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                                                                  H.R. No. 667



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Margaret McDermott, an eminent longtime supporter 
of the Dallas Museum of Art, and a group of other Dallas 
philanthropists have made the largest combined gift ever presented 
to the DMA; and
	WHEREAS, Announced in February 2005, the gift is valued at 
approximately $400 million and coincides with the completion of the 
first phase of the museum's $185 million centennial capital 
campaign; and
	WHEREAS, Mrs. McDermott, whose benefactions to the DMA over a 
span of more than five decades have made her the museum's most 
generous donor, has now promised to that institution an acclaimed 
painting titled Water Lilies--TheClouds, by Claude Monet; 
completed in 1903 and noted for its "sheer beauty and brilliant 
coloring," the work is considered to be the most important 
Impressionist painting in private hands in Texas; it presently 
forms part of one of the greatest Impressionist and 
Postimpressionist collections in the region; and
	WHEREAS, The wife of the late Eugene McDermott, a founder of 
Texas Instruments, Mrs. McDermott played a major role in the 
relocation of the DMA from Fair Park to the new downtown Dallas Arts 
District in 1984 and in the construction of the subsequent Hamon 
Wing extension; her new gift is being made in honor of Nancy Hamon, 
another distinguished supporter of the DMA; and
	WHEREAS, The Dallas Museum of Art, established in 1903, 
boasts an encyclopedic collection of more than 23,000 works 
spanning 5,000 years of history and representing all media; the 
extraordinary generosity of Mrs. McDermott and her fellow donors 
exemplifies a remarkable degree of civic pride and advances 
dramatically the mission of that outstanding institution; now, 
therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature hereby honor Margaret McDermott for her exceptional 
philanthropy in behalf of the Dallas Museum of Art and extend to her 
profound appreciation for cultural leadership that will forever 
enrich the citizens of this state; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Mrs. McDermott as an expression of high regard by the 
Texas House of Representatives.

                                                                          McCall

                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 667 was adopted by the House on March 
17, 2005, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House