By:  Haley                                      S.R. No. 1210
    1-1                           SENATE RESOLUTION
    1-2        WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is proud to
    1-3  recognize Emmet G. Smith, a Harold D. and Imogene Herndon Professor
    1-4  of Music at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas; and
    1-5        WHEREAS, An outstanding professor of organ in the
    1-6  department of music and judged by many as the world's greatest
    1-7  organ instructor, Emmet Smith began his exceptional career at
    1-8  Texas Christian University in 1951 where he has taught for over
    1-9  40 years; and
   1-10        WHEREAS, After receiving his master's degree in music at
   1-11  Texas Christian University in 1954, Emmet Smith continued his music
   1-12  studies at the famed National Conservatory of Music in Paris,
   1-13  France, where he was a Fulbright Scholar and attended the Union
   1-14  Theological Seminary in New York; he was chosen as a postgraduate to
   1-15  study organ with Dr. Mario Salvador in Saint Louis, Missouri, and
   1-16  with Jean-Albert Villard at the Cathedral of Poitiers, in France; and
   1-17        WHEREAS, During his years as an organ professor at
   1-18  Texas Christian University, Mr. Smith has produced some of the most
   1-19  talented organists in the country and has had 13 of his students
   1-20  honored as Fulbright Scholars, more than any other professor in any
   1-21  discipline in the United States; and
   1-22        WHEREAS, A remarkably talented organist and instructor,
   1-23  Mr. Smith has concertized throughout the United States and Europe
    2-1  and directed organ study tours in Europe in the 1960s and 1970s; and
    2-2        WHEREAS, For his superior skills on the organ, Mr. Smith
    2-3  has received numerous honors; he is a member of the American Guild
    2-4  of Organists and was selected to represent the United States as the
    2-5  opening recitalist at the Kreuzberg Organ Festival in Bonn in 1980;
    2-6  and
    2-7        WHEREAS, He was named a Texas Christian University Honors
    2-8  Professor in 1973 and the Herndon Professor of Music in 1984; he
    2-9  also received the Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Teaching in
   2-10  1984 and was named the Minnie Stevens Piper Professor of Music in
   2-11  1974; and
   2-12        WHEREAS, In 1976 and in 1988, Professor Smith's
   2-13  Texas Christian University organ students competed successfully
   2-14  in auditions to enter the Chartres International Organ Competition
   2-15  in France; he has had two organ students admitted on full
   2-16  scholarships to the world famous Curtis Institute of Music in
   2-17  Philadelphia, and he received the President's Award for Outstanding
   2-18  Contributions to Gifted and Talented Students in November of 1991;
   2-19  and
   2-20        WHEREAS, A professor who throughout his life has manifested
   2-21  deep loyalty and generosity towards his students, Emmet Smith is
   2-22  known as a task-master deluxe--tough, protective, and demanding; and
   2-23        WHEREAS, He has a compelling concern for his former students
   2-24  who affectionately call him "Mr. Smith"; over 75 of his talented
   2-25  former pupils returned to the Texas Christian University campus in
    3-1  1991 in tribute to his 40 years of superb instruction and his much
    3-2  cherished and faithful friendship; and
    3-3        WHEREAS, A masterful musician and exemplary gentleman,
    3-4  Emmet Smith is beloved by his students, former students, colleagues,
    3-5  and music appreciators across the country; the State of Texas is
    3-6  honored to have among its citizens such a rare and gifted artist
    3-7  and distinguished professor; now, therefore, be it
    3-8        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
    3-9  73rd Legislature, hereby commend Emmet Smith for his invaluable
   3-10  contributions to Texas Christian University and to musicians and
   3-11  organ students throughout the world who have been influenced by
   3-12  his work; and, be it further
   3-13        RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
   3-14  him as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate.
   3-15                                 _____________________________________
   3-16                                        President of the Senate
   3-17                                      I hereby certify that the
   3-18                                 above Resolution was adopted by
   3-19                                 the Senate on May 31, 1993.
   3-20                                 _____________________________________
   3-21                                        Secretary of the Senate
   3-22                                 _____________________________________
   3-23                                         Member, Texas Senate