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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Residents of Lubbock lost an admired philanthropist |
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| 6 | 7 | | and patron of the arts with the death of Louise Hopkins Underwood on |
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| 7 | 8 | | March 7, 2017, at the age of 97; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Born in Houston on May 2, 1919, the former Louise |
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| 9 | 10 | | Hopkins was the daughter of Amy and Edwin Hopkins; her family moved |
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| 10 | 11 | | to Bronxville, New York, when she was a month old and returned to |
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| 11 | 12 | | Dallas in 1931; while a student at The University of Texas at |
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| 12 | 13 | | Austin, she met her future husband, Harris Underwood; they married |
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| 13 | 14 | | in October 1941, and during his service in World War II, |
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| 14 | 15 | | Mrs. Underwood moved to Lubbock; the couple became the proud |
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| 15 | 16 | | parents of six children, Jane, Gwynne, Harris, Amy, David, and |
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| 16 | 17 | | Mary, and she ensured that as they were growing up, they were |
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| 17 | 18 | | exposed to theater, music, and art; and |
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| 18 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Mrs. Underwood began volunteering in the community |
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| 19 | 20 | | while her children were young, becoming a founding member of the |
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| 20 | 21 | | boards of the Sherick Memorial Home and the ACTeens theater program |
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| 21 | 22 | | for troubled youth; in addition, she and her husband funded the |
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| 22 | 23 | | Bio-Cybernetics Lab at the Children's Clinic at the Texas Tech |
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| 23 | 24 | | University medical school, and they were instrumental in the |
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| 24 | 25 | | creation of the pediatric orthopaedic chair at the TTU Health |
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| 25 | 26 | | Sciences Center Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and |
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| 26 | 27 | | Rehabilitation; and |
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| 27 | 28 | | WHEREAS, Opening their home to benefit the Lubbock Symphony |
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| 28 | 29 | | Orchestra, Texas Tech, and many other worthy organizations and |
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| 29 | 30 | | institutions, the Underwoods hosted multiple musicales and |
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| 30 | 31 | | fund-raisers; they became strong supporters of TTU College of |
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| 31 | 32 | | Architecture initiatives, and in the mid-1990s, Mrs. Underwood |
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| 32 | 33 | | became deeply involved in every aspect of the redevelopment of a |
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| 33 | 34 | | blighted industrial area as the Lubbock Regional Arts Center; her |
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| 34 | 35 | | tireless efforts furthered its growth as a cultural jewel, |
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| 35 | 36 | | educational facility, community center, and stimulus for the local |
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| 36 | 37 | | economy, and she played a key role in the establishment of live-work |
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| 37 | 38 | | spaces for artists in the Charles Adams Studio Project; in |
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| 38 | 39 | | addition, she was a founding member of the Texas Alliance for |
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| 39 | 40 | | Education and the Arts and of the Lubbock Cultural Arts Commission, |
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| 40 | 41 | | and for more than a half century, she served as a volunteer and |
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| 41 | 42 | | trustee for the Museum of Texas Tech University; she also gave |
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| 42 | 43 | | generously of her time and talents in behalf of the TTU College of |
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| 43 | 44 | | Visual and Performing Arts, Ballet Lubbock, three local theater |
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| 44 | 45 | | groups, and other organizations; along the way, she made a positive |
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| 45 | 46 | | impact on the careers of many individual artists; and |
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| 46 | 47 | | WHEREAS, In 2004, an anonymous benefactor donated a |
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| 47 | 48 | | significant sum to the arts center with the stipulation that it be |
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| 48 | 49 | | renamed the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts; |
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| 49 | 50 | | Mrs. Underwood was the recipient of numerous other accolades as |
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| 50 | 51 | | well, among them the Dynamic Force award from the Lubbock Arts |
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| 51 | 52 | | Alliance, the Champion of the Arts award from the Texas Alliance for |
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| 52 | 53 | | Education and the Arts, and the Mahon Award for Extraordinary |
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| 53 | 54 | | Public Service from the Lubbock Chapter of the Association for |
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| 54 | 55 | | Women in Communications; in 2008, she was inducted into the Texas |
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| 55 | 56 | | Women's Hall of Fame; and |
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| 56 | 57 | | WHEREAS, Louise Hopkins Underwood enriched the lives of |
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| 57 | 58 | | innumerable people through her tremendous efforts to increase |
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| 58 | 59 | | access to the arts and to support the development of a vibrant arts |
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| 59 | 60 | | community, and those who were privileged to share in her love and |
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| 60 | 61 | | friendship will forever remember the grace, enthusiasm, and joyous |
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| 61 | 62 | | spirit that she brought to every endeavor she undertook; now, |
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| 62 | 63 | | therefore, be it |
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| 63 | 64 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 64 | 65 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Louise Hopkins |
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| 65 | 66 | | Underwood and extend deepest condolences to all who mourn her |
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| 66 | 67 | | passing; and, be it further |
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| 67 | 68 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 68 | 69 | | prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 69 | 70 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Louise |
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| 70 | 71 | | Hopkins Underwood. |
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