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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Honorable Dorothy Morgan retired as Washington |
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County judge on December 31, 2010, having served with distinction |
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for two decades; and |
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WHEREAS, A native Texan, Dorothy Morgan was born in |
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Bleiblerville; she attended Bellville High School and Blinn College |
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before graduating from Texas State University; she taught for 18 |
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years in the Brenham Independent School District, instructing both |
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junior high and high school students in social studies, literature, |
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government, and economics; and |
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WHEREAS, Judge Morgan began her career as an elected official |
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in 1982, when she became the first woman to serve as the mayor of |
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Brenham; she was reelected to that post three times and then ran |
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successfully in 1990 for Washington County judge, becoming the |
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first female to hold that title as well; she completed her fifth |
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term as county judge in 2010; and |
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WHEREAS, Judge Morgan has served the public in a number of |
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other capacities; she is a former president of the Texas |
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Association of Regional Councils and the Texas Council of Community |
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MHMR Centers and a former chair of the Commission on State Emergency |
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Communications, and she is currently the chair of the Mental Health |
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and Mental Retardation Authority of Brazos Valley; and |
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WHEREAS, The many honors received by this respected public |
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servant include the Outstanding Young Woman of America Award and |
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inclusion in Who's Who Among America's Teachers and Who's Who in |
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America; moreover, she was named the 1994 Woman of the Year by the |
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Washington County Chamber of Commerce and the 2006 Community |
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Builder by the Masonic Lodge of Brenham; and |
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WHEREAS, In all of her endeavors, she enjoys the love and |
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support of her family, which includes her husband, Emmett, and |
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their four children and four grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Judge Dorothy Morgan greatly benefited her fellow |
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citizens with her dedication, professionalism, and commitment to |
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excellence, and her many achievements as an elected official will |
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enhance the quality of life in Washington County for years to come; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Dorothy Morgan on her retirement as |
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Washington County judge and extend to her sincere best wishes for |
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continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Judge Morgan as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |