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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family, friends, and former colleagues will forever |
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cherish their memories of longtime Dallas school administrator |
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Dr. H. B. Bell, who passed away on May 25, 2012, at the age of 74; |
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WHEREAS, Born on April 13, 1938, in Smith County to John Henry |
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and Pauline Bell, H. B. Bell studied biology and English at Prairie |
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View A&M University and returned to the school to earn a master's |
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degree in administration and supervision; he later received a |
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doctorate in education from Texas A&M University-Commerce; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Bell began his distinguished career as an |
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assistant dean and a professor of English at Rust College in |
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Mississippi, and he subsequently came to Dallas and taught at James |
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Madison and L. G. Pinkston High Schools; transitioning to |
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administration, he worked at Boude Story Junior High School, North |
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Dallas High School, and the Yvonne Ewell Townview Magnet Center, |
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where he served as executive director and educational planner and |
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guided the progress of the first graduating class at that |
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institution; and |
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WHEREAS, Assuming greater responsibility, Dr. Bell served in |
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a number of executive-level positions in the Dallas Independent |
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School District, including as director of teacher education |
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centers, assistant superintendent for elementary instruction, |
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special assistant to the general superintendent, and associate |
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superintendent of alternative programs; in addition, he was |
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employed as an adjunct professor at Texas A&M University-Commerce, |
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and he oversaw his own educational consulting company and served as |
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an advisor to the National Association of Secondary School |
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Principals; a prominent member of his profession, he belonged to |
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the National Alliance of Black School Educators, evaluated campuses |
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as part of a National Blue Ribbon Schools committee, and presented |
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papers at many conferences; he retired in 2005 after 42 years in |
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education; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Bell was recognized for his achievements with an |
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Outstanding Administrative Leadership in Education Award and an |
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NAACP Outstanding Educator Award, and he was inducted into the |
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Dallas School Administrators Association Hall of Fame; moreover, he |
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was named a distinguished alumnus by both of his college alma |
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maters; and |
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WHEREAS, Dedicated to his community, Dr. Bell gave generously |
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of his time and talents as a volunteer; he was a life member of the |
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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and was active in Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity |
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and Alpha Epsilon Boule, as well as the NAACP, the Dallas SET Club, |
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and the Cotillion Idlewild Club, which he served as president; and |
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WHEREAS, In all of his endeavors, Dr. Bell enjoyed the love |
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and support of his wife, Susie, and his daughters, Diedrae, |
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Dionica, and Halice; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. H. B. Bell made a positive difference in the |
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lives of countless young Texans during his years of service in the |
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Dallas public schools, and his legacy will continue to resonate |
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long into the future; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That tribute be paid to the life of Dr. H. B. Bell |
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and that deepest sympathy be extended to the members of his family: |
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to his wife, Susie Bell; to his daughters, Diedrae Carron |
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Bell-Hunter, Dionica Britte Bell, and Halice Jacquelyn Furtado and |
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her husband, Kenneth; to his granddaughter, Peyton Elise |
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Bell-Hunter; to his sisters, Polly Ann Williams and Verna Carroll; |
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to his brothers, Matthew Bell and his wife, Tina, and Timothy Bell |
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and his wife, Trina; 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. H. B. |
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Bell. |