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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Honorable Dr. Bob Glaze of Gilmer, who served |
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six consecutive terms in the Texas House of Representatives, passed |
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away on June 25, 2010, at the age of 82; and |
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WHEREAS, First elected to the legislature in 1990, Dr. Glaze |
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focused on strengthening health care, advancing the cause of public |
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education, and addressing the needs of the disadvantaged during his |
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tenure in office; he sponsored the bill that created the Children's |
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Health Insurance Program in 1999, and in that same session he helped |
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to establish, and then served on, the Blue Ribbon Task Force on the |
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Uninsured; a senior member of the appropriations and public health |
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committees, he chaired several subcommittees of the latter and also |
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served as vice chair of the redistricting committee; new members of |
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the house, regardless of their party affiliation, benefited greatly |
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from his generous counsel; and |
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WHEREAS, "Dr. Bob," as he was widely known, was born in Tyler |
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on November 20, 1927; he graduated from Tyler High School and Tyler |
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Junior College, earned a bachelor's degree in agriculture from Sam |
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Houston State University, and received his doctor of chiropractic |
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degree from Texas Chiropractic College; in addition, he pursued |
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graduate studies at chiropractic colleges in California, New York, |
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and Maryland, and he served for a year in the merchant marine; and |
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WHEREAS, Bob Glaze married the former Wilma Jean Franks in |
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Tyler in 1948, and six years later the couple moved to Gilmer; over |
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the ensuing decades, Dr. Glaze played a vital role in the civic life |
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of his community, serving as president of the Gilmer Independent |
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School District Board of Trustees, Upshur County and Gilmer Area |
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Chambers of Commerce, East Texas Yamboree Association, and Gilmer |
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Rotary Club, as well as board member of the East Texas Food Bank, |
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director of the First National Bank of Gilmer, and member of the |
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development board of The University of Texas Health Science Center |
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at Tyler; he also served as a director of the Texas Health |
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Foundation and the Texas Chest Foundation, and he was a valued |
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congregant of the First Baptist Church of Gilmer; and |
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WHEREAS, The recipient of numerous accolades, Dr. Glaze was |
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named Outstanding Public Health Legislator by the Texas Public |
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Health Association in both 1992 and 1999; moreover, he was chosen as |
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Citizen of the Year by the Upshur County Chamber of Commerce and as |
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Chiropractor of the Year by the Texas Chiropractic Association, |
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which he once led as president; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Bob Glaze exemplified the highest standards of |
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public service, and his colleagues in the house of representatives |
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will forever remember his integrity, his deep compassion for the |
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most vulnerable members of society, and his unwavering devotion to |
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his constituents and to the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby pay tribute to the life of the Honorable Dr. Bob Glaze and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife |
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of 62 years, Jean Glaze; to his son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Andy |
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Glaze and Sandra Glaze; to his daughters and sons-in-law, Jeannie |
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Smith and Ken Smith and Jill McDaniel and Dr. Randy McDaniel; to his |
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brother, Ben D. Glaze; to his sisters, Sue Everett, Una Marie Green, |
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and Freida Melvin; to his 7 grandchildren and 10 |
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great-grandchildren; and to the other relatives and friends of this |
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distinguished Texan; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of |
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Dr. Bob Glaze. |