By:  Hill                                              H.R. No. 315
       73R5055 JLZ-D
                                  R E S O L U T I O N
    1-1        WHEREAS, The life of Justin Marquart, which had been full of
    1-2  joy and promise, was cut tragically short by his death on November
    1-3  24, 1992, at the age of 18, and his passing has profoundly saddened
    1-4  the members of his family and all of the friends who had been
    1-5  privileged to know and love him; and
    1-6        WHEREAS, The devoted son and only child of Steve and Darlene
    1-7  Marquart, Justin brought boundless enthusiasm to everything that he
    1-8  did, infecting everyone about him with his joyful zest for living,
    1-9  and his characteristic love of life was manifest in the wide range
   1-10  of activities in which he was engaged; and
   1-11        WHEREAS, During his years at Berkner High School in
   1-12  Richardson, he earned a well-deserved reputation as a bright and
   1-13  ambitious young man, an avid reader, a music lover, and an
   1-14  accomplished scholar who excelled in academic endeavors, and one of
   1-15  the achievements of which he was most proud was the 1,580 score he
   1-16  attained on his SAT; and
   1-17        WHEREAS, Coupled with his outstanding scholastic performance
   1-18  at Berkner High School, where he had been a member of the academic
   1-19  decathlon team for two years, his near-perfect college entrance
   1-20  examination score had gained him acceptance into the prestigious
   1-21  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; and
   1-22        WHEREAS, Although he was a gifted student, he had achieved
   1-23  his success by virtue of his hard work and dedication in the
   1-24  pursuit of his goals throughout his life, and in order to realize
    2-1  his dreams of enrolling at the institute, Justin had deferred his
    2-2  collegiate career for a year to take a job that would allow him to
    2-3  help defray part of the tuition expense; and
    2-4        WHEREAS, Outgoing and energetic as well as studious, he took
    2-5  a job at a local sporting goods store that also gave him an
    2-6  opportunity to share his passion for the outdoors with other
    2-7  people; he loved to camp, climb mountains, and go rafting and only
    2-8  recently had earned his certification as a scuba diver, which he
    2-9  had hoped to use during the winter on scuba diving expeditions with
   2-10  his father; and
   2-11        WHEREAS, He also expressed his fondness for the outdoors
   2-12  through his involvement in the Boy Scouts of America, in which
   2-13  organization he excelled as he had at Berkner High School; a member
   2-14  of Scout Troop 444, he was looking forward to receiving the supreme
   2-15  honor to which a scout can aspire, the coveted silver Eagle badge
   2-16  he had earned when he attained the rank of Eagle Scout; and
   2-17        WHEREAS, An exemplary individual, he was a source of unending
   2-18  pride and joy to his parents, a true and loyal companion to his
   2-19  friends, and an inspiration to all who came to know him, and though
   2-20  his presence is gone from us now, Justin Marquart will surely live
   2-21  on in the hearts and minds of all those whose lives he touched;
   2-22  now, therefore, be it
   2-23        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 73rd Texas
   2-24  Legislature hereby honor the memory of Justin Marquart and extend
   2-25  deepest sympathy to his mother and father, Steve and Darlene
   2-26  Marquart, and to all of the other family members and friends who
   2-27  have mourned the passing of this fine young man; and, be it further
    3-1        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
    3-2  prepared for the members of his family and that when the Texas
    3-3  House of Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of
    3-4  Justin Marquart.