S.C.R. No. 148 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, John Salmon Ford was appointed the third 1-2 superintendent of the Texas School for the Deaf in 1879 by Governor 1-3 O. M. Robert; and 1-4 WHEREAS, Mr. Ford had served as Mayor of Austin, a state 1-5 senator, a Texas Ranger, and a newspaper publisher; and 1-6 WHEREAS, He was a strong supporter of vocational education 1-7 and expanded the vocational classes of the Texas School for the 1-8 Deaf to include bookkeeping, shoe repair, and mattress-making 1-9 during his tenure as superintendent of the school; and 1-10 WHEREAS, Mr. Ford first successfully established school rules 1-11 which were printed and distributed to all students; and 1-12 WHEREAS, He helped complete a major building program at the 1-13 school; and 1-14 WHEREAS, It is fitting that a building on the campus of the 1-15 Texas School for the Deaf be named in his honor; now, therefore, be 1-16 it 1-17 RESOLVED, That the 74th Legislature of the State of Texas 1-18 hereby direct that the Vocational School on the campus of the Texas 1-19 School for the Deaf, located at 1102 South Congress Avenue, Austin, 1-20 Texas, be named the John Salmon Ford Building.