Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	H.R. No. 1600
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, Memories of a life well lived may help to comfort
6	6	those saddened by the passing of Glen Dale Hunt on April 20, 2023,
7	7	at the age of 75; and
8	8	WHEREAS, A native of Lubbock, Glen Hunt was born on July 12,
9	9	1947, to George Wilbur and Dorothy Nixon Hunt; as a youth, he
10	10	participated in activities at Asbury United Methodist Church
11	11	Lubbock, and he earned the rank of Eagle Scout and the God and
12	12	Country Award during his years in the Boy Scouts; following his
13	13	graduation from Monterey High School in 1965, he obtained a degree
14	14	in government and completed further graduate work at Texas Tech
15	15	University; and
16	16	WHEREAS, After being hired by the Idalou Independent School
17	17	District, Mr. Hunt worked for 13 years as a teacher, K-12
18	18	counselor, and curriculum director; his desire to play an active
19	19	role in the community led him to successfully run for a seat on the
20	20	Idalou City Council and then to serve two terms as the city's mayor;
21	21	from 1979 to 1985, he worked as an administrative assistant to
22	22	Congressman Kent Hance, and then became executive assistant to
23	23	Mr. Hance at the Railroad Commission of Texas; he went on to join
24	24	the office of state comptroller John Sharp, to serve as the first
25	25	director of operations for the Texas Lottery, and to work as a clerk
26	26	with the Redistricting Committee of the Texas House of
27	27	Representatives; and
28	28	WHEREAS, Mr. Hunt continued his career in education as an
29	29	adjunct government professor at Austin Community College, where his
30	30	nearly three decades of service also included a tenure as chair of
31	31	the Government Department; teaching the subject was his greatest
32	32	joy in life, and he relished having the opportunity to impart to his
33	33	students the importance of being an informed participant in the
34	34	democratic process; and
35	35	WHEREAS, Outside of his professional life, Mr. Hunt took
36	36	pleasure in taking trips to locations around the globe; since 2002,
37	37	he had been an active member of the upRising congregation in Austin,
38	38	and he was involved in neighborhood activities in the Ashton Woods
39	39	subdivision; and
40	40	WHEREAS, Although Glen Hunt is deeply missed, he will forever
41	41	be remembered with admiration and affection by his loved ones and by
42	42	the countless other individuals whose lives he touched; now,
43	43	therefore, be it
44	44	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
45	45	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Glen Dale Hunt and
46	46	extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: to his
47	47	sisters, Sue Hunt and Ann McAdams and her husband, Kenneth; to his
48	48	nephews, Andrew Will McAdams and his wife, Sarah, and their
49	49	children, Connor, Kylie, Jackson, Blake, and Avery, and Brant Ware
50	50	McAdams and his wife, Alison, and their children, Payton Hunt and
51	51	Adelyn Sue; and to his other relatives and numerous friends; and, be
52	52	it further
53	53	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
54	54	prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
55	55	Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Glen Hunt.
56	56	Goodwin
57	57	______________________________
58	58	Speaker of the House
59	59	I certify that H.R. No. 1600 was unanimously adopted by a
60	60	rising vote of the House on May 9, 2023.
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62	62	Chief Clerk of the House