H.R. No. 434

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, A full and generous life has drawn to a close with
	the death of Dr. John Allen Ehrhardt of Dallas on February 1, 2017;
	and
	WHEREAS, Born in Houston in 1931, Jack Ehrhardt attended
	Highland Park High School, where he served as captain of the
	football team, and Rice University before earning his medical
	degree at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School;
	after interning at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, he
	joined the U.S. Air Force, rising to the rank of captain; following
	his military service, he received further medical training at
	Tulane University and Hermann Hospital in Houston; he maintained a
	successful private practice in East Dallas for more than 30 years,
	and he also taught at UT Southwestern Medical School, which named
	him professor emeritus; held in high regard among his peers, he
	served as president of the Dallas Academy of Ophthalmology; and
	WHEREAS, Dr. Ehrhardt shared 62 years of matrimony with the
	Honorable Harryette Bushong Ehrhardt, a former member of the Texas
	House of Representatives who survives him; he took great pride in
	his five children and his extended family, Ginger Twichell and Sam
	Leake, Taffy and Scott Nelson, Lynn and Mike O'Neal, John and
	Melissa Ehrhardt, Katy Henderson, and Mike Twichell, and in his
	later life, he was further blessed with 13 grandchildren and 4
	great-grandchildren; and
	WHEREAS, Valuing ideals of diversity and inclusion,
	Dr. Ehrhardt and his wife purchased and restored an old "hippie
	commune" on Swiss Avenue in Dallas so that their children could
	attend what was then the only naturally integrated high school in
	the city; he also took special delight in Halloween, when he would
	distribute candy to more than 3,000 children and voter registration
	cards to their parents; and
	WHEREAS, Dr. Ehrhardt was a lifelong Dallas Cowboys fan, and
	the entire family attended games together; he was also a scuba
	diver, an underwater photographer, and an inveterate traveler who
	could lay claim to having visited every continent; among his prized
	possessions was his collection of 400 owls, which were gifts from
	grateful patients; and
	WHEREAS, Jack Ehrhardt lived a life that was rich in both
	accomplishments and lasting relationships, and his humanity, no
	less than his achievements, will continue to inspire all those who
	were fortunate enough to know him; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Dr. John Allen
	Ehrhardt and extend heartfelt sympathy to his family and many
	friends; 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 Dr. John
	Allen Ehrhardt.
	Neave
	Straus Goldman Oliverson
	Allen Gonzales of Williamson Ortega
	Alonzo González of El Paso Paddie
	Alvarado Gooden Parker
	Anchia Guerra Paul
	Anderson of Dallas Guillen Perez
	Anderson of McLennan Gutierrez Phelan
	Arévalo Hefner Phillips
	Ashby Hernandez Pickett
	Bailes Herrero Price
	Bell Hinojosa Raney
	Bernal Holland Raymond
	Biedermann Howard Reynolds
	Blanco Huberty Rinaldi
	Bohac Hunter Roberts
	Bonnen of Brazoria Isaac Rodriguez of Bexar
	Bonnen of Galveston Israel Rodriguez of Travis
	Burkett Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr.
	Burns Johnson of Harris Rose
	Burrows Kacal Sanford
	Button Keough Schaefer
	Cain King of Hemphill Schofield
	Canales King of Parker Schubert
	Capriglione King of Uvalde Shaheen
	Clardy Klick Sheffield
	Coleman Koop Shine
	Collier Krause Simmons
	Cook Kuempel Smithee
	Cortez Lambert Springer
	Cosper Landgraf Stephenson
	Craddick Lang Stickland
	Cyrier Larson Stucky
	Dale Laubenberg Swanson
	Darby Leach Thierry
	Davis of Dallas Longoria Thompson of Brazoria
	Davis of Harris Lozano Thompson of Harris
	Dean Lucio III Tinderholt
	Deshotel Martinez Turner
	Dukes Metcalf Uresti
	Dutton Meyer VanDeaver
	Elkins Miller Villalba
	Faircloth Minjarez Vo
	Fallon Moody Walle
	Farrar Morrison White
	Flynn Muñoz, Jr. Wilson
	Frank Murphy Workman
	Frullo Murr Wray
	Geren Neave Wu
	Gervin-Hawkins Nevárez Zedler
	Giddings Oliveira Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 434 was unanimously adopted by a rising
	vote of the House on February 16, 2017.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House