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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The city of Victoria lost an admired civic leader |
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with the passing of Dorothy Jean Walston Alcorn on February 26, |
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2017, at the age of 86; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Houston on January 24, 1931, the former |
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Dorothy Walston was the daughter of Virgil and Dorothy Walston; she |
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graduated from Midland High School and completed her bachelor's |
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degree in English and education at the University of Houston; in |
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1952, she married Charles W. "Chuck" Alcorn Jr., and they became the |
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parents of three children, Dorothy, Lexey, and Charles; Mrs. Alcorn |
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taught third grade for three years while residing in Abilene, and |
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the family later lived in Midland and Andrews before settling in |
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Victoria in 1961; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Alcorn became involved in higher education |
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advocacy after completing a master of arts in interdisciplinary |
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studies degree in creative writing and English at the University of |
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Houston-Victoria; in 1987, she was appointed to the University of |
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Houston System Board of Regents, and during her six-year tenure, |
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she served as board secretary and as chair of the Facilities and |
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Planning Committee; she also supervised the renovation of the |
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Wortham House, home of the UH chancellor; a longtime member of the |
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UHV President's Advisory Board, she served on three president's |
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search committees; she hosted myriad university functions at her |
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home, and her efforts in behalf of the UHV/American Book Review |
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Reading Series helped enhance community interest in literature; in |
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1993, the university named its Dorothy Alcorn Auditorium in her |
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honor, and the following year, she received the institution's |
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highest honor, the Presidential Medal; she donated her home to UHV |
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in 2015 for use as the president's residence; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the years, Mrs. Alcorn served in numerous |
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leadership roles, including president of the Victoria Junior League |
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and chair of the renovation committees for the Victoria Courthouse |
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and O'Connor-Proctor Building; she was also a member of the |
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Victoria Performing Arts Steering Committee and the Victoria |
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Airport Commission, among many other civic groups; and |
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WHEREAS, Dorothy Alcorn gave freely of her time, talents, and |
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resources to benefit higher education and the arts, and her |
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devotion to her family and her community will remain a source of |
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inspiration to all who were privileged to know her; now, therefore, |
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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 life of Dorothy Alcorn and |
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extend sincere sympathy to her loved ones; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dorothy |
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Alcorn. |
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Morrison |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 911 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 23, 2017. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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