84R7034 JGH-D
By: Davis of Dallas H.R. No. 225
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Retired educator and choir director Evelyn Foster
Hamilton of Dallas is being honored by the Omicron Mu Omega chapter
of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., on January 31, 2015, for a half
century of dedicated service; and
WHEREAS, A native of Tyler, Ms. Hamilton graduated from
Emmett Scott High School and received her bachelor's degree in
music at Wiley College; she later earned a master's degree in music
education at Louisiana Tech University and a mid-management
certification from Texas Woman's University, where she also studied
counseling; and
WHEREAS, Over the course of her exemplary career in
education, Ms. Hamilton served as director of a number of
award-winning choirs, including the Maurine F. Bailey Concert Choir
at Lincoln High School, which she took to the International Youth
and Music Festival in Vienna, Austria, in 1983; she served the
Dallas Independent School District as vocal music specialist for
all grades, and she retired as assistant principal of Seagoville
Elementary School; in addition, she is a former president of a
chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International for women
educators, and she has been a chapter president and regional music
chair for Phi Delta Kappa, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Hamilton's lifelong association with Alpha
Kappa Alpha began in grade school, and she was officially inducted
into the sorority at Wiley College; she later joined chapters in
Shreveport, Longview, and Dallas, where she helped to found the
Omicron Mu Omega chapter; she served the group as its first
president, and she has written several musical compositions for the
chapter as well as for the sorority's International Membership
Committee; today, she is chair of the South Central Region Time and
Place Committee and a member-at-large advisor for the Omicron Mu
Omega chapter; and
WHEREAS, Throughout her endeavors, Ms. Hamilton has enjoyed
the love and support of her husband, Leon Hamilton, and her son,
Leon Edric Hamilton Jr.; she is a member of St. Luke Community
United Methodist Church; and
WHEREAS, Evelyn Hamilton has demonstrated a lasting
commitment to Alpha Kappa Alpha, and she may take great pride in
this well-deserved recognition from her fellow members; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Evelyn Foster Hamilton for being
honored by the Omicron Mu Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Inc., and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued
happiness; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Ms. Hamilton as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.