Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

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1	1	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 418
2	2	In Memory
3	3	of
4	4	Fay Sinkin
5	5	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the
6	6	citizens of San Antonio in mourning the loss of Fay Sinkin, who
7	7	died March 4, 2009, at the age of 90; and
8	8	WHEREAS, A civic leader and pioneering environmental
9	9	activist, Fay Sinkin played an important role for more than half
10	10	a century in efforts to improve the City of San Antonio; and
11	11	WHEREAS, A native of New York, Mrs. Sinkin moved to San
12	12	Antonio in 1942 to marry Bill Sinkin; the couple was instrumental
13	13	in organizing HemisFair '68; and
14	14	WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Sinkin organized a successful
15	15	movement to desegregate restaurants in San Antonio, and Mrs.
16	16	Sinkin, who had served as president of the League of Women Voters
17	17	in 1947, was instrumental in helping President Lyndon B. Johnson
18	18	find and hire minority applicants to fill embassy positions; and
19	19	WHEREAS, Mrs. Sinkin broke the gender barrier in many
20	20	organizations over the course of her life; she was the first
21	21	woman to serve on the San Antonio Board of Health, the first woman
22	22	to serve on a Bexar County grand jury, and the first woman to be
23	23	elected by Bexar County to the Edwards Underground Water
24	24	District; and
25	25	WHEREAS, Along with her husband, Mrs. Sinkin organized a
26	26	program called Portrait of the American Woman that promoted
27	27	minority women; she also had a part in organizing an urban
28	28	coalition that enabled students from inner-city schools and
29	29	wealthier districts to interact with one another; and
30	30	WHEREAS, A woman of courage, determination, and unbending
31	31	principle, Mrs. Sinkin gave generously to others, and her wisdom,
32	32	her warmth, and her commitment to equal rights for all will not be
33	33	forgotten by those who knew her; now, therefore, be it
34	34	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st
35	35	Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved
36	36	family of Fay Sinkin; and, be it further
37	37	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
38	38	her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas
39	39	Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in
40	40	memory of Fay Sinkin.
41	41	Van de Putte, Uresti
42	42	________________________________
43	43	President of the Senate
44	44	I hereby certify that the
45	45	above Resolution was adopted by
46	46	the Senate on March 16, 2009, by a
47	47	rising vote.
48	48	________________________________
49	49	Secretary of the Senate
50	50	________________________________
51	51	Member, Texas Senate
52	52	________________________________
53	53	Member, Texas Senate