H.R. No. 334



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The first female ever to serve as an appellate judge 
in the State of Texas, Judge Mary Lou Robinson of Amarillo has 
benefited her fellow citizens with diligence and skill for the past 
five decades, and it is indeed fitting to reflect on this dedicated 
jurist's exemplary tenure on the bench; and
	WHEREAS, Judge Robinson attended Amarillo College and 
received her undergraduate and law degrees at The University of 
Texas; she began her legal career in Austin in 1949 and returned the 
following year to Amarillo, where she continued in private 
practice; and
	WHEREAS, In 1955, she was appointed judge of the newly 
created Potter County Court at Law, beginning the first of many 
judgeships she would hold over the course of her career; and
	WHEREAS, Since that time, she has also served as judge of the 
108th District Court of Potter County, associate justice and then 
chief justice of the Court of Civil Appeals for the Seventh Supreme 
Judicial District, and United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Texas, Amarillo Division; and
	WHEREAS, Judge Robinson has brought to each of these 
positions her characteristic intelligence and integrity, and the 
high esteem in which she is held by her professional peers is 
evident from the many honors she has been accorded, including the 
Texas Center for Legal Ethics Sandra Day O'Connor Award for 
Professional Excellence, the Texas Bar Foundation Outstanding 
Fifty-Year Lawyer Award, and inclusion in a special commemorative 
edition of Texas Lawyer magazine as one of the 100 "Legal Legends" 
of Texas; and
	WHEREAS, A vital presence in the civic life of her hometown, 
she has given generously of her time and talent to such worthwhile 
institutions as Kairos House, the Rotary Club of Amarillo, the 
Amarillo Club of Zonta International, and Westminster Presbyterian 
Church; and
	WHEREAS, Named the 2004 Distinguished Alumna of the Year by 
Amarillo College, Judge Robinson is also the recipient of the 1998 
Career Achievement Award from the Amarillo Women's Network and is 
listed in Who's Who in America; and
	WHEREAS, Those Texans who dedicate themselves to the 
challenges of public service are truly deserving of our deepest 
gratitude and admiration, and Mary Lou Robinson's remarkable tenure 
as a jurist has set a high standard of excellence to which all may 
aspire; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby honor Judge Mary Lou 
Robinson for her 50 years of outstanding public service and extend 
to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Judge Robinson as an expression of high regard by the 
Texas House of Representatives.

                                                                         Smithee
                                                                        Swinford
                                                                           Laney

                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 334 was adopted by the House on July 
14, 2005, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House