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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 587
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WHEREAS, On April 18, 2017, the Hall of Languages at Texas |
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A&M University--Commerce is being rededicated in memory of Dr. D. |
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Arlington Talbot, the school's first African American faculty |
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member; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in British Guiana in 1916, David Arlington |
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Roberts Talbot came to the United States in 1935 to attend Morris |
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Brown College in Atlanta, and during his time in Atlanta, he was |
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sometimes called on to babysit the young Martin Luther King Jr.; |
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during World War II, he served in the United States Army under |
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General George Patton and earned the Bronze Star; and |
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WHEREAS, After receiving a master's degree from Columbia |
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University in 1951, Mr. Talbot taught at Shorter College and |
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Arkansas AM&N College; in 1966, he earned a Ph.D. from the |
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University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, and two years later he |
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joined the faculty of East Texas State University, now Texas A&M |
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University--Commerce, becoming the school's first black |
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instructor; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Talbot served as a professor of counseling and |
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guidance and a student counselor; during his years at the |
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university, he established the multicultural Teacher Training |
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Institute as well as the landmark Inter-Cultural Residence Hall |
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Living Experience, where students of different races and |
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backgrounds lived and studied together; he was named professor |
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emeritus when he retired in 1986; and |
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WHEREAS, Until his death in 2003, Dr. Talbot was active in |
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the civic life of Commerce, and the city acknowledged his |
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contributionsbycelebratingDr.D.ArlingtonTalbotDayin |
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1997; in addition, the university has paid tribute to this |
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respected educator by creating an endowed fellowship in his name, |
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and now by refurbishing and rededicating its Hall of Languages in |
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his honor; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. D. Arlington Talbot made a positive difference |
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in the lives of countless students through his work as a teacher |
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and counselor, and it is truly fitting that his legacy is being |
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memorialized by the institution to which he devoted the last 18 |
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years of his accomplished career; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th |
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Legislature, hereby commemorate the dedication of the Dr. D. |
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Arlington Talbot Building on the campus of Texas A&M |
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University--Commerce and extend to Dr. Talbot's family and the |
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members of the university community sincere best wishes for a |
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meaningful and memorable event. |
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Hall, Hughes |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on April 5, 2017. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |