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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The passing of New Waverly resident Thomas Michael |
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Buzbee on March 16, 2007, has deeply saddened his family and |
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friends, yet the memory of his full and rewarding life remains to |
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comfort them in their time of loss; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on October 1, 1938, Mike Buzbee devoted his |
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life to helping disadvantaged and troubled youth and spent decades |
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advocating in their behalf; the founder, president, and CEO of the |
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Gulf Coast Trade Center, he worked with more than 30,000 young |
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Texans over the course of his 35-year career in the juvenile |
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corrections industry, and he was instrumental in establishing the |
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center as a nationally recognized educational trades program; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Buzbee was a graduate of the University of |
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Houston and of Sam Houston State University, where he earned a |
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master's degree in criminology; he further benefited his |
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professional community as the superintendent of the Raven Charter |
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School and as a staff representative for the Marine Engineers |
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Beneficial Association, the PCD, the AFL-CIO, and the Office |
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Employees International Union; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition, this notable Texan gave generously of |
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his time and talents as a board member of Texas Education Agency |
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Region 6, the Walker County Chamber of Commerce, the Texas |
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Youth-Build Coalition, New Leader's Academy, and the National Youth |
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Employment Coalition; his efforts earned him several awards, |
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including the first Bridge Builders Annual Award and the New |
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American Community Award; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Buzbee enjoyed the love |
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and support of his wife, Kathryn, with whom he shared 45 years of |
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marriage, and their four children; and |
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WHEREAS, Mike Buzbee built a life that was remarkably rich in |
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family, friends, and service to others, and he will always be |
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remembered with great admiration and affection; now, therefore, be |
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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 Thomas Michael Buzbee |
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and extend sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Kathryn Benesh Buzbee; to his children, Thomas M. Buzbee, Jr., and |
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his wife, Cheryl, Stephanie Marie Shelly and her husband, Kenneth, |
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Scott Anthony Buzbee and his wife, Kalea, and Mary Megan |
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Buzbee-D'Souza and her husband, Daniel; to his grandchildren, Tony, |
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Kristen, Kyle, Allison, Meridith, Nolan, Colin, and Samuel; to his |
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brother, Patrick Hugh Buzbee, and his wife, Marilyn; and to his |
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other relatives and friends; and, be it 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 Mike |
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Buzbee. |