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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 368
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In Memory |
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of |
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Micheline Trigaci Kay |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the |
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citizens of Austin in mourning the loss of Micheline Trigaci Kay, |
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who died February 16, 2011, at the age of 66; and |
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WHEREAS, Born December 2, 1944, in Cairo, Egypt, Michele |
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lived in London, Hong Kong, Saigon, San Francisco, Paris, Tel |
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Aviv, New York, Dallas, and Austin; well-traveled and fiercely |
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independent, she met her challenges throughout her life with |
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courage, honesty, and humor; and |
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WHEREAS, Michele's first language was French; she learned |
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English at the age of 12 while living in London after her family |
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was exiled from Egypt; as a teenager, she hitchhiked across India |
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and Europe; at the age of 20, she married Keith Kay, and the |
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couple had two children, Deborah and Warren; and |
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WHEREAS, Michele led a remarkable life, personally and |
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professionally; her professional life was grounded in journalism |
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and included stints in politics, business, and community |
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leadership; her career as an international journalist began at |
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the age of 17, when she served as a reporter for the Hong Kong |
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Standard; she later served as an editor and a columnist for the |
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Dallas-Fort Worth Business Journal and was an editor for Texas |
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Business Magazine; and |
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WHEREAS, Michele moved to Austin in 1988 and held various |
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posts with the Austin American-Statesman; her work included |
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serving as a business editor, an editorial writer, a Washington |
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correspondent, and a Texas Capitol reporter; she obtained her |
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United States citizenship in 1997 and married her beloved Robert |
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Schultz in January of 1999; and |
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WHEREAS, In her late 50s, Michele attended Saint Edward's |
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University, where she earned her bachelor's degree; she went on |
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to earn her master's degree from the university in 2005 and then |
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served as an assistant journalism professor and as a school |
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newspaper adviser; she was beloved by her students and fellow |
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faculty members and was respected for her many accomplishments; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Michele was also an exemplary community leader |
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who served on The Nature Conservancy of Texas Advisory Council |
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and on the board of directors for the Austin Playhouse; she was a |
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member of the Open Forum Club, the Tuesday Club, and the Writers' |
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League of Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, Michele was a source of inspiration to others |
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during the course of her illness, which she faced with |
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determination and courage; a woman of uncommon strength and |
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wisdom, she gave unselfishly of her time to her family and |
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friends, and she will forever be remembered with deepest |
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appreciation and affection by all who were privileged to share in |
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her life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd |
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Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family of Micheline Trigaci Kay: her husband, Robert Schultz; |
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her children, Deborah and Warren; her brother, Jean Pierre |
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Trigaci; and her five grandchildren; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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the members of her family as an expression of deepest sympathy |
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from the Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this |
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day, it do so in memory of Michele Kay. |
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Watson |
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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 28, 2011, |
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by a rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |