Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	H.R. No. 63
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, A life dedicated to social and environmental justice
6	6	and to the service of her nation drew to a close with the death of
7	7	Judith P. Ackerman of El Paso on November 6, 2022, at the age of 69;
8	8	and
9	9	WHEREAS, Judy Ackerman joined the 28th Infantry of the
10	10	Pennsylvania Army National Guard in 1980, embarking upon a
11	11	distinguished 27-year career in the U.S. Army; she was one of the
12	12	first women to teach a course for primary noncommissioned officers
13	13	in the NCO education system, and she was a lesson developer at the
14	14	U.S. Army's Sergeants Major Academy and the first sergeant for the
15	15	Equipment Maintenance Center of 21st Theater Support Command in
16	16	Kaiserslautern, Germany; throughout her military service, she was a
17	17	champion for diversity and equal opportunity, and she retired from
18	18	the army in 2007 at the rank of sergeant major; and
19	19	WHEREAS, In 1995, Sergeant Ackerman transferred to Fort
20	20	Bliss, and she fell in love with the El Paso region; she was a leader
21	21	in the effort to declare the Castner Range of the Franklin Mountains
22	22	as a national monument, and in 2012 she handcuffed herself to a
23	23	bulldozer to protect the Rio Bosque wetlands from construction; she
24	24	also played a leading role in the development of the Knapp Land
25	25	Nature Preserve; and
26	26	WHEREAS, A member of the League of Women Voters and a
27	27	deputized voter registrar, Ms. Ackerman signed up thousands of
28	28	voters in El Paso County; she also helped to found the Viejitas for
29	29	Choice network to preserve reproductive rights; she was an active
30	30	member of many other organizations, including the Sierra Club, the
31	31	Friends of the Rio Bosque, the El Paso Chapter of the Native Plant
32	32	Society of New Mexico, the Trans-Pecos Chapter Texas Master
33	33	Naturalists, and the Frontera Land Alliance; and
34	34	WHEREAS, Judy Ackerman lived a rich and purposeful life
35	35	dedicated to conserving the natural splendor of El Paso and to
36	36	fighting for social justice, and her passion and commitment will
37	37	forever inspire all those who knew and loved her; now, therefore, be
38	38	it
39	39	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
40	40	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Judy Ackerman and
41	41	extend sincere condolences to her husband, Jamie Ackerman, to the
42	42	other members of her family, and to her countless friends; and, be
43	43	it further
44	44	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
45	45	prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of
46	46	Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Judy
47	47	Ackerman.
48	48	Moody
49	49	González of El Paso
50	50	Ortega
51	51	Ordaz
52	52	Morales of Maverick
53	53	______________________________
54	54	Speaker of the House
55	55	I certify that H.R. No. 63 was unanimously adopted by a rising
56	56	vote of the House on March 8, 2023.
57	57	______________________________
58	58	Chief Clerk of the House