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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 574
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In Memory |
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of |
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Lee Elliott Brown |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and pays |
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tribute to the remarkable life of Lee Elliott Brown, who died |
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March 25, 2013, at the age of 74; and |
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WHEREAS, This dynamic public servant was widely respected |
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for her work on behalf of women and minorities; she was a speaker |
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for the voiceless and a champion of the underserved; and |
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WHEREAS, Born April 15, 1938, in New York, Lee Brown began |
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her educational career at the age of 33, earning her bachelor's, |
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master's, and doctor of jurisprudence degrees in rapid |
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succession; after moving to Texas in 1977, she became the first |
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woman and the first African American to be appointed as director |
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of Undergraduate and Graduate Admissions at the University of |
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Houston; and |
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WHEREAS, Lee Brown made tremendous strides for minorities |
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as a civic leader; Houston mayor Kathy Whitmire appointed her as |
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director of Affirmative Action and Contract Compliance, a post |
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she held from 1984 to 1994; during that time, she established the |
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Minority and Woman Owned Business Enterprises program, which was |
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much emulated nationwide; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1993, Texas governor Ann Richards appointed |
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her to the Task Force on Discrimination in Contracting; the |
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governor also appointed her to the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan |
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Corporation board of directors; and |
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WHEREAS, During her extensive career of civic engagement, |
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she served on the Houston Police Department Grievance Process |
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Task Force and was a board member of the Houston Community |
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Housing Resource Board; for her unfaltering vision and steadfast |
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determination, she received numerous awards and honors, |
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including the Pope John Paul XXIII Medal; and |
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WHEREAS, Fiercely committed to the pursuit of social |
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justice, Lee Brown was beloved by her friends and family alike |
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for her strong sense of fairness and her profound devotion to |
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helping justice prevail; she leaves behind an exemplary legacy |
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that will long be cherished by all those who knew her; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd |
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Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family of Lee Elliott Brown; 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 Lee Brown. |
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Ellis |
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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 April 2, 2013, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |