H.R. No. 202

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The State of Texas lost an esteemed educator and
	public servant with the passing of the Honorable Glenda Dawson of
	Pearland on September 12, 2006; and
	WHEREAS, Before her election to the Texas House of
	Representatives in 2002, Glenda Dawson had a notable career in
	education that spanned more than three decades; her passion for
	teaching earned her the Pearland I.S.D. Teacher of the Year Award in
	1989, and in 2000, that school district created the Glenda Dawson
	First Year Teacher Award in honor of her exceptional commitment to
	public education; her employment history also included training
	future educators as an adjunct professor and instructional
	supervisor for secondary teachers at the University of Houston; a
	graduate of Sam Houston State University, she received the school's
	Distinguished Alumni Award in 2005; and
	WHEREAS, Representative Dawson drew on her life experiences
	to positively benefit others as a two-term member of the house; she
	served on the Public Health, Higher Education, and House
	Administration Committees, and she was recognized by her peers in
	the 78th Legislature with an Outstanding Freshman Education
	Legislator award; among her many significant contributions was the
	establishment of the statewide DEAR Program for potential organ
	donors, and, as the recipient of a kidney donation herself, she was
	proud to witness the start of the program on September 1, 2006; and
	WHEREAS, Devoted to her Southeast Texas community,
	Representative Dawson shared her time and expertise with numerous
	organizations, including the Vic Coppinger YMCA, the Pearland
	College Center, the Pearland Rotary Club, the Pearland/Hobby Area
	Chamber of Commerce, the Pearland Exchange Club, the PISD
	District-wide Education Improvement Council, the Tri-District
	School-to-Careers Partnership, and the Pearland High School
	chapter of Youth for Christ; moreover, she was a youth Bible studies
	teacher for 10 years; and
	WHEREAS, Glenda Dawson greatly contributed to the betterment
	of the Pearland community and the State of Texas; although she will
	be deeply missed, her legacy lives on through the countless lives
	she touched as a teacher, lawmaker, motivational speaker, and role
	model to those who were privileged to share in her years on this
	earth; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas
	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of the Honorable Glenda
	Dawson and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to
	her daughter, Dee Saenz, and her husband, Carlos; to her
	grandchildren, Lauren and Dawson; to her mother, Ruby Miles; to her
	brother, Jesse Miles, and his wife, Pat; to her sister, Diane
	Taylor, and her husband, Darrell; and to her many other friends and
	admirers from across the Lone Star State; 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 State
	Representative Glenda Dawson.
	O'Day
	Craddick Gattis Miles
	Allen Geren Miller
	Alonzo Giddings Moreno
	Anchia Gonzales Morrison
	Anderson Gonzalez Toureilles Mowery
	Aycock Goolsby Murphy
	Bailey Guillen Naishtat
	Berman Haggerty Noriega
	Bohac Hamilton O'Day
	Bolton Hancock Oliveira
	Bonnen Hardcastle Olivo
	Branch Harless Orr
	Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
	Brown of Brazos Hartnett Otto
	Burnam Heflin Parker
	Callegari Hernandez Patrick
	Castro Herrero Paxton
	Chavez Hilderbran Pena
	Chisum Hill Phillips
	Christian Hochberg Pickett
	Cohen Hodge Pierson
	Coleman Homer Pitts
	Cook of Navarro Hopson Puente
	Cook of Colorado Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
	Corte Howard of Travis Raymond
	Crabb Hughes Riddle
	Creighton Isett Ritter
	Crownover Jackson Rodriguez
	Darby Jones Rose
	Davis of Harris Keffer Smith of Tarrant
	Davis of Dallas King of Parker Smith of Harris
	Delisi King of Taylor Smithee
	Deshotel King of Zavala Solomons
	Driver Kolkhorst Strama
	Dukes Krusee Straus
	Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
	Dutton Latham Talton
	Eiland Laubenberg Taylor
	Eissler Leibowitz Thompson
	Elkins Lucio III Truitt
	England Macias Turner
	Escobar Madden Van Arsdale
	Farabee Mallory Caraway Vaught
	Farias Martinez Veasey
	Farrar Martinez Fischer Villarreal
	Flores McCall Vo
	Flynn McClendon West
	Frost McReynolds Woolley
	Gallego Menendez Zedler
	Garcia Merritt Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 202 was unanimously adopted by a
	rising vote of the House on February 1, 2007.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House