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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 418
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In Memory |
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Fay Sinkin |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the |
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citizens of San Antonio in mourning the loss of Fay Sinkin, who |
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died March 4, 2009, at the age of 90; and |
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WHEREAS, A civic leader and pioneering environmental |
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activist, Fay Sinkin played an important role for more than half |
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a century in efforts to improve the City of San Antonio; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of New York, Mrs. Sinkin moved to San |
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Antonio in 1942 to marry Bill Sinkin; the couple was instrumental |
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in organizing HemisFair '68; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Sinkin organized a successful |
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movement to desegregate restaurants in San Antonio, and Mrs. |
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Sinkin, who had served as president of the League of Women Voters |
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in 1947, was instrumental in helping President Lyndon B. Johnson |
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find and hire minority applicants to fill embassy positions; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Sinkin broke the gender barrier in many |
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organizations over the course of her life; she was the first |
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woman to serve on the San Antonio Board of Health, the first woman |
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to serve on a Bexar County grand jury, and the first woman to be |
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elected by Bexar County to the Edwards Underground Water |
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District; and |
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WHEREAS, Along with her husband, Mrs. Sinkin organized a |
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program called Portrait of the American Woman that promoted |
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minority women; she also had a part in organizing an urban |
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coalition that enabled students from inner-city schools and |
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wealthier districts to interact with one another; and |
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WHEREAS, A woman of courage, determination, and unbending |
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principle, Mrs. Sinkin gave generously to others, and her wisdom, |
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her warmth, and her commitment to equal rights for all will not be |
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forgotten by those 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 Fay Sinkin; 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 Fay Sinkin. |
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Van de Putte, Uresti |
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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 March 16, 2009, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |