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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Eleanor Grant of Galveston has deservedly been named |
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a 2009 Unsung Hero by the Galveston County Daily News; and |
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WHEREAS, A dedicated volunteer, Mrs. Grant was chosen for |
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this accolade based on her enduring commitment to serving her |
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community, including her work in behalf of area youth, the elderly, |
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and the poor; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Grant and her husband, Dr. J. Andrew Grant, |
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came to Galveston in 1973; she has worked as a math teacher at Ball |
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High School, and she also conducted gifted education classes at |
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Central Middle School; Dr. Grant is a professor of medicine and |
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microbiology, and he founded the state's first basic research |
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laboratory and training program in allergy and immunology at The |
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University of Texas Medical Branch; and |
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WHEREAS, For more than three decades, Mrs. Grant has devoted |
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countless hours to such organizations as Meals on Wheels, Hospice |
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of Galveston County, The Jesse Tree, The UTMB Faculty Women's Club, |
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and the League of Women Voters; in addition, she helped create the |
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Galveston Academic Excellence Booster Club, which underwrites |
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programs, events, and activities for students and teachers who have |
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demonstrated outstanding achievement; a woman of strong faith, Mrs. |
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Grant has also been active in ministries of the First Presbyterian |
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Church, and she is a longtime supporter of the arts, as well as of |
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the local library; and |
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WHEREAS, Through her selflessness and compassion, Eleanor |
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Grant has garnered the lasting respect and appreciation of her |
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fellow residents, and she may indeed reflect with great pride on the |
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positive impact she has had on her community; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Eleanor Grant on her selection as a 2009 |
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Unsung Hero by the Galveston County Daily News and commend her for |
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her many acts of goodwill; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Grant as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |