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  H.R. No. 25
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, The Lone Star State lost an admired athlete, coach,
  and youth development leader with the passing of former Olympic
  swimmer Tex Julian Robertson on August 27, 2007, at the age of 98;
  and
         WHEREAS, Tex Robertson was born in Sweetwater on April 23,
  1909, to Frank G. Robertson and Nancy Emerson Robertson; as a boy,
  he learned to swim in a flooded creek and was known to practice his
  aquatic skills in a horse trough; and
         WHEREAS, A graduate of Sweetwater High School, Mr. Robertson
  attended the University of Southern California and Los Angeles
  Junior College, and he received a bachelor of arts degree from the
  University of Michigan and a bachelor of science degree from The
  University of Texas; and
         WHEREAS, Mr. Robertson demonstrated his impressive swimming
  skills at the University of Michigan, where he won Big 10 and NCAA
  championships, and he was a member of the 1932 United States Olympic
  Team; from the mid-1930s to 1943 and again from 1946 to 1950, he
  coached swimming at The University of Texas, where he led the UT
  team to the Southwest Conference championship in each of the 13
  seasons that he served as coach; and
         WHEREAS, During World War II, he interrupted his coaching
  career to serve in the United States Navy as a swimming instructor
  and a trainer of underwater demolition teams; and
         WHEREAS, In 1939, Mr. Robertson married Pat Hudson, and
  together they founded Camp Longhorn; the summer camp began with one
  guest and 17 counselors but grew steadily through the years to
  become a well-known and well-loved Texas institution; today, it
  continues to host more than 4,000 campers each summer at two
  locations; Mr. Robertson also played an important role in founding
  the Camping Association for Mutual Progress to promote youth
  camping in Texas; and
         WHEREAS, Throughout his life, he was an influential swimming
  advocate, founding the organizations Working Exes for Texas
  Swimming and Texas Age Group Swimming and actively supporting the
  growth of the sport at the high school level; for his efforts as an
  athlete, coach, and swimming ambassador, he was inducted into the
  Longhorn Hall of Honor in 1965 and received the Gold Medallion Award
  from the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2003; and
         WHEREAS, Mr. Robertson won national and international titles
  in Masters Swimming competitions and continued to engage in his
  favorite sport well into his 90s; in 2007, he was recognized with
  the Texas Masters Swimming Lifetime Achievement Award; and
         WHEREAS, This energetic and caring man was also active in the
  life of his community; he was instrumental in the creation of a
  range of organizations and events, including the Burnet Community
  Center, the Honor Citizen Program, and Citizens of Burnet Schools;
  he was honored by the Lower Colorado River Authority in 1998 with
  his induction into the LCRA Walk of Honor; and
         WHEREAS, In the course of the many years that he lived in the
  Lone Star State, Tex Robertson promoted the joys and rewards of
  aquatic exercise and the outdoors, and he played an important role
  in the growth of competitive swimming; he will be deeply missed, but
  he will live on in the fond memories of the generations of swimmers
  and campers whose lives he enriched; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
  Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Tex Julian Robertson
  and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his
  wife of 67 years, Pat Robertson; to his sons, John Robertson and his
  wife, Donna, Robby Robertson and his wife, Deidra, and Bill
  Robertson and his wife, Carol; to his daughters, Sally Lucksinger
  and Nancy Manning and her husband, Bobby; to his 18 grandchildren
  and four great-grandchildren; and to his other relatives and
  friends; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
  Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Tex Julian
  Robertson.
 
  Hilderbran
 
 
Straus Gattis Menendez
 
Allen Geren Merritt
 
Alonzo Giddings Miklos
 
Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
 
Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
 
Anderson Guillen Moody
 
Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
 
Berman Hamilton Naishtat
 
Bohac Hancock Oliveira
 
Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
 
Bonnen Harless Orr
 
Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
 
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
 
Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
 
Burnam Hernandez Patrick
 
Button Herrero Paxton
 
Callegari Hilderbran Peña
 
Castro Hochberg Phillips
 
Chavez Hodge Pickett
 
Chisum Homer Pierson
 
Christian Hopson Pitts
 
Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
 
Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
 
Cook Hughes Riddle
 
Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
 
Crabb Isett Ritter
 
Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
 
Creighton Jones Rose
 
Crownover Keffer Sheffield
 
Darby Kent Shelton
 
Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
 
Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
 
Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
 
Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
 
Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
 
Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
 
Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
 
Edwards Legler Thibaut
 
Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
 
Eissler Lewis Truitt
 
Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
 
England Madden Turner of Harris
 
Farabee Maldonado Vaught
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Marquez Villarreal
 
Fletcher Martinez Vo
 
Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
 
Flynn McCall Weber
 
Frost McClendon Woolley
 
Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 25 was unanimously adopted by a rising
  vote of the House on February 26, 2009.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House