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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 250
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In Memory |
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of |
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Wilhelmina Daisy Cullen Robertson Smith |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the |
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citizens of Houston in mourning the loss of longtime University |
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of Houston advocate Wilhelmina Daisy Cullen Robertson Smith, who |
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died January 26, 2009, at the age of 86; and |
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WHEREAS, She was born Wilhelmina Daisy Cullen to Hugh Roy |
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Cullen and Lillie Cranz Cullen, a founding family of the |
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University of Houston and its first major benefactors; she earned |
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a bachelor of science degree in 1944 and continued her family's |
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legacy of support for the university; and |
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WHEREAS, The University of Houston System Board of Regents |
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has approved the construction of a $38.7 million sports complex |
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to be named the Wilhelmina Robertson Smith Pavilion, which will |
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be located at Robertson Stadium, the building named for Mrs. |
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Smith's first husband, Corbin J. Robertson, Sr., who died in 1991 |
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and had been a strong supporter of early Cougar athletics |
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programs; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Smith was a life member of the University of |
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Houston Alumni Organization and received a Distinguished Alumni |
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Award in 1989; she received an honorary doctorate from the |
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university in 1988; and |
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WHEREAS, Wilhelmina Smith was a woman of courage, charm, |
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and generosity of spirit; a dearly loved wife, mother, and |
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grandmother, she leaves behind memories that will be treasured |
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forever by all who knew her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st |
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Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family of Wilhelmina Daisy Cullen Robertson Smith: her husband, |
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Edgar A. Smith, Jr.; her children, Wilhelmina E. "Beth" |
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Robertson, Lillie T. Robertson, Corbin J. Robertson, Jr., |
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Carroll Robertson Ray, and Alison S. Robertson Baumann; and her |
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grandchildren; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas |
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Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in |
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memory of Wilhelmina Daisy Cullen Robertson Smith. |
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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 February 18, 2009, |
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by a rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |