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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A distinguished career in public service and |
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academia drew to a close with the death of Robert D. Auerbach of |
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Bethesda, Maryland, on January 20, 2017, at the age of 88; and |
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WHEREAS, Robert Auerbach was born in Chicago on December 2, |
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1928; he earned a degree in economics at Roosevelt College and went |
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on to complete a master's degree and Ph.D. in economics at the |
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University of Chicago, under the tutelage of the famed economist |
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Milton Friedman; and |
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WHEREAS, Early in his academic career, Dr. Auerbach worked |
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for several colleges and universities in Illinois, Kansas, and |
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Virginia before joining the faculty of American University, where |
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he rose to full professor; while living in Washington, D.C., he also |
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served as an economist for the Federal Reserve System, the House of |
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Representatives Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, |
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and the Department of the Treasury; and |
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WHEREAS, Professor Auerbach taught at the University of |
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California-Riverside from 1983 until 1993, when he returned to |
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Washington to serve for six years as an economist for the House |
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Committee on Banking and Financial Services; he was the author of |
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four well-regarded books and dozens of scholarly articles, and for |
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the final 18 years of his career, he served as a professor of public |
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affairs at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The |
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University of Texas at Austin, where he earned the deep respect and |
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lasting affection of his colleagues and his students; he retired |
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from UT in May 2016 and was subsequently named a professor emeritus; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, In his leisure, Dr. Auerbach enjoyed taking long |
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walks with his wife, Linda, with whom he shared 45 years, and he |
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also loved spending time with his two children, Donald and Kathryn; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Bob Auerbach was a devoted family man, a |
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well-respected scholar, and a consummate gentleman, and he leaves |
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behind a record of achievement his loved ones can remember with |
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pride; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Robert D. Auerbach |
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and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Linda Auerbach; to his son, Donald Auerbach, and his wife, |
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Courtney Hagen; to his daughter, Kathryn Crandlemire, and her |
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husband, Erik; to his granddaughter, Charlotte Crandlemire; and to |
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his other relatives and friends; 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 Bob |
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Auerbach. |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 338 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on February 23, 2017. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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