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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 369
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In Memory |
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Joe R. Greenhill |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of the Honorable Joe R. Greenhill, who died |
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February 11, 2011, at the age of 96; and |
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WHEREAS, Judge Joe R. Greenhill was the longest-serving |
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Texas Supreme Court justice in the court's history; he was |
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appointed by Governor Price Daniel in 1957 and served as chief |
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justice from 1972 to 1982; and |
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WHEREAS, Judge Greenhill was born in Houston on July 14, |
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1914; he held a law degree from The University of Texas at Austin, |
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where he graduated at the top of his class; he was a member of Phi |
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Beta Kappa and served as editor of the university's yearbook and |
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the Texas Law Review; he began his legal career as a briefing |
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attorney for the Texas Supreme Court; and |
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WHEREAS, During World War II, he served four years on |
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active duty, first in naval intelligence and then as executive |
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officer on a fleet minesweeper in the Pacific Ocean; and |
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WHEREAS, He served as First Assistant Attorney General of |
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Texas from 1948 to 1950 and was involved in many major cases, some |
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of which were argued before the United States Supreme Court; and |
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WHEREAS, He was a partner in the law firm of Graves, |
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Dougherty, and Greenhill in Austin from 1950 to 1957, when he was |
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appointed to the Texas Supreme Court; after retiring from the |
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court in 1982, he became of counsel with the law firm Baker Botts |
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in Austin; a highly respected attorney and jurist, Judge |
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Greenhill was active in numerous professional and civic |
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associations; he served as executive director of the Texas Bar |
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Foundation and was a member of the Warren W. Burger Society and |
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the Order of Saint John's; he also received the Gold Medal Award |
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from the Freedom Foundation; and |
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WHEREAS, A distinguished gentleman, Judge Greenhill was a |
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significant force in the legal community, and he was greatly |
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admired and respected by all who knew him; he was a member of |
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Saint David's Episcopal Church in Austin and served as vestryman |
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and senior warden; and |
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WHEREAS, He was a devoted husband, father, and |
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grandfather, and he leaves behind memories that will be treasured |
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forever by his family and many friends; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd |
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Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of Judge Joe R. |
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Greenhill and extend sincere condolences to his bereaved family: |
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his wife of 70 years, Martha; his sons and daughter-in-law, Joe |
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Greenhill, Jr., and Bill and Ann Greenhill; and his four |
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grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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his 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 the Honorable Joe R. Greenhill. |
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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 |