84R7979 BPG-D
 
  By: Guillen H.R. No. 656
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, The death of admired educator Alberto Byington Sr.
  on July 21, 2012, at the age of 77, brought a great loss to residents
  of South Texas; and
         WHEREAS, Born in Falfurrias on April 6, 1935, Alberto
  Byington was the son of Alfredo Byington Sr. and Annabel Cruz
  Byington; he graduated from Falfurrias High School and served his
  country in the United States Air Force before going on to complete
  his bachelor's and master's degrees at Texas A&I University; and
         WHEREAS, Mr. Byington's career in education spanned nearly a
  half-century; he began teaching in Falfurrias in 1961, and two
  years later, he became a principal in Encino; returning to the
  Brooks County Independent School District, he served as director of
  federal programs and assistant superintendent, and in 1973, he
  began a noteworthy 23-year tenure as superintendent; he then served
  as interim superintendent in Mathis, San Diego, and Ben Bolt-Palito
  Blanco, where a six-month appointment turned into a seven-year
  tenure; in addition, he was a Texas Education Agency Monitor for
  Driscoll ISD; he was asked to return to Brooks County as
  superintendent and served until 2010, when he retired from the
  district for a second time; and
         WHEREAS, Deeply committed to his calling, Mr. Byington was a
  kind mentor to countless people, and he served in numerous
  leadership roles; he was chair of the University Interscholastic
  League Waiver Review Board and a member of the UIL State Executive
  Committee and the Region XIV Music Executive Committee, and his
  professional affiliations included the Texas State Teachers
  Association and Texas Association of School Administrators; named
  Educator of the Month by Texas School Business magazine, he also
  received the prestigious Golden Molcajete Award from the Mexican
  American School Board Members Association and the Tejano Service
  Award, which recognized him as the longest-serving Hispanic
  superintendent in the state; and
         WHEREAS, This civic-minded Texan served the wider community
  as a member of the Brooks County Chamber of Commerce, the Juvenile
  Board, and the board of the Kingsville Area Educators Federal
  Credit Union; moreover, he was a valued member of Sacred Heart
  Catholic Church, where he served as lector; above all, he was a
  devoted family man; he shared a fulfilling relationship with his
  wife, Virginia Susana Byington, and he was the proud father of
  Alberto, Kristina, and Ricardo; and
         WHEREAS, Alberto Byington was dedicated to providing the
  children of rural South Texas with a strong foundation on which to
  build, and his outstanding contributions will remain a source of
  inspiration to all who were fortunate enough to know him; now,
  therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
  Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Alberto Byington
  Sr. and extend sincere condolences to his loved ones; and, be it
  further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
  Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Alberto
  Byington Sr.