H.R. No. 407

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Citizens of this state and nation lost a highly
	esteemed leader and patron of the arts with the January 6, 2013,
	passing of Ruth Carter Stevenson, the woman responsible for the
	founding of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art; and
	WHEREAS, A native of Fort Worth, the former Ruth Carter was
	born on October 19, 1923, to Nenetta B. Carter and Amon G. Carter,
	Sr., an oil magnate and philanthropist who became publisher of the
	Fort Worth Star-Telegram the year of her birth; at age 15, she
	attended her first art history course at the Madeira School in
	McLean, Virginia, which included field trips to a number of museums
	and galleries in the nation's capital; her appreciation for art was
	further shaped during her years at Sarah Lawrence College in
	Bronxville, New York, when she frequently visited the collections
	in New York City; after graduating from Sarah Lawrence in 1945, she
	returned to her hometown and served on the board of the Fort Worth
	Art Association; in one of her initial projects with the
	association, she helped organize the town's first major American
	art exhibition; and
	WHEREAS, Mrs. Stevenson's father died in 1955, and in
	granting one of his final requests, she set out to create a museum
	to house his personal collection of Frederic Remington and Charles
	Russell paintings and sculpture of the American West; the Amon
	Carter Museum opened to the public in 1961 in a building designed by
	eminent architect Philip Johnson; she soon saw the need to expand
	the scope of the collection to include works in all media and from
	all of the nation's art movements, and today, the museum is among
	the most renowned repositories of American art, with masterworks
	from such greats as Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, and Georgia
	O'Keeffe; in addition, she encouraged the growth of the museum's
	educational program to help students develop a deeper understanding
	of art, culture, and related subjects; and
	WHEREAS, This illustrious Texan further distinguished
	herself in a multitude of organizations, including the Fort Worth
	City Art Commission, where she served a lengthy tenure as chair; in
	1963, she founded the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County
	and was appointed to the board of regents of The University of Texas
	at Austin that same year, becoming just the second woman to sit on
	the board; along with championing the preservation of historic
	architecture on the university campus, she was instrumental in the
	drive to desegregate the entire UT System; influential within the
	state and beyond, she was active on the boards of the National
	Endowment for the Arts and the National Trust for Historic Places
	and became the first female member of the board, and later the first
	female chair, of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.;
	and
	WHEREAS, An arts and civic leader of great significance and
	lasting influence, Ruth Carter Stevenson dedicated her life to
	sharing a rich and vital element of American culture with the Fort
	Worth community and the world at large, and her remarkable legacy
	will resonate long into the future; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas
	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Ruth Carter
	Stevenson and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family:
	to her children, Sheila Broderick Johnson, J. Lee Johnson IV, Karen
	Johnson Hixon, Catherine Lehane Johnson, and Mark Lehane Johnson;
	to her 11 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren; and to her other
	relatives and many friends; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of
	Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Ruth Carter
	Stevenson.
	Geren
	Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira
	Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr
	Alonzo Gooden Otto
	Alvarado Guerra Paddie
	Anchia Guillen Parker
	Anderson Gutierrez Patrick
	Ashby Harless Perez
	Aycock Harper-Brown Perry
	Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips
	Bohac Herrero Pickett
	Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts
	Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price
	Branch Huberty Raney
	Burkett Hughes Ratliff
	Burnam Hunter Raymond
	Button Isaac Reynolds
	Callegari Johnson Riddle
	Canales Kacal Ritter
	Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar
	Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis
	Clardy King of Parker Rose
	Coleman King of Taylor Sanford
	Collier King of Zavala Schaefer
	Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets
	Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell
	Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell
	Creighton Krause Simmons
	Crownover Kuempel Simpson
	Dale Larson Smith
	Darby Laubenberg Smithee
	Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer
	J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson
	S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland
	Deshotel Longoria Strama
	Dukes Lozano Taylor
	Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria
	Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris
	Elkins Martinez Toth
	Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin
	Farias McClendon Turner of Harris
	Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant
	Farrar Miles Villalba
	Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal
	Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo
	Frank Moody Walle
	Frullo Morrison White
	Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman
	Giddings Murphy Wu
	Goldman Naishtat Zedler
	Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 407 was unanimously adopted by a rising
	vote of the House on February 28, 2013.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House