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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Jack Dennis McCullough, Jr., of Nacogdoches, an |
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esteemed educator and community leader, passed away on June 16, |
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2013, at the age of 81; and |
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WHEREAS, A sixth-generation Texan, Jack McCullough was born |
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in San Antonio on August 8, 1931, to Colonel Jack D. McCullough and |
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Helen Williams McCullough; he graduated from Stephenville High |
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School, Tarleton Junior College, and The University of Texas at |
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Austin; earning National Science Foundation Scholarships, he went |
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on to receive a master's degree from Stephen F. Austin State |
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University and a doctoral degree in biology and oceanography from |
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Texas A&M University; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. McCullough was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant |
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in the U.S. Army, and he served his country with distinction for |
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seven years, achieving the rank of captain before his honorable |
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discharge; early in his notable career in education, he worked as a |
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biology teacher with the Houston Independent School District and |
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with Texas A&M University; in 1964, he settled in Nacogdoches, |
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where he joined the biology department at his alma mater, SFA; and |
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WHEREAS, During his outstanding 36-year tenure, |
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Dr. McCullough served as director of the environmental science |
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graduate studies program and published more than 50 scientific |
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papers, many of which were presented at state, national, and |
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international scientific conferences; he was awarded a number of |
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honors for his work, including the Regents Professor Award for |
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Research, the Distinguished Professor Award from the Alumni |
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Association, and the SFASU Foundation Faculty Achievement Award; |
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outside of the classroom, he served his field as president of the |
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Texas Academy of Science and as editor for the Texas Journal of |
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Science; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. McCullough was an active member of the |
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Nacogdoches community; in addition to his contributions to a number |
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of local committees, he led historical walking tours through the |
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town and narrated bus tours; he shared his time with the Boy Scouts |
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of America, serving on the Eagle Scout board of review, and was a |
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longtime member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, where he served |
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his congregation as an elder; and |
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WHEREAS, Also a valued leader of Rotary International, |
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Dr. |
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McCullough served the club as president, assistant district |
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governor, and district governor; in his work with the group, he |
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traveled across the country to attend conferences and participated |
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in mission trips to Central America in an effort to help to improve |
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the health and living conditions of villagers; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. McCullough, above all else, was devoted to his |
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family; he was married for 60 years to the former ElaRuth Bankston, |
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with whom he had two sons, Thomas and Bruce; through the years, the |
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couple were further blessed with three grandchildren, Fred, |
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Lindsay, and Miles; and |
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WHEREAS, Though it is impossible to gauge the full effect of a |
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man's life, some individuals leave their unmistakable mark on the |
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world as they move through it, and Jack McCullough's contributions |
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to his community will long resonate in the lives of all who knew |
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him; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory |
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of Dr. Jack Dennis McCullough, Jr., and extend deepest sympathy to |
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the members of his family: to his wife, ElaRuth Bankston |
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McCullough; to his sons, Thomas McCullough and his wife, Maria, and |
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Bruce McCullough and his wife, Diana; to his grandchildren, Fred, |
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Lindsay, and Miles; and to his other relatives and many friends; |
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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 Dr. Jack |
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Dennis McCullough, Jr. |
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Clardy |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 53 was unanimously adopted by a rising |
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vote of the House on July 25, 2013. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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