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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life well lived may help to comfort |
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those saddened by the passing of Glen Dale Hunt on April 20, 2023, |
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at the age of 75; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Lubbock, Glen Hunt was born on July 12, |
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1947, to George Wilbur and Dorothy Nixon Hunt; as a youth, he |
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participated in activities at Asbury United Methodist Church |
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Lubbock, and he earned the rank of Eagle Scout and the God and |
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Country Award during his years in the Boy Scouts; following his |
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graduation from Monterey High School in 1965, he obtained a degree |
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in government and completed further graduate work at Texas Tech |
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University; and |
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WHEREAS, After being hired by the Idalou Independent School |
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District, Mr. Hunt worked for 13 years as a teacher, K-12 |
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counselor, and curriculum director; his desire to play an active |
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role in the community led him to successfully run for a seat on the |
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Idalou City Council and then to serve two terms as the city's mayor; |
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from 1979 to 1985, he worked as an administrative assistant to |
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Congressman Kent Hance, and then became executive assistant to |
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Mr. Hance at the Railroad Commission of Texas; he went on to join |
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the office of state comptroller John Sharp, to serve as the first |
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director of operations for the Texas Lottery, and to work as a clerk |
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with the Redistricting Committee of the Texas House of |
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Representatives; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Hunt continued his career in education as an |
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adjunct government professor at Austin Community College, where his |
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nearly three decades of service also included a tenure as chair of |
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the Government Department; teaching the subject was his greatest |
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joy in life, and he relished having the opportunity to impart to his |
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students the importance of being an informed participant in the |
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democratic process; and |
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WHEREAS, Outside of his professional life, Mr. Hunt took |
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pleasure in taking trips to locations around the globe; since 2002, |
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he had been an active member of the upRising congregation in Austin, |
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and he was involved in neighborhood activities in the Ashton Woods |
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subdivision; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Glen Hunt is deeply missed, he will forever |
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be remembered with admiration and affection by his loved ones and by |
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the countless other individuals whose lives he touched; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Glen Dale Hunt and |
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extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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sisters, Sue Hunt and Ann McAdams and her husband, Kenneth; to his |
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nephews, Andrew Will McAdams and his wife, Sarah, and their |
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children, Connor, Kylie, Jackson, Blake, and Avery, and Brant Ware |
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McAdams and his wife, Alison, and their children, Payton Hunt and |
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Adelyn Sue; and to his other relatives and numerous friends; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Glen Hunt. |