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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The death of attorney and civic leader Albert W. |
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McKnight of San Antonio on October 14, 2009, at the age of 68, |
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profoundly saddened his family, friends, and colleagues; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Belmont on February 19, 1941, Mr. McKnight |
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graduated from Ball High School in Seguin and attended St. Philip's |
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College; after serving his country in the United States Army, he |
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completed his bachelor's degree in history at St. Mary's |
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University; he briefly taught at Roosevelt High School before |
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becoming the first African American administrator in San Antonio's |
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municipal government, and he later served as a director of planning |
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in the federal Model Cities Program in both San Antonio and New |
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Orleans; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. McKnight went on to graduate from the Thurgood |
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Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University and to practice |
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with Clarence Williams and Johnny Gabriel; a solo practitioner for |
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several years as well, he also served as a San Antonio municipal |
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judge in the early 1980s and as justice of the peace for Precinct 4 |
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from 1996 through 2006; more recently, he was a partner in the firm |
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of McKnight & Bravenec; and |
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WHEREAS, During the course of his legal career, Mr. McKnight |
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served as a mentor to many young attorneys and frequently performed |
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pro bono work for people in need; he demonstrated a deep commitment |
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to the Eastside community and served in leadership roles for a |
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number of local organizations, including the United Way of San |
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Antonio, the alumni board of St. Mary's University, the San Antonio |
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chapter of the NAACP, the Alamo YMCA, the Comanche District of the |
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Boy Scouts of America, Catholic Family and Children Services, and |
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Mission Trails Rotary, which he helped found; and |
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WHEREAS, Albert McKnight worked diligently in behalf of his |
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fellow citizens and was a stalwart champion of the causes in which |
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he believed; he will forever be fondly remembered by all those who |
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were privileged to share in the richness of his life; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Albert W. McKnight |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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son, Christopher McKnight; to his daughter, Rebecca McKnight; to |
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his former wife, Yulanee McKnight; and to his other relatives and |
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friends; 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 adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Albert |
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McKnight. |
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McClendon |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 345 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on February 24, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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