R E S O L U T I O N

 1-1           WHEREAS, The recent passing of Dorothy Helen Chandler Leonard

 1-2     of Kerrville on April 10, 1997, has brought a great loss to the

 1-3     many friends and relatives of this beloved lady; and

 1-4           WHEREAS, Known to her friends as "Dot," she was born December

 1-5     31, 1925, in Abilene to Judge J. M. Chandler and the former Myrtle

 1-6     Mae Cunningham; as a young woman she was graduated from the

 1-7     Hockaday School in Dallas and pursued her higher education at The

 1-8     University of Texas at Austin, graduating with honors from that

 1-9     prestigious institution; and

1-10           WHEREAS, She was a lifelong supporter of The University of

1-11     Texas and provided visionary leadership as a member of the first

1-12     development board for The University of Texas at San Antonio;

1-13     additionally, she was a member of the Longhorn Foundation, the

1-14     Chancellor's Council, and The University of Texas Ex-Students

1-15     Association; and

1-16           WHEREAS, A resident of Kerrville since 1954, she built a

1-17     thriving business as a realtor and was a highly respected voice in

1-18     her profession, holding memberships in the Kerrville Board of

1-19     Realtors and the Texas Association of Realtors; and

1-20           WHEREAS, She also established the G. Rankin Starkey

1-21     Scholarship, which awards scholarships to local students attending

1-22     The University of Texas; and

1-23           WHEREAS, Mrs. Leonard was a stranger to no one and will be

1-24     greatly missed by her family and friends across the State of Texas;

 2-1     although her presence is gone from us now, her memory will live on

 2-2     in the hearts of those people fortunate enough to have known her

 2-3     during her time on this earth; now, therefore, be it

 2-4           RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas

 2-5     Legislature hereby honor the life of Dorothy Helen Chandler Leonard

 2-6     and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her

 2-7     daughter, Diane Oehler; to her sons, Joseph Francis Leonard III and

 2-8     J. K. Leonard; to her son-in-law, Donald C. Oehler; to her

 2-9     daughter-in-law, Georganne G. Leonard; to her five grandchildren,

2-10     Elizabeth Chandler Oehler and Paul Joseph Oehler and Drew, Colin,

2-11     and Reese Leonard; and to the many other friends and relatives of

2-12     this esteemed woman; and, be it further

2-13           RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be

2-14     prepared for the members of her family and that when the Texas

2-15     House of Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in her memory.

                                                                  Hilderbran

                                             _______________________________

                                                   Speaker of the House

               I certify that H.R. No. 687 was unanimously adopted by a

         rising vote of the House on May 10, 1997.

                                             _______________________________

                                                 Chief Clerk of the House