By: Barrientos S.R. No. 1078
1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION
1-2 In Memory
1-3 of
1-4 Jack Reynolds
1-5 WHEREAS, The City of Austin and the State Bar of Texas
1-6 lost an outstanding citizen with the death of Jack Reynolds on
1-7 May 12, 1993; and
1-8 WHEREAS, Until his retirement in 1990, Mr. Reynolds
1-9 was Associate Executive Director of the State Bar of Texas; he
1-10 administered its business operations during his 18-year career
1-11 there; and
1-12 WHEREAS, During his tenure at the State Bar, Mr. Reynolds
1-13 oversaw the construction of the Texas Law Center and the Gene Cavin
1-14 Professional Development Center; and
1-15 WHEREAS, Jack Reynolds was a longtime municipal
1-16 executive before he went to work for the Texas Bar; he was
1-17 administrative assistant to the city manager in San Antonio from
1-18 1957 through 1959, Edinburg city manager and director of finance
1-19 from 1959 until 1963, and Denton city manager from 1963 to 1968;
1-20 he served as general manager of the Western Paper Division of the
1-21 Kimbell Milling Company from 1968 to 1969 and as vice president and
1-22 controller of H. M. Russell and Sons in Denton; and
1-23 WHEREAS, Remembered as modest and hardworking, Mr. Reynolds
2-1 made many friends during his time with the State Bar; and
2-2 WHEREAS, A man of great ability and unquestioned integrity,
2-3 his business associates remember that his word was his bond and
2-4 that his business acumen was unsurpassed; and
2-5 WHEREAS, Mr. Reynolds was born in Columbus, Kansas,
2-6 and pursued his higher education in California; he received
2-7 his bachelor's degree from Fresno State College and his master's
2-8 degree in public administration-city management from the University
2-9 of Southern California in Los Angeles; and
2-10 WHEREAS, Courageous and patriotic, Jack Reynolds served in
2-11 the United States Army Intelligence in Guam from 1954 to 1957; and
2-12 WHEREAS, His varied and notable accomplishments contributed
2-13 to the wealth and progress of his community; his wise counsel and
2-14 good judgment will be missed and remembered with gratitude by those
2-15 whose lives he touched; and
2-16 WHEREAS, Highly esteemed by his fellow citizens, this
2-17 outstanding gentleman was always ready to lend a hand to help
2-18 a colleague; and
2-19 WHEREAS, Dedicated and intelligent, Mr. Reynolds was a man
2-20 whose loss is keenly felt; now, therefore, be it
2-21 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
2-22 73rd Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to
2-23 the members of his family: his wife, Mary; his daughters,
2-24 Kathleen Singleton, Carla Sybesma, and Suzanna Haskins; his
2-25 grandsons, James Reynolds "Jim" Anderson and Brian Shane Haskins;
3-1 and his sister, Margaret Tooley; and, be it further
3-2 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for the
3-3 members of his family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the
3-4 Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so
3-5 in memory of Jack Reynolds.
3-6 _____________________________________
3-7 President of the Senate
3-8 I hereby certify that the
3-9 above Resolution was adopted by
3-10 the Senate on May 26, 1993,
3-11 by a rising vote.
3-12 _____________________________________
3-13 Secretary of the Senate
3-14 _____________________________________
3-15 Member, Texas Senate