By:  Barrientos                                         S.R. No. 24
    1-1                           SENATE RESOLUTION
    1-2                               In Memory
    1-3                                  of
    1-4                          Oscar Price Bobbitt
    1-5        WHEREAS, The family and many friends of Oscar Price Bobbitt
    1-6  join the citizens of Austin in mourning the death of this prominent
    1-7  civic leader on January 2, 1995; and
    1-8        WHEREAS, A vital part of his community, Mr. Bobbitt was a
    1-9  broadcast executive, a state official under two Texas governors,
   1-10  and the brother-in-law of former President Lyndon B. Johnson; and
   1-11        WHEREAS, He was born in Mineola and attended George Washington
   1-12  University and The University of Texas School of Law; he served
   1-13  honorably in the United States Army during World War II and worked
   1-14  in television and radio in Austin until he retired in 1973; and
   1-15        WHEREAS, During the governorship of Dolph Briscoe,
   1-16  Mr. Bobbitt became executive director of the first Texas Center
   1-17  for Volunteer Action; he was responsible for obtaining licensing
   1-18  permission from the Texas Health Facilities Commission for the
   1-19  first hospice program in Texas; and
   1-20        WHEREAS, In 1984, under Governor Mark White, Mr. Bobbitt
   1-21  became executive director of the Texas Department on Aging; in
   1-22  that capacity, he developed a series of community-based care
   1-23  projects that have been used as models in other states; and
    2-1        WHEREAS, In 1985, he was appointed to the Federal Council
    2-2  on Aging, which oversees federal grants to states for programs
    2-3  that help elderly people; and
    2-4        WHEREAS, Mr. Bobbitt served on the boards of directors
    2-5  of several different civic organizations, including the Young
    2-6  Men's Christian Association, the Better Business Bureau, and the
    2-7  American Heart Association; he was also the vice-chairman of the
    2-8  City of Austin Planning Commission; and
    2-9        WHEREAS, He was a trustee for several years on the board
   2-10  of directors of the Educational Foundation of American Women in
   2-11  Radio and Television, a group that promoted the hiring of women
   2-12  in the broadcasting industry; and
   2-13        WHEREAS, He was married to Rebekah Johnson in 1940; when
   2-14  she died in 1978, he established an endowment that sponsors the
   2-15  Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry awarded by the
   2-16  Library of Congress; and
   2-17        WHEREAS, Mr. Bobbitt's wise counsel and good judgment will
   2-18  be greatly missed and remembered with gratitude by those who lived
   2-19  and worked with him; this distinguished gentleman's varied and
   2-20  notable achievements contributed to the development and progress
   2-21  of his community and his city; now, therefore, be it
   2-22        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
   2-23  74th Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the
   2-24  members of his family:  his son, Philip Chase Bobbitt; his sister,
   2-25  Mrs. C. C. Moore; and his brother, Everett C. Nix; and, be it
    3-1  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 Oscar Price "Bob" Bobbitt.
    3-6                               ______________________________________
    3-7                                      President of the Senate
    3-8                                    I hereby certify that the above
    3-9                               Resolution was adopted by the Senate
   3-10                               on January 16, 1995, by a rising vote.
   3-11                               ______________________________________
   3-12                                      Secretary of the Senate
   3-13                               ______________________________________
   3-14                                        Member, Texas Senate