1-1 1 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1083 1-3 In Memory 1-4 of 1-5 Patricia J. Dobbs 1-6 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the citizens 1-7 of Austin in mourning the loss of beloved educator Patricia J. Dobbs, 1-8 who died May 19, 1999, at the age of 60; and 1-9 WHEREAS, Born in Los Angeles on November 25, 1938, Pat Dobbs 1-10 was raised in Minnesota; she earned her bachelor of science 1-11 degree in education from The University of Texas at Austin in 1-12 1970 and her master of arts degree in English and history from 1-13 Southwest Texas State University in 1974; and 1-14 WHEREAS, Dedicated to education, Pat Dobbs was a classroom 1-15 teacher for 28 years and a part-time college instructor for 24 years; 1-16 20 years ago, Mrs. Dobbs gave up lecturing to her students to use 1-17 entirely different methods; using an interactive approach, she 1-18 initiated role playing, mock elections, simulations, and 1-19 student-created bulletin boards and rooms; and 1-20 WHEREAS, Under the auspices of Mrs. Dobbs, her students won 2-1 many awards: in 1987, her students won first place in the Austin 2-2 Independent School District's Mock Trial Competition; in 1994, one 2-3 of her students won the Austin Parliamentary Club's award for the 2-4 winning essay in parliamentary procedure; and in 1997, her students 2-5 won the Capital Area Food Certificate for donating over 1,700 pounds 2-6 of food; and 2-7 WHEREAS, Renowned for her effectiveness in the classroom, 2-8 Pat Dobbs had collaborated with her daughter, Kyleen Dobbs, a senior 2-9 economics and government teacher at Pflugerville High School, to 2-10 publish 26 performance-based assessment lesson plans; and 2-11 WHEREAS, Throughout the last 10 years, Pat Dobbs had shared 2-12 her success in workshops with the Texas State Bar, West Publishing 2-13 Company, the Austin Independent School District, and Travis County 2-14 Human Services; and 2-15 WHEREAS, She had published curricula which included 2-16 co-authorship of Austin Independent School District's advanced 2-17 social studies course in Street Law and co-authorship of Austin 2-18 Independent School District's Government Gifted and Talented 2-19 syllabus; and 2-20 WHEREAS, The winner of countless honors, Mrs. Dobbs was the 2-21 recipient of the Austin Association of Teachers Creative Teaching 2-22 Award in 1987, the Leon Jaworski Award for Teaching Excellence in 2-23 Law Focused Education in 1990, and the Leavey Award for Excellence 2-24 in Private Enterprise Education by the Freedom Foundation in 1992; 3-1 and 3-2 WHEREAS, This distinguished teacher affected positively the 3-3 lives of thousands of young people; the most important thing 3-4 she communicated to her students was the importance of learning 3-5 about the issues and taking part in the political process; many 3-6 teenagers' interest in history, politics, or law bloomed under her 3-7 guidance; the death of such an extraordinarily gifted teacher is an 3-8 irreplaceable loss to her students and the community; she will be 3-9 greatly missed; now, therefore, be it 3-10 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 3-11 76th Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the members 3-12 of her family: her husband, Dave Dobbs; her daughters, Wendy Rolan 3-13 and Kyleen Dobbs; her son, Kevin Dobbs; her mother, Barbara Wesely; 3-14 her sister, Delores Wells; and her granddaughter, Tiffany Rolan; 3-15 and, be it further 3-16 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for the 3-17 members of her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the 3-18 Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so 3-19 in memory of Patricia J. Dobbs. 3-20 Barrientos 3-21 ______________________________________ 3-22 President of the Senate 3-23 I hereby certify that the above 3-24 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 3-25 on May 24, 1999, by a rising vote. 3-26 ______________________________________ 3-27 Secretary of the Senate 3-28 ______________________________________ 4-1 Member, Texas Senate