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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 479
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In Memory |
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of |
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Lynn Levin Cantini |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of Galveston civic leader Lynn Levin |
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Cantini, who died January 14, 2011, at the age of 64; and |
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WHEREAS, A fourth-generation Galvestonian, Lynn was born |
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on February 10, 1946; she graduated from Ball High School in 1964 |
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and attended Stephens College; she earned a bachelor's degree in |
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elementary education from The University of Texas at Austin and a |
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master's degree in speech pathology from the University of |
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Houston; she worked as a schoolteacher, educational diagnostician, |
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and speech pathologist; and |
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WHEREAS, She carried on her family's tradition of civic and |
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social involvement on Galveston Island; her many activities |
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included volunteering for the Galveston Historical Foundation, |
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The Grand 1894 Opera House, the American Cancer Society, and |
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Temple B'Nai Israel; and |
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WHEREAS, As the daughter of a longtime faculty member and |
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the second president of The University of Texas Medical Branch, |
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Lynn had been involved with the Medical Branch family since her |
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childhood; with her husband, Armin, Lynn was a dedicated member |
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of the President's Cabinet, and she served a distinguished |
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four-year term on the School of Health Professions' Advisory |
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Council; and |
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WHEREAS, Lynn demonstrated exceptional courage and resolve |
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while facing her own personal challenge; she helped establish the |
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Lynn Levin Cantini professorship to support the study and |
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treatment of disorders that affect the joints, bones, and |
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muscles, especially autoimmune diseases, and the Edna S. Levin |
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Professorship in Cancer Studies, named for her mother; and |
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WHEREAS, A warm, kind, and gracious lady, Lynn was |
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unwavering in her determination to live each day to the fullest, |
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and she leaves behind memories that will be treasured forever by |
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her family, her many friends, and all those who had the good |
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fortune of knowing her; 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 Lynn Levin Cantini; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her 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 Lynn Levin Cantini. |
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Jackson |
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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 March 9, 2011, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |