By: Barrientos S.C.R. No. 147
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1-1 WHEREAS, Mr. Robert Kleberg was born in Galveston, Texas, in
1-2 1921; and
1-3 WHEREAS, Mr. Kleberg was a student at the Texas School for
1-4 the Deaf from 1929 to 1942; and
1-5 WHEREAS, He began working in the school's printshop on the
1-6 Lone Star Weekly, as a student in 1938; and
1-7 WHEREAS, He returned to the Texas School for the Deaf in
1-8 1961, after having graduated from Gallaudet College, as a
1-9 typography instructor; and
1-10 WHEREAS, Mr. Kleberg worked at the school for 24 years until
1-11 he retired in 1985; and
1-12 WHEREAS, After retirement Mr. Kleberg continued to work for
1-13 the school as a volunteer in the print shop, supporting a variety
1-14 of printing needs including the printing for the Miss Deaf Texan
1-15 Pageant, the Texas Association for the Deaf Convention, and other
1-16 projects to which he gave freely of his time and printing
1-17 expertise; and
1-18 WHEREAS, It is fitting that a building on the campus of the
1-19 school be named in honor of Mr. Kleberg; now, therefore, be it
1-20 RESOLVED, That the 74th Legislature of the State of Texas
1-21 hereby direct that the Vocation Annex on the campus of the Texas
1-22 School for the Deaf, located at 1102 South Congress Avenue, Austin,
1-23 Texas, be designated the Kleberg Building.