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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 819
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of Liviu Librescu, who died April 16, 2007, |
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at the age of 76 while courageously defending the lives of his |
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students at Virginia Tech University; and |
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WHEREAS, An Israeli engineering and mathematics lecturer, |
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Dr. Librescu graduated from the Polytechnic University in Bucharest |
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in 1953 with a degree in mechanics and aviation construction; he |
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earned his doctorate in 1969 from the Bucharest-based Academy of |
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Sciences; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Librescu was a survivor of the horrors of the |
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Holocaust; he was interned in a labor camp during World War II and |
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was then sent with his family and thousands of other Jews to a |
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central ghetto in the city of Focsani; hundreds of thousands of |
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Romanian Jews were killed during the war; and |
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WHEREAS, After the war, Dr. Librescu worked at a government |
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aerospace company but found his career blocked when he refused to |
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swear allegiance to Romania's Communist regime; with the help of |
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Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, he and his family received |
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an emigration permit and left for Israel in 1978; he and his family |
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moved to Virginia in 1985; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Librescu was a highly respected and much beloved |
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professor at Virginia Tech University; on the day Jews around the |
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world honored "Yom Hashoah Ve-Hagevurah," the Holocaust Memorial |
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Day, Liviu Librescu blocked the path of a gunman and heroically |
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sacrificed his own life so that his students could survive; and |
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WHEREAS, A man of great courage, strength, and compassion, |
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he gave generously to others, and his wisdom, warmth, and valued |
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counsel will not be forgotten by those who knew him; and |
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WHEREAS, He was a devoted husband and father, and he will |
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long be remembered with affection and admiration by all who were |
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privileged to share in his life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, |
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80th Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family of Liviu Librescu; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for the |
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members of his family as an expression of deepest sympathy from |
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the Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, |
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it do so in memory of Liviu Librescu. |
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Jackson |
Van de Putte |
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Patrick |
Zaffirini |
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Dewhurst, President of the Senate |
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________________________________ |
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________________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on April 23, 2007, by a |
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rising vote. |
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________________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |