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                                                                  H.R. No. 15 



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The citizens of Dallas lost a distinguished 
businesswoman and patron of the arts with the passing of Juanita 
Lewis Miller on November 21, 2005, at the age of 93; and
	WHEREAS, Born on February 14, 1912, in Kiowa, Oklahoma, Mrs. 
Miller earned her bachelor's degree from the University of 
Oklahoma; she taught English at a high school and at Kilgore Junior 
College before being placed in charge of recreation and cultural 
arts at a center for returning World War II service personnel in Hot 
Springs, Arkansas; it was there that she met Henry S. Miller, Jr., 
whom she married in 1945; and
	WHEREAS, After moving to Dallas in the 1940s, Mrs. Miller 
helped her husband establish what would become one of the nation's 
largest real estate companies; she went on to play a critical role 
in the burgeoning Dallas arts scene, cofounding with her husband 
the Dallas Civic Opera, now the Dallas Opera, in 1957 and founding 
the Texas Women's Association for Symphony Orchestras, now the 
Texas Association for Symphony Orchestras, in 1965; and
	WHEREAS, Mrs. Miller further served as vice president and 
board member of the Dallas Ballet, president and board member of the 
Dallas Opera, board member of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and 
president and board member of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra League; 
moreover, she was a founding board member of the Dallas Theater 
Center and served on the president's council for the Dallas Museum 
of Art as well as on the board of the Dallas Museum of Art League; 
and
	WHEREAS, The City of Dallas also greatly benefited from Mrs. 
Miller's commitment to philanthropy and public service, notably 
through her work as zone chair for the American Red Cross and fund 
drive chair for Community Chest; she was a charter member of the 
Dallas Council on World Affairs and was appointed by the mayor of 
Dallas to the cultural division of the Mayor's Commission on 
International Development; and
	WHEREAS, In recognition of her lifelong involvement in the 
arts and her commitment to civic and educational causes, Mrs. 
Miller was named Les Femmes du Monde's Woman of the Year in 1999; 
her other recognitions include the Flora Award, the TACA Silver Cup 
Award, and the Dallas Historical Society Award for Excellence in 
the Arts; one of her proudest achievements was the Juanita Miller 
Concerto Competition, a scholarship offered through the Texas 
Association for Symphony Orchestras; and
	WHEREAS, Although she is profoundly missed by family and 
friends, Juanita Miller has left behind an  exceptional legacy of 
good works that will benefit generations of Texans for years to 
come; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of 
Juanita Lewis Miller and extend sincere sympathy to the members of 
her family:  to her husband of more than 60 years, Henry S. Miller, 
Jr.; to her children and their spouses, Vance Miller and Geraldine 
Tincy Miller, Patsy Miller Donosky and David Donosky, Henry S. 
Miller III and Angela Ahmadi Miller, and Jacqueline Miller Stewart 
and Peter B. Stewart; to her grandchildren, Cynthia Vance Abrams 
and her husband, Robert, Vaughn Miller and his wife, Dena, Gregory 
Miller and his wife, Kim, Steve Donosky and his wife, Lissie, Janie 
Donosky Coudon and her husband, David, Nancy Donosky Ross, Patricia 
Sue Donosky, Kathy Miller Rabey and her husband, Tracy, Henry S. 
Miller IV and his wife, Lydia, Michael Miller and his wife, Lindsey, 
Alexander Miller, Nicole Stewart, Colin Stewart, John Stewart, and 
Sasha Stewart; to her 25 great-grandchildren; and to her other 
relatives and many friends; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of 
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Juanita 
Lewis Miller.

                                                                         Goolsby


                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 15 was unanimously adopted by a rising 
vote of the House on April 27, 2006.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House