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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Admired philanthropist Louise Herrington Ornelas of |
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Tyler passed away on December 18, 2018, at the age of 93; and |
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WHEREAS, Born to Bill and Minnie Herrington in Las Cruces, |
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New Mexico, on June 15, 1925, the former Lou Herrington grew up on a |
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tenant farm in Arp as the second of seven children; she married |
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Martin Eugene Pettis and following his untimely death, she was |
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joined in matrimony to Robert M. "Bob" Rogers; they founded TCA |
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Cable TV in 1981, and as they were building their business, she took |
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on many responsibilities, even flagging traffic while her husband |
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climbed poles; after a divorce, she married Joseph Z. Ornelas in |
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1992; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Ornelas volunteered in Tyler hospitals as a |
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Pink Lady for three decades, and she was a longtime benefactor of |
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the nursing program at Baylor University; in 1999, she and |
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Mr. Ornelas gave a $13 million endowment to the School of Nursing, |
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which Baylor renamed in her honor; the couple later made the lead |
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gift for the purchase of a building in Dallas for use as the new |
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academic home of the Louise Herrington School of Nursing; |
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"Ms. Lou," as she was known, took particular delight in giving |
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scholarships to numerous students who could not otherwise afford to |
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pursue a career in the field, and she established both The Lou |
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Ornelas Endowment for the School of Nursing and The Louise |
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Herrington Endowed Scholarship Fund in Nursing; moreover, she was a |
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major donor for the Rogers Engineering and Computer Science |
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Building; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the years, Mrs. Ornelas also gave generously to |
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Tyler Junior College, providing resources for many scholarships, as |
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well as for women's athletic programs, the Rogers Student Center, |
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the Ornelas Health and Physical Education Center, and the Ornelas |
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Hall Complex; the Ornelases funded a number of facilities at The |
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University of Texas at Tyler, among them the Fine and Visual Arts |
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Complex and the Louise Herrington Patriot Center, and they endowed |
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a professorship and scholarships in nursing, engineering, fine |
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arts, and education; in addition, they were tremendous benefactors |
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of East Texas Baptist University, Christus Trinity Mother Frances |
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Health System, and Brook Hill School; Mrs. Ornelas served on the |
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boards of ETBU and TJC and on the UT-Tyler Development Board, and |
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she took on leadership roles in a host of civic and charitable |
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organizations, including the East Texas Symphony League and the |
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Salvation Army; a woman of strong faith, she was a member of Green |
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Acres Baptist Church for 55 years; and |
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WHEREAS, Baylor granted Mrs. Ornelas an honorary nursing |
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degree, and it conferred on her some of its highest honors, among |
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them the Founder's Medal, the James Huckins Medallion, and the |
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Herbert H. Reynolds Exemplary Service Award; she was presented with |
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honorary degrees from Tyler Junior College and East Texas Baptist |
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University as well, and her myriad accolades included the national |
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Horatio Alger Award; in 2001, she and her husband received the |
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T. B. Butler Award recognizing Tyler's most outstanding citizens, |
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and their contributions to higher education earned them the |
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prestigious 2012 Mirabeau B. Lamar Medal; and |
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WHEREAS, Through her altruism and tireless civic engagement, |
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Louise Herrington Ornelas touched the lives of innumerable people, |
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and although she will be deeply missed, those who were privileged to |
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know her will forever remember her warmth, kindness, and wonderful |
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sense of humor; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Louise Herrington |
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Ornelas and extend sincere condolences to the members of her |
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family: to her husband of 26 years, Joseph Z. Ornelas; to her |
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daughters, Becky Wangner and her husband, Rob, Sheryl Palmer, Cindy |
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Scott, Rita Seldenrust and her husband, John, and Andrea Wegener |
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and her husband, Dave; to her sons, Rick Rogers and his wife, Mary |
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Jane, Randy Rogers and his wife, Brenda, and Russell Rogers and his |
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wife, Esther; to her 20 grandchildren: Michelle Drewett, Andrea |
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Lazenby, Richard, Ryan, Austin, Bethany, Rebecca, Reid, Russ, and |
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Robby Rogers, Connor, David, Jackson, and Molly Wangner, Rachel |
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Tillery, and Lauren, Elise, Andrew, and Rachel Seldenrust, and |
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Benjamin Wegener; to her 8 great-grandchildren: Brandon, Daniel, |
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and Beau Drewett, William and Spencer Lazenby, Chuck and Victoria |
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Grace Tillery, and Crew Wangner; to her sister, Ann Kimrey; to her |
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brother, Billy Creel Herrington and his wife, Peggy; and to her many |
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other relatives and friends. |
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Paddie |
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Guerra |
Oliverson |
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| Allison |
Gutierrez |
Pacheco |
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| Bell of Kaufman |
Hinojosa |
Phelan |
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| Bell of Montgomery |
Holland |
Price |
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| Bonnen of Galveston |
E. Johnson of Dallas |
Rodriguez |
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| Bowers |
J. Johnson of Dallas |
Romero, Jr. |
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| Buckley |
Johnson of Harris |
Rose |
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| Burns |
King of Hemphill |
Sanford |
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| Burrows |
King of Parker |
Schaefer |
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| Button |
King of Uvalde |
Shaheen |
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| Calanni |
Krause |
Sherman, Sr. |
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| Capriglione |
Lambert |
Smith |
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| Coleman |
Larson |
Stephenson |
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| Craddick |
Longoria |
Swanson |
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| Davis of Dallas |
Martinez |
Thompson of Brazoria |
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| Davis of Harris |
Martinez Fischer |
Thompson of Harris |
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| Dominguez |
Meza |
Turner of Dallas |
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| Dutton |
Middleton |
Turner of Tarrant |
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| González of Dallas |
Nevárez |
Zerwas |
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| González of El Paso |
Noble |
Zwiener |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 46 was unanimously adopted by a rising |
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vote of the House on February 26, 2019. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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