| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The citizens of Midland lost an admired business and |
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| 6 | 7 | | community leader with the passing of Norbert Joseph Dickman of |
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| 7 | 8 | | Midland, who died on March 11, 2020, at the age of 77; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Norbert Dickman was born in Chicago on January 2, |
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| 9 | 10 | | 1943, to Norbert and Helen Dickman and grew up with two sisters, Sue |
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| 10 | 11 | | and Kathy; he earned his bachelor's degree in philosophy from |
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| 11 | 12 | | St. Patrick's Seminary and his licentiate in theology from the |
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| 12 | 13 | | Gregorian University in Rome, and he was ordained as a priest in |
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| 13 | 14 | | 1968; after leaving the priesthood, he went on to receive his law |
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| 14 | 15 | | degree from the University of California Hastings College of the |
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| 15 | 16 | | Law and his master of laws degree from Golden Gate University; he |
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| 16 | 17 | | began his legal career in San Francisco with the firm of Sullivan, |
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| 17 | 18 | | Roche & Johnson before becoming a partner in Mullins, Wise & |
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| 18 | 19 | | Dickman; and |
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| 19 | 20 | | WHEREAS, In 1985, Mr. Dickman became the personal attorney to |
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| 20 | 21 | | Barbara Fasken, and in 1988 he moved to Midland to oversee her |
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| 21 | 22 | | interests; after she passed away in 1995, he became the coexecutor |
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| 22 | 23 | | and cotrustee of her estate and general manager of Fasken Oil and |
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| 23 | 24 | | Ranch, Ltd.; under his leadership, Fasken Oil and Ranch grew from 50 |
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| 24 | 25 | | employees to more than 250 and increased its oil production from |
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| 25 | 26 | | 5,000 barrels per day to 26,000; he also significantly developed |
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| 26 | 27 | | the company's ranching and real estate interests across Texas and |
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| 27 | 28 | | in the San Francisco Bay area; and |
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| 28 | 29 | | WHEREAS, Deeply engaged in his community, Mr. Dickman was the |
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| 29 | 30 | | director of the Fasken family's charitable Prairie Foundation, and |
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| 30 | 31 | | he was active with Casa de Amigos, Trinity School, the Samaritan |
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| 31 | 32 | | Counseling Center, and Prevent Blindness Texas, which presented him |
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| 32 | 33 | | with the Person of Vision Award in 2005; his long association with |
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| 33 | 34 | | the Buffalo Trail Council of the Boy Scouts of America earned him |
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| 34 | 35 | | their Distinguished Citizen award in 2018, and his other accolades |
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| 35 | 36 | | included being named a Tejano Achiever, honorary president of the |
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| 36 | 37 | | Republic of the Rio Grande, and Mr. South Texas; he was also a |
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| 37 | 38 | | knight commander of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of |
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| 38 | 39 | | Jerusalem; and |
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| 39 | 40 | | WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Dickman enjoyed the love |
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| 40 | 41 | | and support of his wife, Dedria, and his three children, Michael, |
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| 41 | 42 | | Matthew, and Jennifer, and stepson, Spencer; he was later blessed |
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| 42 | 43 | | with seven grandchildren, Logan, Ford, Reagan, Grace, Sloan, Kalan, |
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| 43 | 44 | | and Milly; and |
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| 44 | 45 | | WHEREAS, Compassionate, generous, and wise, Norbert Dickman |
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| 45 | 46 | | lived a life that was rich in personal and professional |
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| 46 | 47 | | achievements, and he leaves behind a record of service that his |
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| 47 | 48 | | loved ones can remember with pride; now, therefore, be it |
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| 48 | 49 | | RESOLVED, That the 87th Texas Legislature hereby pay tribute |
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| 49 | 50 | | to the memory of Norbert Joseph Dickman and extend heartfelt |
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| 50 | 51 | | sympathy to his family and many friends; and, be it further |
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| 51 | 52 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 52 | 53 | | prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 53 | 54 | | Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of |
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| 54 | 55 | | Norbert Dickman. |
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