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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 14
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In Memory |
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Maurice Michael Sharlot |
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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 Maurice Michael |
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Sharlot, who died June 22, 2013, at the age of 77; and |
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WHEREAS, Mike Sharlot was born on October 7, 1935, in |
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Brooklyn, New York; he grew up in Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and the |
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small town of Delaware Water Gap on the Delaware River; he |
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graduated valedictorian from Stroudsburg High School and worked |
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his way through Antioch College, where he met the love of his |
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life, Susan Siegel; and |
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WHEREAS, After their marriage, they went to Melbourne, |
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Australia, where Mike had a Fulbright Scholarship; he went on to |
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graduate from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, work |
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for a Washington, D.C., law firm, and join the legal ranks of the |
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Peace Corps; in 1969, he moved to Texas to become a professor at |
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The University of Texas School of Law; he quickly became an |
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expert in criminal law and evidence and was one of the primary |
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drafters of the original Texas Rules of Evidence; he was a highly |
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respected and popular professor and was known for his quick wit |
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and mastery of the Socratic method; and |
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WHEREAS, He was named dean of the law school in 1995, and |
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during his tenure, he famously fought to maintain the school's |
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student diversity during a time of turbulence; at the end of his |
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term, he returned to full-time teaching and remained a valued |
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asset to the law school until his retirement in 2007; and |
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WHEREAS, While renowned for his brilliance and legal |
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expertise, he also was known for his generous spirit and his |
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treasured role in the Austin community; his hospitality was |
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legendary, and throughout his life, he was noted for warmly |
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welcoming people to his home and for his love of laughter, |
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conversation, and intellectual discourse; and |
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WHEREAS, He was an exemplary gentleman with courtly |
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manners and an engaging personality; he had enormous compassion |
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for others, a wonderful sense of humor, and boundless charisma; |
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he was devoted to his wife of 56 years, Susan, and took great |
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pride in his two children and his three grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mike Sharlot was beloved by many, and he will long |
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be remembered with affection and appreciation by all who were |
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privileged to share in his life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, |
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83rd Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby extend sincere |
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condolences to the bereaved family of Maurice Michael Sharlot; |
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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 |
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Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do |
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so in memory of Mike Sharlot. |
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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 July 9, 2013, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |