SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 41
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
recognize Ada Collins Anderson, who has been selected by the
ProArts Collective to receive the 2011 Boyd Vance Award for the
Advancement of the Arts; and
WHEREAS, The award is being presented at the third annual
ProArts Collective afternoon tea and scholarship fund-raiser, on
June 23; the ProArts Collective celebrates and honors the
contributions of African Americans to our area's arts and
culture; and
WHEREAS, Ada Anderson holds a graduate degree in
educational psychology from The University of Texas at Austin,
and she has long been a proponent of the arts in Austin; she
served on the board of the Laguna Gloria Art Museum for 15 years,
and she was a founding member of the Austin Lyric Opera; and
WHEREAS, In 1989, she initiated the creation of the
Leadership Enrichment Arts Program to offer low-income and
minority youths a chance to experience the performing and visual
arts; she was an early civil rights activist, and she has been a
member of numerous African American professional organizations;
she was elected to the Texas Black Women's Hall of Fame, and she
has been the recipient of a leadership award from the Austin
Chamber of Commerce Business Committee on the Arts; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby commend Ada Collins
Anderson for her outstanding citizenship and her exemplary
service to her community and state and extend to her
congratulations on earning the 2011 Boyd Vance Award for the
Advancement of the Arts; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
her as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate.
Watson
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on June 16, 2011.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate