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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, A distinguished career in public service and |
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| 6 | 7 | | academia drew to a close with the death of Robert D. Auerbach of |
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| 7 | 8 | | Bethesda, Maryland, on January 20, 2017, at the age of 88; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Robert Auerbach was born in Chicago on December 2, |
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| 9 | 10 | | 1928; he earned a degree in economics at Roosevelt College and went |
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| 10 | 11 | | on to complete a master's degree and Ph.D. in economics at the |
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| 11 | 12 | | University of Chicago, under the tutelage of the famed economist |
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| 12 | 13 | | Milton Friedman; and |
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| 13 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Early in his academic career, Dr. Auerbach worked |
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| 14 | 15 | | for several colleges and universities in Illinois, Kansas, and |
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| 15 | 16 | | Virginia before joining the faculty of American University, where |
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| 16 | 17 | | he rose to full professor; while living in Washington, D.C., he also |
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| 17 | 18 | | served as an economist for the Federal Reserve System, the House of |
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| 18 | 19 | | Representatives Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, |
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| 19 | 20 | | and the Department of the Treasury; and |
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| 20 | 21 | | WHEREAS, Professor Auerbach taught at the University of |
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| 21 | 22 | | California-Riverside from 1983 until 1993, when he returned to |
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| 22 | 23 | | Washington to serve for six years as an economist for the House |
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| 23 | 24 | | Committee on Banking and Financial Services; he was the author of |
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| 24 | 25 | | four well-regarded books and dozens of scholarly articles, and for |
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| 25 | 26 | | the final 18 years of his career, he served as a professor of public |
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| 26 | 27 | | affairs at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The |
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| 27 | 28 | | University of Texas at Austin, where he earned the deep respect and |
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| 28 | 29 | | lasting affection of his colleagues and his students; he retired |
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| 29 | 30 | | from UT in May 2016 and was subsequently named a professor emeritus; |
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| 30 | 31 | | and |
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| 31 | 32 | | WHEREAS, In his leisure, Dr. Auerbach enjoyed taking long |
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| 32 | 33 | | walks with his wife, Linda, with whom he shared 45 years, and he |
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| 33 | 34 | | also loved spending time with his two children, Donald and Kathryn; |
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| 34 | 35 | | and |
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| 35 | 36 | | WHEREAS, Bob Auerbach was a devoted family man, a |
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| 36 | 37 | | well-respected scholar, and a consummate gentleman, and he leaves |
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| 37 | 38 | | behind a record of achievement his loved ones can remember with |
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| 38 | 39 | | pride; now, therefore, be it |
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| 39 | 40 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 40 | 41 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Robert D. Auerbach |
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| 41 | 42 | | and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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| 42 | 43 | | wife, Linda Auerbach; to his son, Donald Auerbach, and his wife, |
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| 43 | 44 | | Courtney Hagen; to his daughter, Kathryn Crandlemire, and her |
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| 44 | 45 | | husband, Erik; to his granddaughter, Charlotte Crandlemire; and to |
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| 45 | 46 | | his other relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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| 46 | 47 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 47 | 48 | | prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 48 | 49 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Bob |
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| 49 | 50 | | Auerbach. |
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