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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Residents of Elgin lost an esteemed local |
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businessman and civic leader with the death of Dr. W. H. Cardwell on |
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February 25, 2007; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in the town of Salty in Milam County on May 10, |
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1926, Dr. Cardwell served his country in the United States Navy and |
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went on to attend the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary |
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Medicine; after graduating in 1951, he moved to Elgin, where he |
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established the first animal clinic in the county, Cardwell |
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Veterinary Hospital, later known as Elgin Veterinary Hospital; he |
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expanded his business interests in later years, opening Elgin |
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Breeding Service in 1954; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Cardwell was a life member of the American and |
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Texas Veterinary Medical Associations, the latter of which he |
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served as president, and he was a gubernatorial appointee to the |
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Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, which he also |
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led as president; moreover, he was commissioned by Governor Dolph |
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Briscoe to head the creation of the first veterinary practice law |
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for the State of Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, His dedication to his profession earned Dr. Cardwell |
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a host of honors; recognized for his expertise by his peers in the |
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Society for Theriogenology, he was honored with its inaugural NANDI |
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Award, and he was named the Veterinary Diagnostician of the Year in |
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2000 by the TVMDL; the TUMA, which had honored him in 1983 as the |
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recipient of its Outstanding Food Animal Practitioner Award, also |
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bestowed on him its President's Award for his leadership in bovine |
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reproduction, and in 2001, his alma mater named him an Outstanding |
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Alumnus of the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine; and |
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WHEREAS, An active congregant of the First United Methodist |
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Church of Elgin, this esteemed Texan served his fellow congregants |
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in a number of leadership positions during the course of his 55 |
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years of membership; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Cardwell also made significant contributions to |
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the greater community through his work as a member and president of |
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the Elgin ISD school board; he had further served his fellow |
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citizens as president of the Greater Elgin Chamber of Commerce, |
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president of the local Kiwanis Club, vice president of the board of |
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directors for Elgin National Bank, and chair of that institution's |
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loan review committee; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Cardwell shared 54 years of marriage with his |
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wife, Ardeth, and they were blessed with two children, Brenda and |
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Brad, and five grandchildren; in a tribute to this beloved |
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patriarch, his family established a scholarship in his honor to |
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benefit students studying bovine medicine at Texas A&M; and |
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WHEREAS, W. H. Cardwell lived a caring and purposeful life, |
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and he leaves behind memories that will be forever cherished by his |
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family and friends; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Dr. W. H. Cardwell and |
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extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Ardeth Cardwell; to his children, Brenda and Brad; to his |
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daughter-in-law, Marilyn; to his grandchildren, Zack, Hailey, and |
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Hillary Voelker and Cody and Faith Cardwell; to his sister and |
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brother-in-law, Shirley and Clyde Luetge; to his brother and |
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sister-in-law, Lyngle and Veronica Cardwell; to his brother-in-law |
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and sister-in-law, Richard and Lois Worthey; to his father-in-law, |
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N. P. Worthey; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dr. W. H. |
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Cardwell. |
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Cook of Colorado |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1273 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on April 13, 2007. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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