By: Leedom S.R. No. 731
1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION
1-2 In Memory
1-3 of
1-4 Joseph MacDonald Dealey
1-5 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the citizens
1-6 of Dallas in mourning the loss of respected business and civic
1-7 leader Joseph MacDonald Dealey on April 7, 1995; and
1-8 WHEREAS, Grandson of The Dallas Morning News founder
1-9 George Bannerman Dealey, Joe Dealey led his family-owned company
1-10 through a period of unprecedented growth and expansion; presiding
1-11 over the Belo Corporation and The News during the 1960s and
1-12 1970s, Mr. Dealey helped steer the newspaper and city through
1-13 times of transition, crisis, and prosperity; and
1-14 WHEREAS, Born in Dallas in 1919, Mr. Dealey began his
1-15 newspaper career in the mailroom of The Dallas Journal in 1937;
1-16 and
1-17 WHEREAS, After graduating from The University of Texas in
1-18 1941, Mr. Dealey attended the Southwest School of Printing to
1-19 learn the mechanical side of the newspaper business; he rejoined
1-20 The Dallas Journal in January 1942 before being drafted into the
1-21 Army Air Corps the following May; and
1-22 WHEREAS, Following his honorable service during World War II,
1-23 Mr. Dealey joined The Dallas Morning News in the business news
2-1 department; and
2-2 WHEREAS, Named assistant director of The Dallas Morning News
2-3 parent company, the A. H. Belo Corporation, in 1950, Mr. Dealey
2-4 assumed positions of ever-increasing responsibility and helped
2-5 direct Belo's phenomenal growth; Mr. Dealey was designated as
2-6 chairman of the board and publisher in 1980, and when he stepped
2-7 down from those positions, Belo's assets had increased to $692.4
2-8 million, 66 times what they had been when he became chief executive
2-9 officer; and
2-10 WHEREAS, A man who believed in giving back to his community,
2-11 Mr. Dealey was a generous benefactor to numerous charitable and
2-12 philanthropic organizations; he derived great personal satisfaction
2-13 from the work he did with children's hospitals; first chairman of
2-14 the board of the Children's Medical Center Foundation, Mr. Dealey
2-15 served as chairman of many of the hospital's fundraisers; and
2-16 WHEREAS, Recipient of the Dallas Hospital Council's service
2-17 award for community leadership in 1967, Joe Dealey was also honored
2-18 with the Linz Award, which recognizes the Dallas County citizen
2-19 whose civic and humanitarian efforts have yielded the greatest
2-20 benefit to the city; and
2-21 WHEREAS, A man of unimpeachable honesty and integrity,
2-22 Joe Dealey justly merited the honors and awards bestowed on him;
2-23 and
2-24 WHEREAS, Few individuals have given so unstintingly of
2-25 themselves on behalf of their community and their fellowman; and
3-1 WHEREAS, Joe Dealey leaves a legacy of excellence in all his
3-2 endeavors that will remain forever in the hearts of all who knew
3-3 him and cherished his greatness; now, therefore, be it
3-4 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
3-5 74th Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the memory of
3-6 Joseph MacDonald Dealey and extend sincere condolences to
3-7 the members of his family: his wife, Doris Carolyn Russell;
3-8 his children, Joe M. Dealey, Jr., Russell Edward Dealey,
3-9 Pamela Dealey Campbell, and Patricia Dealey Scarbrough; and
3-10 his nine grandchildren; and, be it further
3-11 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for the
3-12 members of the family as an expression of deepest sympathy from
3-13 the Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day,
3-14 it do so in memory of Joe M. Dealey.
3-15 ______________________________________
3-16 President of the Senate
3-17 I hereby certify that the above
3-18 Resolution was adopted by the Senate
3-19 on April 18, 1995, by a rising vote.
3-20 ______________________________________
3-21 Secretary of the Senate
3-22 ______________________________________
3-23 Member, Texas Senate