HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, The Texas Legislature wishes to honor the memory of 1-2 Charles N. Prothro of Wichita Falls, an outstanding Texan whose 1-3 passing on March 5, 2001, at the age of 83, brought great sorrow to 1-4 his family and friends; and 1-5 WHEREAS, Born on January 14, 1918, this lifelong resident of 1-6 Wichita Falls graduated from Wichita Falls High School and earned a 1-7 business administration degree from The University of Texas at 1-8 Austin; during World War II, he answered his country's call to duty 1-9 and served in the U.S. Coast Guard; and 1-10 WHEREAS, Before the war, Mr. Prothro joined his father-in-law 1-11 in business, establishing the Perkins-Prothro Company; through the 1-12 years his professional interests grew to include oil and gas 1-13 production, ranching, real estate, and investing, in addition to 1-14 his undertaking other ventures such as the Perkins-Timberlake 1-15 Company and the Perkins-Prothro Ranch; and 1-16 WHEREAS, This esteemed gentleman was chairman of the board of 1-17 the City National Bank and a director of Texas Utilities Company 1-18 and Southwestern Life Corporation; a longtime congregant of the 1-19 First United Methodist Church, Mr. Prothro was involved in many 1-20 church matters as chairman of the board of trustees and the 1-21 administrative board, and in past years he was an active member of 1-22 the investment committee of the Methodist Children's Home in Waco; 1-23 and 1-24 WHEREAS, Equally generous as he was successful, Mr. Prothro 2-1 devoted much of his time and energy to the betterment of his 2-2 community; he was president of the Perkins-Prothro Foundation, the 2-3 Joe and Lois Perkins Foundation, and the Perkins Lecture Committee, 2-4 as well as the chairman and a member of the board of directors of 2-5 the Baylor University Medical Center Foundation, and he was 2-6 instrumental in the establishment of the Hospice of Wichita Falls; 2-7 and 2-8 WHEREAS, Mr. Prothro's many civic activities included a 2-9 longtime involvement in the YMCA, where he served as board member 2-10 and president and chaired the building committee; he also sat on 2-11 the board of Presbyterian Manor and was president of the advisory 2-12 board of the Woman's Forum; and 2-13 WHEREAS, Keenly interested in the advancement of education, 2-14 Mr. Prothro was a member of the Wichita Falls Independent School 2-15 District board for 16 years, and he was appointed to the Texas 2-16 Commission on Higher Education and the first Coordinating Board of 2-17 the Texas College and University System; he also served on The 2-18 University of Texas development board and as chairman of the 2-19 advisory council of the College of Business Administration 2-20 Foundation; and 2-21 WHEREAS, Truly deserving of recognition, this distinguished 2-22 individual was duly honored as one of five outstanding young men in 2-23 Texas by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, was one of the outstanding 2-24 ex-students of The University of Texas College of Business 2-25 Administration, and received an honorary doctorate of law degree 2-26 from Southwestern University; and 2-27 WHEREAS, Charles N. Prothro was a successful businessman and 3-1 dedicated philanthropist, and the memory of this kind friend, 3-2 devoted husband, and loving father will undoubtedly live on in the 3-3 hearts of all those he so deeply touched; now, therefore, be it 3-4 RESOLVED, That the 77th Legislature of the State of Texas 3-5 hereby pay tribute to the life of Charles N. Prothro and extend 3-6 sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, 3-7 Elizabeth; to his son, Joe Prothro and his wife, Dale; to his 3-8 daughter, Kay Yeager and her husband, Frank; to his son, Mark 3-9 Prothro and his wife, Dianne; to the family of his late son, 3-10 Charles Vincent Prothro, and his daughter-in-law, Caren Prothro; to 3-11 his grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and to all his other 3-12 relatives and many friends; and, be it further 3-13 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 3-14 prepared for the members of his family and that when the Texas 3-15 House of Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in 3-16 memory of Charles N. Prothro. Farabee Laney Goodman Merritt Alexander Goolsby Miller Allen Gray Moreno of Harris Averitt Green Moreno of El Paso Bailey Grusendorf Morrison Berman Gutierrez Mowery Bonnen Haggerty Naishtat Bosse Hamric Najera Brimer Hardcastle Nixon Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Noriega Brown of Brazos Hawley Oliveira Burnam Heflin Olivo Callegari Hilbert Pickett Capelo Hilderbran Pitts Carter Hill Puente Chavez Hinojosa Ramsay Chisum Hochberg Rangel Christian Hodge Raymond Clark Homer Reyna of Bexar Coleman Hope Reyna of Dallas Cook Hopson Ritter Corte Howard Sadler Counts Hunter Salinas Crabb Hupp Seaman Craddick Isett Shields Crownover Janek Smith Danburg Jones of Lubbock Smithee Davis of Harris Jones of Bexar Solis Davis of Dallas Jones of Dallas Solomons Delisi Junell Swinford Denny Keel Talton Deshotel Keffer Telford Driver King of Parker Thompson Dukes King of Uvalde Tillery Dunnam Kitchen Truitt Dutton Kolkhorst Turner of Coleman Edwards Krusee Turner of Harris Ehrhardt Kuempel Uher Eiland Lewis of Tarrant Uresti Elkins Lewis of Orange Villarreal Ellis Longoria Walker Farabee Luna West Farrar McCall Williams Flores McClendon Wilson Gallego McReynolds Wise Garcia Madden Wohlgemuth George Marchant Wolens Geren Martinez Fischer Woolley Giddings Maxey Yarbrough Glaze Menendez Zbranek _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 219 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on March 29, 2001. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 219 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the Senate on April 23, 2001. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________________ Date __________________________ Governor