By Tillery                                             H.R. No. 442
         76R9197 BE-D                           
                                 R E S O L U T I O N
 1-1           WHEREAS, After four decades in education, including more than
 1-2     30 years with Huston-Tillotson College in Austin, Dr. Marvin Gordon
 1-3     Kimbrough is  retiring and her many years of able and inspirational
 1-4     guidance are indeed worthy of special legislative recognition; and
 1-5           WHEREAS, Dr. Kimbrough was born in Austin and grew up near
 1-6     the Tillotson College campus; her mother and sisters all attended
 1-7     Tillotson and her father was a graduate of Samuel Huston College;
 1-8     and
 1-9           WHEREAS, Valedictorian of her Anderson High School class, Dr.
1-10     Kimbrough graduated summa cum laude and was the highest ranked
1-11     student of the last class at Tillotson before its merger with
1-12     Samuel Huston in 1952; and
1-13           WHEREAS, Dr. Kimbrough attended The University of Texas at
1-14     Austin at a time when few African American students were admitted,
1-15     she completed both a master's degree and a doctorate at UT, and
1-16     studied at the Sorbonne in Paris as well; she began her career in
1-17     education and her aptitude and diligence soon established her as a
1-18     respected instructor; and
1-19           WHEREAS, She returned to Austin to teach at Huston-Tillotson
1-20     under president Dr.  J. J. Seabrook, and her tenure there has been
1-21     marked by many contributions and great success; and
1-22           WHEREAS, In addition to her teaching assignments, she has
1-23     served as a talented advisor to individuals and student groups; she
1-24     has been invaluable to a variety of campus councils and committees
 2-1     and her articles and poetry have been widely published; and
 2-2           WHEREAS, In tribute to the administrative ability of this
 2-3     commendable educator and scholar, Huston-Tillotson College
 2-4     appointed Dr. Kimbrough chairman of the humanities division; her
 2-5     work over the years has earned her numerous honors and awards,
 2-6     including a Fulbright Fellowship, the Black Arts Alliance Literary
 2-7     Arts Award, and the Texas Education Agency's Heritage Award; and
 2-8           WHEREAS, Though her presence in the classrooms of
 2-9     Huston-Tillotson will be sorely missed, Dr. Kimbrough will no doubt
2-10     carry on as valued mentor and role model after retirement; as she
2-11     makes plans for yet another verse in her remarkable life, it is
2-12     justly appropriate to recognize her at this time; now, therefore,
2-13     be it
2-14           RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas
2-15     Legislature hereby honor Dr. Marvin Gordon Kimbrough for her 40
2-16     years of service to education in Texas and extend to her warm best
2-17     wishes for success and happiness in the years to come; and, be it
2-18     further
2-19           RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
2-20     prepared for Dr.  Kimbrough as an expression of high regard by the
2-21     Texas House of Representatives.