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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The death of admired educator Alberto Byington Sr. |
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on July 21, 2012, at the age of 77, brought a great loss to residents |
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of South Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Falfurrias on April 6, 1935, Alberto |
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Byington was the son of Alfredo Byington Sr. and Annabel Cruz |
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Byington; he graduated from Falfurrias High School and served his |
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country in the United States Air Force before going on to complete |
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his bachelor's and master's degrees at Texas A&I University; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Byington's career in education spanned nearly a |
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half-century; he began teaching in the Brooks County Independent |
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School District in Falfurrias in 1961, and two years later, he |
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became a principal in Encino; he then served as director of federal |
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programs and assistant superintendent, and in 1973, he began a |
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noteworthy 23-year tenure as superintendent; he then served as |
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interim superintendent in Mathis, San Diego, and Ben Bolt-Palito |
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Blanco, where a six-month appointment turned into a seven-year |
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tenure; in addition, he was a Texas Education Agency Monitor for |
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Driscoll ISD; he was asked to return to Brooks County as |
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superintendent and served until 2010, when he retired from the |
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district for a second time; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply committed to his calling, Mr. Byington was a |
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kind mentor to countless people, and he served in numerous |
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leadership roles; he was chair of the University Interscholastic |
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League Waiver Review Board and a member of the UIL State Executive |
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Committee and the Region XIV Music Executive Committee, and his |
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professional affiliations included the Texas State Teachers |
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Association and Texas Association of School Administrators; named |
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Educator of the Month by Texas School Business magazine, he also |
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received the prestigious Golden Molcajete Award from the Mexican |
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American School Board Members Association and the Tejano Service |
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Award, which recognized him as the longest-serving Hispanic |
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superintendent in the state; and |
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WHEREAS, This civic-minded Texan served the wider community |
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as a member of the Brooks County Chamber of Commerce, the Juvenile |
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Board, and the board of the Kingsville Area Educators Federal |
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Credit Union; moreover, he was a valued member of Sacred Heart |
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Catholic Church, where he served as lector; above all, he was a |
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devoted family man; he shared a fulfilling relationship with his |
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wife, Virginia Susana Byington, and he was the proud father of |
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Alberto, Kristina, and Ricardo; and |
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WHEREAS, Alberto Byington was dedicated to providing the |
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children of rural South Texas with a strong foundation on which to |
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build, and his outstanding contributions will remain a source of |
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inspiration to all who were fortunate enough to know him; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Alberto Byington |
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Sr. and extend sincere condolences to his loved ones; and, be it |
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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 Alberto |
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Byington Sr. |
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| Anderson of Dallas |
Hernandez |
Phillips |
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| Anderson of McLennan |
Herrero |
Pickett |
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| Bonnen of Brazoria |
Johnson |
Rodriguez of Bexar |
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| Bonnen of Galveston |
Kacal |
Rodriguez of Travis |
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| Burkett |
Keffer |
Romero, Jr. |
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| Burrows |
King of Hemphill |
Sanford |
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| Button |
King of Parker |
Schaefer |
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| Canales |
King of Taylor |
Schofield |
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| Capriglione |
King of Uvalde |
Schubert |
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| Craddick |
Landgraf |
Simpson |
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| Cyrier |
Laubenberg |
Smithee |
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| Davis of Dallas |
Lozano |
Stephenson |
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| Davis of Harris |
Lucio III |
Stickland |
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| Deshotel |
Márquez |
Thompson of Brazoria |
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| Dukes |
Martinez |
Thompson of Harris |
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| Dutton |
Martinez Fischer |
Tinderholt |
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| Elkins |
McClendon |
Turner of Collin |
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| Faircloth |
Metcalf |
Turner of Harris |
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| Fallon |
Meyer |
Turner of Tarrant |
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| Farney |
Miller of Comal |
Villalba |
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| Farrar |
Miller of Fort Bend |
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| Flynn |
Morrison |
White of Bell |
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| Frank |
Muñoz, Jr. |
White of Tyler |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 656 was unanimously adopted by a rising |
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vote of the House on March 5, 2015. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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