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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk of Dallas celebrated her |
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44th birthday on May 14, 2021, to the great delight of her family |
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and friends; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Debra Rutherford Thompson and John |
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Philp Thompson Sr., the former Mary Ann Thompson was born in Mexico |
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in 1977 and grew up in Dallas; as a child, she experienced hearing |
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loss and other health issues, but she learned from her father to |
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embrace challenges as opportunities to grow stronger and find ways |
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to make the world a better place; she became an admired artist, |
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receiving such major accolades as the ARTV Sculptor of the Year |
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award; in addition, she has served on the advisory board of the |
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Visual Arts Coalition of Dallas, which represents more than 7,500 |
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artists, and she donated space to the organization; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Thompson-Frenk has been very involved in |
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philanthropy, human rights, and the environment, as well as the |
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arts, and she has served on the boards of numerous worthwhile |
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organizations; with her husband, Joshua Frenk, she founded the |
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Memnosyne Institute, and she serves as president of the |
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organization, which encourages positive, peaceful global |
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collaboration in all areas of knowledge; during the COVID-19 |
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pandemic, Ms. Thompson-Frenk guided the Memnosyne Institute in |
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addressing the need for KN95 reusable masks for indigenous |
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communities across the country; the couple also established the |
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John Philp Thompson Foundation, which supports research on |
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non-radiation/non-chemotherapy cures for glioblastoma; much in |
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demand internationally as a speaker, Ms. Thompson-Frenk has |
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addressed organizations from the United Nations and TEDx to the |
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Parliament of World Religions; she was the first major investor in |
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Dallas-based Women That Soar; among numerous accolades, she has |
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received the 2018 Civic Pioneer Award and the Southern Methodist |
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University Profiles in Leadership Award; and |
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WHEREAS, With the passage of another year, Mary Ann |
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Thompson-Frenk may reflect with pride on her wide-ranging |
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accomplishments and on the many significant contributions she has |
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made in behalf of her fellow Texans; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk on her 44th |
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birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Thompson-Frenk as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Neave |
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Bowers |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1472 was adopted by the House on May |
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26, 2021, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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