S.C.R. No. 150 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, Mr. Joe Koen was one of the first appointments made 1-2 by the governor to the Texas School for the Deaf Board of Trustees; 1-3 and 1-4 WHEREAS, Mr. Koen was considered a benevolent and farsighted 1-5 trustee who contributed to the education of deaf persons and the 1-6 deaf community in the state; and 1-7 WHEREAS, He became interested in the education of the deaf 1-8 because of a deaf family member; and 1-9 WHEREAS, A boys' dormitory previously named in Mr. Koen's 1-10 honor was torn down as part of campus renovations in the 1950s; and 1-11 WHEREAS, It is fitting that a building on the campus of the 1-12 Texas School for the Deaf continue to be named in his honor; now, 1-13 therefore, be it 1-14 RESOLVED, That the 74th Legislature of the State of Texas 1-15 hereby direct that the new boys' dormitory on the campus of the 1-16 Texas School for the Deaf, located at 1102 South Congress Avenue, 1-17 Austin, Texas, be named Koen Hall.