a founding family of the
11	11	University of Houston and its first major benefactors; she earned
12	12	a bachelor of science degree in 1944 and continued her family's
13	13	legacy of support for the university; and
14	14	WHEREAS, The University of Houston System Board of Regents
15	15	has approved the construction of a $38.7 million sports complex
16	16	to be named the Wilhelmina Robertson Smith Pavilion, which will
17	17	be located at Robertson Stadium, the building named for Mrs.
18	18	Smith's first husband, Corbin J. Robertson, Sr., who died in 1991
19	19	and had been a strong supporter of early Cougar athletics
20	20	programs; and
21	21	WHEREAS, Mrs. Smith was a life member of the University of
22	22	Houston Alumni Organization and received a Distinguished Alumni
23	23	Award in 1989; she received an honorary doctorate from the
24	24	university in 1988; and
25	25	WHEREAS, Wilhelmina Smith was a woman of courage, charm,
26	26	and generosity of spirit; a dearly loved wife, mother, and
27	27	grandmother, she leaves behind memories that will be treasured
28	28	forever by all who knew her; now, therefore, be it
29	29	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st
30	30	Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved
31	31	family of Wilhelmina Daisy Cullen Robertson Smith: her husband,
32	32	Edgar A. Smith, Jr.; her children, Wilhelmina E. "Beth"
33	33	Robertson, Lillie T. Robertson, Corbin J. Robertson, Jr.,
34	34	Carroll Robertson Ray, and Alison S. Robertson Baumann; and her
35	35	grandchildren; and, be it further
36	36	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
37	37	her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas
38	38	Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in
39	39	memory of Wilhelmina Daisy Cullen Robertson Smith.
40	40	Ellis
41	41	________________________________
42	42	President of the Senate
43	43	I hereby certify that the
44	44	above Resolution was adopted by
45	45	the Senate on February 18, 2009,
46	46	by a rising vote.
47	47	________________________________
48	48	Secretary of the Senate
49	49	________________________________
50	50	Member, Texas Senate