SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1049
In Memory
of
Marilyn Nelson Kretzer
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and
commemorates the life of Marilyn Nelson Kretzer, who died April
21, 2011; and
WHEREAS, Marilyn Nelson Kretzer was an exemplary citizen
and educator who was widely admired and respected by her
colleagues and by the many generations of students who profited
from her compassion, her generosity of spirit, and her
unqualified pride in their accomplishments; and
WHEREAS, Throughout the course of her 47-year career as a
teacher, she took an active interest in the lives of her students
and worked with them in such varied roles as senior class sponsor
and yearbook sponsor; she often took the responsibility as
director of the gifted and talented and advanced placement
programs in the schools where she taught, and she always gave her
students individual attention and support and strove to create
meaningful memories for them all; and
WHEREAS, She won many awards and honors, including Middle
School Teacher of the Year from the Texas Council for the Social
Studies, and she was the recipient of a Woodrow Wilson National
Fellowship at Princeton University and a fellowship at the
Colonial Williamsburg Summer Institute; she received numerous
Impact grants for her work in such areas as intercultural history
in the classroom, tolerance, women in American history, and
making history come alive through literature; and
WHEREAS, She was the coauthor of two textbooks that stressed
the importance of creative activities and the use of primary source
material that makes history more immediately relevant to students'
lives; she also helped to teach the next generation of educators
through her work as a supervising teacher at Rice University; and
WHEREAS, A woman of courage, strength, and compassion, she
gave unselfishly to others, and her boundless energy, her unique
ability to embrace and love the people around her, and her
enthusiasm for living each day to the fullest will not be
forgotten by those who knew her; and
WHEREAS, She was a devoted wife and mother, and she leaves
behind memories that will be treasured forever by her family and
many friends; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd
Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved
family of Marilyn Nelson Kretzer: her husband, Frank; her son,
Seth; her daughter and son-in-law, Jessica and Mark Rubinshtein;
and her sister, Lois Warner; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas
Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in
memory of Marilyn Nelson Kretzer.
Watson
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on May 20, 2011, by a
rising vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate